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Slayer_X
01-09-2015, 04:44 AM
WWE issued the following press release:

WWE® ANNOUNCES NEW BROADCAST TEAMS AS A PART OF SMACKDOWN®’S MOVE TO THURSDAY NIGHTS

STAMFORD, CONN., January 8, 2015 – As part of WWE SmackDown’s move next week to Thursday nights at 8 PM on Syfy, WWE has announced changes to the broadcast teams for its flagship programs Monday Night Raw® and WWE SmackDown. Starting Monday, January 12, Michael Cole, Booker T® and John “Bradshaw” Layfield® will handle play-by-play and color commentary on Raw. Michael Cole, Jerry “The King” Lawler® and Byron Saxton™ will be the hosts for SmackDown when it debuts next Thursday at 8 PM on Syfy.

The broadcast team for WWE pay-per-view events will continue to be Michael Cole, Jerry “The King” Lawler and John “Bradshaw” Layfield.

Michael Cole has been the voice of WWE for more than 15 years, calling all of the action on Raw, SmackDownand WWE pay-per-view events. Booker T is a WWE Hall of Famer, a multi-time World Heavyweight Champion, and recent panelist on the Raw pre-and-post shows on WWE Network. John “Bradshaw” Layfield is a former World Heavyweight Champion and a frequent guest contributor on the Fox News Channel. Jerry “The King” Lawler is a WWE Hall of Famer, and a mainstay at ringside, bringing his unique form of color commentary to WWE fans for more than 20 years. Byron Saxton is a former ECW® and NXT® broadcaster, and most recently was a reporter for Raw and SmackDown.

The Anthority
01-09-2015, 05:36 PM
Byron Saxton as commentator. Hope he will bring some fun to SmackDown !

frisco
01-09-2015, 09:53 PM
Once again WWE working hard to make me stop watching RAW. I always look forward to Jerry Lawler and his comments, now you replace him with Booker T. Well I used to watch RAW every week, the last two years or so its been maybe 50% of the time. Now without the King it will probably be down to 20% of the time.

the madscotsman
01-12-2015, 05:02 PM
Most of the time I watch it with the sound off. JBL is really good as a villain and at least Cole tries but the others just piss me off. I also hate how they don't call most of the moves.

Will
01-12-2015, 07:09 PM
Seriously? The guy has been stale for 15 years.

PrimeTime420
01-12-2015, 10:25 PM
About time. They've needed Lawler off Raw since 2009. Also don't like the idea that the announce team has to be three.