Pat McAfee made his debut as color commentator on WWE SmackDown last week. Following the WrestleMania 37, WWE made a some changes to commentary panel for both Raw and SmackDown brand. And Pat McAfee joined Micheal Cole on blue brand as commentator.
On the latest edition of The Pat McAfee show, Pat McAfee discussed about his his first night on WWE Friday Night Smackdown as color commentator. Pat McAfee thinks that he stunk on his debut and admitted that he needs to get better.
“There was no real sitdown like ‘hey, you can expect this and this.’ I had no clue what was going to happen all night. No clue. I do believe that is the plan going forward, to just keep me out of the blue. If so, I had an absolute blast. I do not think I was anywhere near what I can get to as a commentator for professional wrestling. I used a lot of words over and over. I was scared to have too much bass in my voice because I didn’t want people to think I was trying to dominate the call, but sometimes I sounded too soft.
“The standing, my natural instinct, is to stand when something happens. I guess a lot of people didn’t enjoy that. I appreciate that because that was potentially something that could get me into some shit. A lot of people say, ‘you need to stay.’ The clip of us coming back to the two-hot of me standing and [Michael Cole] sitting and my being caught in a situation where I’m like, ‘I don’t know if I should stand or sit right now. That was an ad-libbed moment that pops up and is incredible. I had a blast. I think I stunk, but I have a chance to get better. I enjoyed it and am very thankful to all the people in WWE and to anybody that tuned in.”
It’s a dream come true & an absolute honor to be here on #SmackDown #SmackDAHN pic.twitter.com/Gu3uAWQOW3
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 17, 2021
Pat McAfee also stated that Vince McMahon wasn’t present on last week’s Smackdown but he’s open to critisism from him and other who help him to get better.
“Vince McMahon is somebody. If he were to say something to me, no matter how he says it… if you talked to me the way Vince McMahon talks to me, I’d smack you in the mouth, but it’s f****** Vince McMahon. There’s a lot of people at WWE to where if they have advice, they created that business, I’m going to listen to them. I have not changed and will not change, but I am very open if people give me critiques on what they think would be better.” (H/T: Fightful)
Are we sitting or standing @MichaelCole? #SmackDown #SmackDAHN pic.twitter.com/JqW27oWLiP
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 17, 2021
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