{"id":17854,"date":"2016-04-29T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17854"},"modified":"2016-05-18T23:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T04:43:40","slug":"second-wwe-announcer-released-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/29\/second-wwe-announcer-released-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Second WWE announcer released this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2562451930\" 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 announcer Kyle Edwards (former wrestling talk show host Arda Ocal) has been released by WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Ocal announced Friday on Twitter that he parted ways with WWE and there are &#8220;no hard feelings&#8221; either way. WWE also removed Edwards&#8217;s WWE profile from their official website.<\/p>\n<p>Ocal played a few roles on WWE Network, mainly hosting a &#8220;This Week in WWE History&#8221; show. Ocal also filled in a few times for Scott Stanford hosting the Raw pre-show on Monday nights.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Ocal tweeted that next week would be the one-year anniversary of the &#8220;This Week in WWE History&#8221; show. Ocal will not be part of it now.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, WWE cut ties with backstage interviewer\/Main Event TV announcer Rich Brennan. 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