Wade Barrett recently did an interview with Cultaholic to discuss a wide range of topics.
During the interview, Barrett noted that the original plan was for him to replace Pat McAfee as the WWE SmackDown color commentator when the latter went away for his gig on ESPN’s College Gameday and then Wade would go back to NXT when McAfee returned. However, McAfee has only made one appearance for WWE since last year, which was at the 2023 Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. He said,
“So the original plan when I came (to SmackDown commentary), I think I joined in September, was that I was going to be running until the beginning of January and then I think Pat (McAfee) was gonna tag back in. That plan has now changed and the seat on SmackDown is mine on a more permanent basis or as permanent as you can be in the world of WWE. Of course things change all the time and plans might change again, so nothing’s ever really permanent in this game.”
