Renee Paquette Signs For AEW

AEW lands wrestling broadcasting royalty as former WWE host debuts in All Elite Wrestling.

by Michael Hamflett
Renee Paquette
AEW

Renee Paquette is #AllElite.

The former WWE host, commentator and broadcaster made her All Elite Wrestling debut on last night's edition of Dynamite, opening up the show to a rapturous ovation from her hometown natives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Having soaked in the rapturous applause for her arrival, she introduced Christian Cage for an interview ahead of the evening's opener between his charge Luchasaurus and arch nemesis 'Jungle Boy' Jack Perry. She later featured as backstage interviewer for match set-up segments featuring Nyla Rose and Anna Jay and Matt Hardy/Private Party and The Andrade Family Office.

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Paquette's signing comes just over two years after she concluded her last full-time wrestling gig as the premiere face of WWE's broadcast output following SummerSlam 2000. At various points during her eight years with the company, she served as host of all wrap-around and shoulder programming and multiple WWE Network projects, commentator on Monday Night Raw, SmackDown, pay-per-views and NXT and chief backstage personality on all major shows.

Since then, she's turned her talents to podcasting and writing, finding success in brand new fields with 'The Sessions' and her cookbook 'Messy In The Kitchen' respectively. Outside - but not entirely - of the industry, she's married to current AEW Champion Jon Moxley and gave birth to their first child Nora in June 2021.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett