WWE Sent Former Name To Lessons To Get Rid Of Accent

During the most recent episode of her Oral Sessions podcast, former SmackDown commentator Renee Paquette (formerly Renee Young) spoke about how she was able to get rid of her Canadian accent.

Paquette revealed that WWE sent her to lessons to get rid of her accent, which she said was “very faint”, when she first joined the company. Here’s the full quote, courtesy of POST Wrestling:

So I would just like to go on the record and say that I do not have a Canadian accent. I worked very hard to develop this non-regional dialect. When I first signed to WWE, they made me take classes to get rid of my Canadian accent, which I’m honestly, I’m sure it was more than it is now but it was like very faint, if any and I had to go into Manhattan once a week and sit with this woman and she would give me words. I’d have to read during the week to make sure I didn’t like mispronounce vowels or some sh*t.

Renee Paquette left WWE last year after just shy of eight years with the company. Her final date with WWE was at the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on August 23rd.

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