WWE is hyping up its “season premiere” episodes of SmackDown and Raw which are scheduled for the next day evening (Oct. 7) and subsequent Monday (Oct. 10), respectively.
As it seems, main adjustments are coming to the commentary groups for each displays, and additionally NXT. Variety simply broke the inside track:
On “SmackDown,” Michael Cole and Wade Barrett would be the major commentators, with Barrett shifting over from the “NXT” commentary staff. Samantha Irvin will function the hoop announcer, with Kayla Braxton and Megan Morant serving as behind the curtain interviewers.
At “Monday Night Raw,” Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves will the commentary staff. Patrick has labored as a behind the curtain correspondent, a play-by-play commentator for “WWE Main Event,” and the host of “Raw Talk.” Mike Rome would be the ring announcer. Cathy Kelley and Byron Saxton will habits onscreen interviews. Kelley is returning to WWE after leaving the corporate in 2020. Saxton has been operating at the “Raw” commentary table together with Graves and Jimmy Smith of overdue.
Vic Joseph and WWE Hall of Famer Booker T would be the commentators for “NXT” going ahead. In addition to his stellar in-ring profession, Booker has been at the commentary groups of “Raw” and “SmackDown” previously as well as to operating as a panelist on pay-per-view pre-shows. Alicia Taylor is the hoop announcer and McKenzie Mitchell will proceed because the behind the curtain interviewer.
Finally, it’s mentioned that Michael Cole and Corey Graves would be the commentary staff for “major live events,” which probably method WWE’s per 30 days pay-per-view playing cards that the corporate now refers to as Premium Live Events.
Needless to say, this is an enormous overhaul to the WWE commentary groups. Raw’s play-by-play guy Jimmy Smith is out altogether, and Booker T is now becoming a member of the NXT workforce. Wade Barrett will function Pat McAfee’s substitute on SmackDown. It will probably be fascinating to see if McAfee comes again for his outdated spot after soccer season is over, or if he has too many different tasks happening.
What do you recall to mind the brand new WWE commentary groups, Cagesiders?
