Kerwin Silfies recently appeared on 'The Steve Austin Show - Unleashed' where he talked about a lots of things. He has been a long time WWE Director so he has worked very closely with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon so Austin asked him several questions related to him too. Silfies said about his commentary:
"Nobody can tell the story that needs to be told better than the man who booked the story,and, so, everything [McMahon] did [on commentary] was pretty perfect. And I think that's why whatever color [commentary] guys were working with him, they did their best work working with him, with the exception of Bobby [Heenan], who, hands down, did his best work working with Gorilla [Monsoon] because he wasn't intimidated by him and he wasn't worried that he would say the wrong thing."
When asked why McMahon stopped doing commentary:
"He [has] got an amazing, amazing mind, if you ask me." Silfies continued, "I think he stopped [commentating] because he was frustrated having to sit there [at the commentary desk] and not be able to control other aspects of the show because he had tobe doing the commentary and he could make do with someone else doing the commentary easier than he could sit there and watch everybody else, myself included, screw things up because he wasn't able to help."
He said that McMahon set a great example when he stepped into the ring:
"Well, first, I thought that it wasa great example for everyone that 'I'm not expecting anybody to do things that I won't do myself to the limits ofmy capabilities' and his are pretty unlimited. And I also thought, 'please don't let him get hurt!'"