WWE announces new Raw & SD announce teams, Jerry Lawler bumped from main TV
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WWE has answered the question of what the TV announce teams will look like when a “New Era” for WWE begins next week on Raw and Smackdown.
Not included is long-time TV voice Jerry Lawler, who was not listed in the new Raw and Smackdown announce teams. Lawler recently took on a heel persona partnered with Mauro Ranallo and Byron Saxton on Smackdown. Several weeks ago, he was suspended from TV while going through a domestic dispute legal situation, then returned to TV when the charges were dropped.
WWE updated their announcement that Lawler is indeed moving to the Pre-Show on WWE Network, as WWE is moving Corey Graves from the Pre-Show panel to the Raw announce team.
WWE is also moving JBL from Raw to Smackdown. David Otunga, who was on the Raw Pre-Show before being moved to Main Event television, will now be on the Smackdown announce team.
The lead announcers will remain the same…
WWE Raw Announcers
Michael Cole
Corey Graves
Byron Saxton
WWE Smackdown Announcers
Mauro Ranallo
JBL
David Otunga
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WWE Superstars Announcers (Raw tapings)
Tom Phillips
Corey Graves
WWE Main Event Announcers (SD tapings)
Tom Phillips
David Otunga
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WWE Raw Pre-Show
Scott Stanford
Booker T
Jerry Lawler
WWE PPV Pre-Show
Renee Young
Booker T
Jerry Lawler
