Canadian - Entertainer | December 21, 1969 -
I grew up on camera. I started at 16.
Mauro Ranallo
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I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.
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I'm trying to show people that you can have any kind of life you want.
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My 20s were gone, my 30s were recovery, my 40s is where I am self-sufficient.
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When I'm talking or performing, I'm alive. That's why I work so much.
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My job, live television, broadcasting, there's mania involved in there, too, but it's the good stuff.
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WWE, in the back of my mind, was always the dream job, and most people don't get their dream jobs.
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I have a lot of critics, and that's fine. I think it's better to be polarizing than to be vanilla. I also think people can't question the passion and sincerity that I bring because I truly am the luckiest guy in the world.
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I believe every one of us has a gift, I believe every one of us human beings has a path in this life, and it is up to each of us, through circumstance, through knowledge, through awareness, through luck - and luck does play a huge part - to hopefully achieve that path and walk the path and realize the gift.
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For me, at a very young age, I knew I wanted to be in the entertainment industry; I wanted to be an announcer. I was very smitten at an early age with the voice I heard coming from a radio.
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I was brought into the life of one Bas Rutten in 2001 at a grappling tournament that I was attending to support a friend of mine. I had never met Bas before but, of course, knew who he was: the King of Pancrase, UFC Heavyweight champion, and the commentator with Pride.
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There would be no Mauro Ranallo in MMA, or maybe even period, to be truly honest with you... without Bas Rutten's friendship, mentorship, and just belief in my talents.
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