WWE is including an elite sports activities persona to its ranks. Faculty soccer and boxing broadcaster Joe Tessitore, 53, has signed a deal to supply play-by-play for the WWE starting this summer season.
What is just not but clear is what present Tessitore might be calling, although WWE did verify that he’ll work alongside Corey Graves and Wade Barrett. Graves is presently the lead voice alongside Barrett on “SmackDown,” which airs Friday nights, whereas Michael Cole and Pat McAfee commentate “Uncooked” on Monday nights. Cole and McAfee will stay paired collectively.
“It is an honor to be part of WWE,” Tessitore mentioned in a press release supplied to CBS Sports activities. “The latest success and trajectory are plain. Being there at WrestleMania XL, one may really feel it — from Cody [Rhodes], Seth [Rollins], Roman [Reigns] and The Rock, to inventive and manufacturing, these are a few of the best possible storytellers in TV.
“Corey and Wade are absolute stars and it’s my privilege to affix their workforce. Pat and Cole are simply magical collectively and Cole is the best to ever sit in that chair. As a lifelong viewer, I am humbled to affix this workforce and to serve our followers.”
A one-time NFL “Monday Night time Soccer” play-by-play man, Tessitore presently calls school soccer and High Rank Boxing for ESPN whereas additionally serving because the lead voice for sports activities actuality competitors comedy sequence “Holey Moley” on ABC.
Given Tessitore’s school soccer and boxing duties typically require him to work Saturdays, and WWE didn’t specify which present he’ll name, it’s attainable that Tessitore, Graves and Barrett wind up shifting to “Uncooked,” which strikes to Netflix on Jan. 1, 2025, with Cole and McAfee shifting again to “SmackDown,” which strikes to USA Community on Sept. 13.
“Whether or not it is a world title battle that is received the globe buzzing or a school soccer rivalry that is grabbed the nation’s consideration, Joe’s voice offers that large occasion really feel every time he’s behind the microphone,” mentioned WWE chief content material officer Paul Levesque, higher recognized to followers as former wrestler Triple H.
