{"id":142584,"date":"2022-07-07T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T20:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=142584"},"modified":"2022-07-07T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T20:10:57","slug":"pat-mcafee-signs-new-contract-with-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/07\/pat-mcafee-signs-new-contract-with-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat McAfee signs new contract with WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3440956283\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE Smackdown announcer, Pat McAfee, has signed a new multi-year deal with WWE. The company announced the news via social media on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatMcAfeeShow<\/a> has signed a multiyear extension with WWE.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XQw1O7M2uC\">https:\/\/t.co\/XQw1O7M2uC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1545104112387252225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McAfee has been a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\">WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/01\/7-1-wwe-smackdown-results-kellers-report-on-new-day-vs-viking-raiders-raquel-shotzi-lacey-vs-bliss-asuka-morgan\/\">Smackdown<\/a> commentator since 2021 and has competed in several matches. In NXT, McAfee worked against Adam Cole and in War Games. McAfee worked against Theory at WrestleMania 38 and won the match. He also took a Stunner from &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>STAMFORD, Conn., July 7, 2022\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 WWE\u00a0today announced that\u00a0<a class=\"wwe-wysiwyg--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/pat-mcafee\">Pat McAfee<\/a>\u00a0has signed a multiyear extension with WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Since April 2021, McAfee has served as an analyst, alongside Michael Cole, for\u00a0<em>Friday Night SmackDown<\/em>\u00a0at 8 pm ET live each week on FOX.<\/p>\n<p>The new pact will see McAfee entertaining the WWE Universe for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, McAfee delighted fans and lit up social media with a WrestleMania debut for the ages at AT&amp;T Stadium in Dallas when battling Theory, Mr. McMahon, and even getting stunned by &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>McAfee is a major star in the podcast world and is a former NFL punter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/06\/money-in-the-bank-2022-breaks-records-for-wwe\/\">Money in the Bank 2022 breaks records for WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3706011837\"><div id=\"pwtor-1668033409\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE Smackdown announcer, Pat McAfee, has signed a new multi-year deal with WWE. The company announced the news via social media on Thursday afternoon. BREAKING NEWS: @PatMcAfeeShow has signed a multiyear extension with WWE.https:\/\/t.co\/XQw1O7M2uC &mdash; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/07\/pat-mcafee-signs-new-contract-with-wwe\/\" title=\"Pat McAfee signs new contract with WWE\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":142585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[6544,71],"class_list":["post-142584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-pat-mcafee","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2022\/07\/Pat-McAfee.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142586,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142584\/revisions\/142586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}