[tps_title]Virgil actually gives good advice[/tps_title]
After I did the ring announcer spiel for a match, I came back to my area and decided to “pick the brain” of WS Virgil. I asked him if he had any advice for how I could do better at my job of ring announcing. (Again, this was a show in a local gymnasium in front of about 150-200 people.) And this was the advice I received:
“Whenever Vince (McMahon) would bring us up to Stamford (Connecticut, home of WWE HQ, and where the post-production/feature video presentations were produced), for promos, he would tell us to love the camera, and reach through it to talk with the man, woman, or child who was watching at home, to bring him into our head, and what was on our mind for our upcoming match. (Keep in mind again….I was RING ANNOUNCING). He said our goal was to bring them into the building, to pay to see us do our thing.” (Again, they were already IN THE F’ING BUILDING!!!)
At that point, I pretty much walked away from him mid-sentence and didn’t say another word to him the rest of the night. Kind of a dick move on my part, but purely out of self-preservation….I was getting dumber listening to him.