Mike Adamle In-Depth On WWE Release, Hosting RAW?

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Adamle took over for the beloved Joey Styles on ECW, and he had mixed feelings about taking the role that first defined him in the WWE. "One of the guys that befriended me right away was Joey Styles, and I knew who he was, and I knew he liked doing play-by-play. I don’t think he particularly cared to go into the dot.com business for WWE, but being the consummate professional did exactly that." Mike said he was fortunate enough to be placed in the roles that he was (from an announcing perspective) that he felt comfortable with & based on the relationships that he had formed with both JR & Joey.

The man behind the majority of ECW’s success, Paul Heyman, wrote an article last April about Adamle in The UK Sun, with Mike having the chance to read the finished product. In discussing the contents of the article, Mosh called the piece "interesting," but Adamle had his own words. "Interesting is not quite the word. Inflammatory was, it was a degradation kind of article. And he was right, he is entitled to his opinion. I always wanted to talk to him in person just to tell him a lot of the things that he said, are right on. So I have no problem with him…I have no problem with the criticism that I received. I think much of it was warranted. But what Paul had to say was right on. I know that he & Vince parted in a very acrimonious way. A lot of it was because he (Paul) was not in the mainstream anymore. But with that being said, I respect him greatly, and people are entitled to their opinions."

Throughout the past several months, Monday Night RAW has been seeing much critical success from bringing aboard the idea & concept of a "Guest Hosts for their program on a weekly basis. Speculation was rampant leading into last Monday night’s RAW (at The Allstate Arena outside of Chicago) that Mike’s name was debated as a candidate for the spot, which ended up being given to the long-time host of "The Price Is Right," Bob Barker. Adamle was asked about the rumors, if they were true, and if he has been approached to host a future edition of RAW. "I’m always ready for anything that may happen. I wasn’t contacted for the last week’s show. Do I expect to contacted? I have no idea but if it happened, I would love it."

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