UPDATE: According to sources, Jonathan Coachman will be at SummerSlam covering the event as a reporter for SportsCenter. The news was confirmed by ESPN’s PR team. While the event won’t be covered like a major “SportsCenter on the Road” event, it will get some air time.
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Coachman says he will be at SummerSlam next weekend. Coach, who was a part of the WWE broadcast team during the Attitude Era and now works for ESPN, posted the following to Twitter:
So next weekend does anyone know of anything to do in Brooklyn. Don’t have anything on my schedule. No wait… Yes I do. #SS
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachESPN) August 16, 2015
“@JoshNASCARWWE: @TheCoachESPN Will we see you on air? The masses want to know!”-I’m not going just to be a spectator. #sportscenter.
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachESPN) August 16, 2015
Previous reports suggested that ESPN was considering devoting some major coverage to SummerSlam this year.