WWE News: Renee Young to serve as guest commentator on RAW

What's the story?

WWE's Renee Young will be working as a commentator on the latest episode of Monday Night RAW.

In case you didn't know

Young joined the WWE in 2012 and has worked as a backstage interviewer most of the time.

When not backstage, she often is present for the pay per view kick off shows, and was a co-host on Tough Enough.

She was also featured on E!'s Total Divas.

Most recently Young has been working as a commentator for the 2018 Mae Young Classic, which is currently being filmed over a two-day period. The finals of the tournament will take place at WWE's first ever all-female wrestling Pay Per View, Evolution.

The heart of the matter

The news was broken by ESPN, with Young finding out by the lead commentator of Monday Night RAW, Michael Cole.

She said: "When Michael told me, I was like, 'This Monday?! What are you talking about?!' I am so excited for this opportunity. To be sitting with Cole, who has been such a great champion of mine since I've been working for WWE, it's going to be really cool."

Young will be replacing Jonathan Coachman for the evening, who will be away fulfilling other obligations.

Young has commentating experience, as she used to commentate for NXT, alongside fellow RAW commentator Corey Graves.

"Renee has broken barriers all over the place. She's reaching out and doing things that would have never been dreamed of 10 years ago," Cole told ESPN.

Fellow commentator and current advocate for the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar Paul Heyman sent his congrats to the 32-year-old Canadian via a tweet.

I applaud @WWE for the decision to have @ReneeYoungWWE sit in this coming Monday as a guest commentator on #RAW. The entire program has just been handed an instant upgrade. Bravo! A most worthy recipient of this extraordinary opportunity! https://t.co/ct3xOXt6IO

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) August 9, 2018

What's next?

With Young commentating on the Mae Young Classic and now RAW, it seems the company has great faith in her. Expect her to be commentating at the upcoming Evolution Pay Per View.