FightfulSelect.com reported, “One pitch that we’ve heard involved a run in after the conclusion of the night’s main event. We asked directly if it was Bray Wyatt, and weren’t given a confirmation or a denial. In past weeks, Fightful was told that some kind of reveal would take place at Extreme Rules. For good measure, we also asked about Brock Lesnar, who one media member said they heard was going to be at the venue, however, nobody we’d talked to said they’d heard of him being at the venue.”
Pat McAfee is a universally loved former NFL punter who made his way to WWE and has been a huge part of the company since then. Fans of Wade Barrett who tune in to Friday Night SmackDown should enjoy his commentary while it lasts, as he won’t be on the show for that long.
He made his SmackDown commentary debut on last night’s episode on FOX. The move is part of WWE’s new lineup of commentary teams across SmackDown, Raw, and NXT, in line with the season premieres of each brand.
In a tweet responding to the move, Barrett said he was thrilled to be working with Michael Cole, but said that he will be back in NXT one day.
BOOM! Excited to bleed blue on #SmackDown
alongside the GOAT
for a little while! What a crazy opportunity.. And THANK YOU #WWENXT
.. I’ll be back!
PW Insider reports that this is the case and that Barrett will leave SmackDown when Pat McAfee returns next year.
McAfee has been absent from programming for weeks since taking a role with ESPN’s College Game Day.
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