Ian Riccaboni Praises Excalibur For Being A Big Reason He And Caprice Coleman Are On TV

Exclaibur is helping out his fellow commentators. 

Lots of things have changed since Tony Khan has purchased ROH. One of the changes was ROH commentators Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman being on TV less often. But, we’ve seen them come and commentate some ROH Championship Matches on AEW Television, ROH Pay-Per-Views and we’ve even seen them commentate some AEW Dark episodes. Speaking during a K&S WrestleFest virtual signing, Riccaboni credited Excalibur as a big reason why he and Coleman are on AEW programming.

Excalibur, if you want to know the truth, one of the biggest reasons you see Caprice and I on television is Excalibur. He is nothing but kind and gracious and figures out a way to work with my schedule, Caprice’s schedule and whatever is going on with the TV show, he finds a way to work us in. I have nothing bad to say about Excalibur,

– Ian Riccaboni via K&S WrestleFest

Ian also spoke on working with legends like Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross.

It’s wild because I came in through Kevin Kelly in Ring of Honor, he took me under his wing. He was under the Jim Ross learning tree. He would tell me about Jim and how appreciative he was. My personal favorite was always Tony Schiavone. The gravitas he had, he had that calmness, even as the NWO stuff was going on and he was so calm that when it did break down, you knew it was a big deal because of the peaks and valleys in his voice. To be able to work with them, to call a match with Jim Ross first, that was surreal. It’s this voice you’ve heard your whole life and you’re sitting next to the man behind it. Jim has been very gracious with me, given me some good pointers and feedback in the backstage area. He sits down, chops it up with you, and listens to what you do. Tony Schiavone is the same way.

– Ian Riccaboni via K&S WrestleFest

Riccaboni is set to call the ROH Final Battle Pay-Per-View on Saturday, December 10th. 

H/T Fightful 

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