Former NFL athlete and WWE broadcaster Pat McAfee made his surprise return at Saturday night’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in San Antonio, TX.
McAfee began appearing on WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown for over a year starting in April 2021. On September 7, 2022, WWE announced that McAfee would be taking a hiatus from SmackDown for the foreseeable future in order to join ESPN’s College GameDay, and would return once he’s through with the project.
Following his appearance at the Royal Rumble, McAfee took to Twitter to express his emotions and thanked the WWE Universe for the huge standing ovation. He remained on commentary for the entire 4+ hour Royal Rumble pay-per-view event alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves. McAfee wrote:
“That was awesome. Massive thank you to the folks of the WWE Universe that were in that AlamoDome.. I’ll remember that “hello” forever. So grateful to be back tonight..shahtaht @MichaelCole & @WWEGraves GREAT to see the WWE family backstage again I’ve missed everyone.”
That was awesome
Massive thank you to the folks of the WWE Universe that were in that AlamoDome.. I’ll remember that “hello” forever 🙏🏻
So grateful to be back tonight..shahtaht @MichaelCole & @WWEGraves
GREAT to see the WWE family backstage again
🗣I’ve missed everyone pic.twitter.com/M30XWGvLV8
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 29, 2023
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