Lilian Garcia Details Early Insecurities Over Renee Young; Young Talks Total Divas Difficulties W/ Dean Ambrose & Commentating On RAW

WWE’s Renee Young was a recent guest on Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast.

Garcia detailed some early personal insecurities she had when Young first debuted with the WWE,

I’ve got to tell you something. You’re somebody that came in and I’ve got to be up front with you. I will say, I guess this is natural, usually I don’t have this that flares up in me; but, I literally had this insecurity thing that came all over me. All of a sudden I was like, ‘Oh my God, am I being replaced?’ All these things happened that I never told you. You know why too? I saw you on screen and was like, ‘She’s really good. She’s really good.’

The two had a good laugh over Garcia’s confession, especially since they each ended up having drastically different positions with the company.

Young opened up about her time on Total Divas & why the show wasn’t a particularly good fit for her and husband Dean Ambrose:

It was a cool experience; but, I think when I was in the middle of it – even when we were getting started and I get the call, ‘You’re going to be on Total Divas.’ I was like, ‘Okaaaaaay.’ I knew I was going to have to broach this subject with my significant other [Dean Ambrose]. If it was just me it might have been a little bit different; but, I might not have been on the show, if it was just me. It was hard. It was really hard and even now when I see the girls and they’re on the road and you’ve got a camera in your face and you’re taking these vacations that aren’t really vacations, it’s exhausting. It’s really a lot of work. I commend them all for doing it and the people it’s great for, it’s great for. I think the problem I essentially ran into is I’m not a private person and my husband is. It was hard. I didn’t want to make him do something he didn’t want to do. He wanted to help me with something that I was also doing. It was just difficult. I never wanted to put him in a spot that he was not happy doing something; but, also I couldn’t just say I’m not doing it. I didn’t feel that I could say I’m not gonna do it.

Young continued,

It was hard for us, for me at least. We had to very much protect the Dean Ambrose character which I get, of course, but it made our dynamic not what it is. I felt like I was always going, ‘He’s so crazy, what am I gonna do?’  I felt like that was always a note and that’s not our dynamic at all, so it was hard for me to play into that. I felt like I wasn’t myself on the show, so when I look back on it I’m like, ‘Eeeew, what is this?’ I felt like I was this nagging girlfriend. It was just odd. It was very odd. I didn’t feel like their was a ton of authenticity with what we were doing.

Young also commented on being a part of the RAW commentary team,

This is a pretty new thing for me; but, I feel like it’s my spot and I want to take it. I’m really excited to put in the work and try to hone a craft in that or be somewhat passable in it and grown and learn and figure stuff out.

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(Transcription Credit: Michael McClead – WrestleZone)

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