Showtime is apparently working on a documentary about Mauro Ranallo that will detail his battles with mental health to become a top combat sports announcer.

Wrestling fans might not realize but Mauro Ranallo has actually had a very long and successful career that started long before he arrived in WWE and started calling the action on SmackDown Live. Ranallo actually made a name for himself in the combat sports business commentating on boxing matches and for Bellator in MMA.

Despite his time in WWE being pretty short at this moment in time, it has been an action packed period with a lot of controversy. It's well documented by Ranallo himself that he has battled with mental health issues for a large part of his life. Those issues blew up somewhat while Ranallo was a member of the SmackDown Live announce team which led to him leaving the company. Allegedly working with JBL didn't help those issues.

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Clearly some at WWE remained close and in contact with Ranallo and he has now returned to the fold. This time he is the lead announcer for NXT which means there's very little chance of crossing paths with JBL, the travel schedule is a lot less hectic, and he doesn't have to deal with Vince McMahon. Now Showtime, another company Ranallo has worked with, wants to make a documentary about the multi-talented commentator.

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The Wrestling Observer first reported the news that Showtime wants to make the doc and wants it to be focused around Ranallo's battles with mental health. The NXT announcer is an ambassador for mental health and must be an inspiration to those suffering in the same way that he has. Despite his problems he has made a name for himself in three different sports and enjoys continued success.

If the documentary from Showtime does come to fruition then it will undoubtedly be a pretty emotional one. Although Ranallo is very open on social media about his battles, he has never gone in to great detail about them, neither should he have to if he doesn't want to. The documentary will open up that side of Ranallo's life, however, and may help and inspire those living similar lives even more than he already has.