Pat McAfee leaves WWE with immediate effect, joining ESPN

[Pooh Carlson]

Sept 8, 2022 8:32:18 GMT -5 kevin said:

Sept 8, 2022 6:18:10 GMT -5 Pooh Carlson said:

He said on his show that he was trying to figure out a way to do Smackdown and GameDay at the same time, and he didn't name names but people at WWE basically told him no, you're gonna damage your health and your family doing that, take time off to do GameDay and then come back.

It would be almost impossible to do both. Even if he could make both shows, You have to stay up to date with storylines in wrestling and college football. You could try just reading the notes and seeing a few highlights but to do either well you have to dedicate yourself to it.

His rational was that he did it once when he was doing Thursday Night Football commentary and got called to do Smackdown the next night when everybody was stuck overseas.

He's also said that he doesn't really keep up on storylines like a normal commentator might. He shows up and calls it like he sees it, and doesn't like to be told anything that's going to happen. Whether that's entirely accurate, who knows.

[salz4life]

This sucks because in the beginning, I hated McAfee and have grown to really like the enthusiasm he brings to whatever he does in WWE. I'll miss him on commentary. I'm glad it seems like he will be back after football ends.

[Lt. Palumbo]

Sept 7, 2022 11:48:59 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

But what does CM Punk think about this?

"Scott Colton wet the bed until he was 16 years old"