Throughout a current interview with the Each day Star, SmackDown shade commentator Wade Barrett described his spot on Friday nights as being “as everlasting as you possibly can ever be in a job in WWE.”
Barrett additionally touched on the standing of the person he changed beside Michael Cole on FOX, multi-hyphenate Pat McAfee:
“Pat McAfee is at all times going to be a good friend of WWE. He’s an extremely gifted man and we’re all followers of his, too, however he has lots on his plate.
“I’m positive he’ll come out and in now and again and be concerned in varied roles however, so far as I’m conscious, he’s not going to be sat within the SmackDown scorching seat for now at the least.”
That appeared to spur an replace from McAfee himself. The self and ESPN-employed sports activities talker confirmed what Wade mentioned about his schedule, and offered an replace — one which’s much more concrete than his final one:
A variety of wrestling chatter about me proper now..
I take into consideration wrestling on a regular basis..that dream isn’t finished.
My enterprise is at present reasonably energetic and exigent…+ child on the way in which…timing is every thing
I nonetheless have MASSIVE plans for my journey to the WWE HOF sometime.
Imagine that. pic.twitter.com/WzBZcPL6M2
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 17, 2023
Appears the questions Pat had about his WWE future throughout final month’s “annual suppose sesh on the seashore” have been answered, as it is a far more concrete assertion about his WWE future. We additionally don’t doubt he’ll be enshrined within the firm’s Corridor of Fame sooner or later, each due to his expertise and the modest peak at which the bar is ready to get into that advertising and marketing system/personal membership.
However when & how? That continues to be TBD.