Shelton Benjamin has been around pro wrestling and WWE for a long period of time where he is no doubt a veteran. However, that doesn’t mean that he trusts everyone to call spots in the ring despite his knowledge as a veteran.
The former Intercontinental Champion spoke with ESPN about various topics including how he learned from Eddie and Chavo Guerrero to call matches in the ring.
Learning Process
Benjamin started out by talking about how he and Charlie Haas were working with them for the first eight months while on the main roster at live events and how they didn’t want to call matches because that was old school. Eventually, they got tired of them and had a meeting where they were told that they didn’t need to him them spot-for-spot.
“Eddie, who was always the captain of the ship said, ‘You guys are right, and I need to be a better captain.’ He started teaching us the spots. So the next six months we never planned anything. We just showed up and had a great time in the ring. The rest of the art is just being familiar with who you’re in the ring with.”
Who He Trusts
Benjamin continued on by stating that there are only a few people in WWE that he trusts to have a good match with where they call everything in the ring. He named Randy Orton, John Cena, AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar and Shinsuke Nakamura.
You can read the full interview with Benjamin at this link.
