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JBL primarily played the role of a villain throughout his career, and his character blurred the line between kayfabe and reality. Since 2017, there have been accusations against JBL that he was responsible for commentator Mauro Ranallo’s departure from WWE.
In a recent episode of “Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw“, the veteran told his side of the story, stating that he has largely kept quiet because he didn’t want things to get worse. He recalled how things started when he was asked to rant about a poll that included Ranallo during an episode of ” Bring it to the table.”
“They said, ‘Mauro just retweeted a poll that he was in, that he was the number one broadcaster.’ And I said, ‘Okay, I’ll do a rant about that.’ So I did the rant in the poll.”
He revealed that he was later told that Dave Meltzer had found a problem with his rant, but claimed he didn’t even know it was Meltzer’s poll. “Well, that was his survey, that’s how little I knew about it. Mauro saw it, I just assumed Mauro knew she was a work rant.”
JBL maintained that there is no animosity between him and Ranallo and that the last time he saw him, he crossed the street to shake his hand. Additionally, he claimed that he had no idea why Ranello left WWE and maintained that he was not involved in it.
“For me, it was a work situation, the same as being a rude commentator with him. As far as I knew, I didn’t have a bad relationship with him.” JBL also recalled how Ranello once got him tickets to a UFC fight between Connor McGregor and Nate Diaz in Las Vegas, suggesting that the two were on very good terms at one point.
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