During Todd Grisham's stint as ECW commentator, Mathews replaced him as Raw's backstage interviewer. Despite these occasional unfortunate experiences, Mathews never backed down from an announcing assignment through his WWE tenure, which ended in June 2014. ", "The Rock costs Cena as The Miz retains at WrestleMania XXVII", "WWE Superstars report: Tag team action; who replaces Tony Dawson on commentary? [9] He was the host of WWE.com's Weekly Top Five when it started and hosted it until April 2009 when he was replaced by Jack Korpela. On September 27, 2013, he started as commentator of Superstars with Tom Phillips. And he knows it. Unfortunately, being in such close proximity to volatile Superstars led to Mathews being stunned by Steve Austin, thrown through the air by Brock Lesnar, and trapped in Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker. Play-by-play announcer for SmackDown, WWE Main Event, WWE NXT, ECW; Raw backstage interviewer; Tough Enough finalist. WGN. Mathews’ announce career continued to trend upward as he served as a color commentator on both SmackDown and WrestleMania.
He later offered and was accepted to be Booker T's temporary partner for a tag team match on an episode of SmackDown!. Mathews was attacked by Kurt Angle. [7] Mathews was then possessed by The Undertaker on the December 9, 2005 episode of SmackDown! Unfortunately, being in such close proximity to volatile Superstars led to Mathews being stunned by Steve Austin, thrown through the air by Brock Lesnar, and trapped in Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker. He also hosted the WWE webcast Byte This! [10][11] In addition to commentating on ECW and ECW pay-per-view matches, Mathews along with Matt Striker represented the ECW brand on Superstars every week starting with the inaugural episode on April 16, 2009. [8], Mathews filled in for an absent Todd Grisham on a summer 2006 episode of Raw. Josh Mathews: Bio Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001 after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” [18] On June 3, 2015, D'Angelo Dinero officially joined Mathews as his broadcast partner for Impact Wrestling. However, on April 21, Mathews returned to ringside accompanying Ethan Carter III, and joined Borash and Dinero, providing commentary, again belittling the wrestlers who the fans cheered for. Joshua Lomberger[1] (born November 25, 1980),[1] better known by the ring name Josh Mathews, is an American professional wrestling play by play commentator and former professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling. On the April 23, 2012 episode of Raw, Mathews was throttled by Brock Lesnar after Lesnar believed Mathews had made a smart-aleck comment towards him. He hasn’t earned the equity to play douchebag on Twitter. Mathews was again attacked by Kane on August 31, 2012 episode of SmackDown after he lost his match against Alberto Del Rio. ?...Steamboat to put tights back on?? By Ian Carey. He was also a commentator of Main Event. In December 2002, he began appearing as the backstage interviewer for the SmackDown! ", "Longtime WWE announcer gone from the company", "Mike Tenay's new TNA role revealed in press release", "WWE at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josh_Mathews&oldid=979832508, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 September 2020, at 01:45. Results – March 31, 2005", "WWE SmackDown! Results – December 9, 2005", Josh Mathews blog confirming final episode of Heat, "Draft Thoughts...Another Von Erich to Enter the Ring? On the March 2, 2017 episode of Impact Wrestling, Mathews turned heel that night when he began favoring heel wrestlers over face wrestlers. On the April 25 episode of Raw, Mathews announced that the Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole and Jack Swagger match at Extreme Rules will be a Country Whipping match, which Cole and Swagger won. Schefter would send off another tweet just before the Mathews reply that again, didn’t make any football sense: To be clear: Clay Matthews wasn’t willing to play right now for what the Broncos offered. Josh Mathews Melting Down On Twitter, Quits Social Media. He then became the alternate spokesman for the Anonymous Raw General Manager, when Michael Cole was not commentating.
On the April 7, 2009, episode of ECW, Mathews was announced as the new play-by-play commentator, as the previous commentator, Todd Grisham was moved to SmackDown after Tazz departed WWE. brand and as an announcer on Velocity.
Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001 after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” Instead of embarking on a career with WWE as a Superstar, Josh instead became a television interviewer for SmackDown and other shows. Booker T wanted to be at ringside during the Mathews-Jordan match, as JBL would no doubt be present, and would give Booker T an excuse to beat down JBL before their match at Survivor Series. Josh Mathews, who drew the ire of many in the business for referring to himself as “the greatest play-by-play announcer in the world” recently, has been having a social media meltdown. Whether Josh Mathews cares about his audience, his supporters, his detractors, or anything else is irrelevant to me - though I hope he does - because he’s currently playing a character online that trolls and takes veiled shots and is entirely unlikable.
He continuously praised himself, and he argued with D'Angelo Dinero throughout the broadcast.
[6] On March 31, 2005 episode of SmackDown! On April 3, 2011, Mathews commentated the majority of WrestleMania XXVII, though he received a 'Stone Cold Stunner' from an angered Stone Cold Steve Austin, cutting his night short. when John "Bradshaw" Layfield slapped Mathews for not showing respect to Layfield's chief of staff Orlando Jordan when he was interviewing him. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Lomberger was a runner-up to Maven and Nidia in the first WWE Tough Enough in 2001.[1]. Most interesting about the Mathews clap back was that he added the rat emojis at the end! Mathews extended his announcing duties to include digital media and hosted a variety of WWE Mobile and WWE.com programming. He then using the new catchphrase "The Anonymous Raw General Manager says...", before reading each e-mail. [14] The following night on Raw, Mathews found himself aligned with Jerry Lawler, and against Michael Cole. The following night, again as the spokesman for the anonymous Raw General Manager, Mathews read the e-mail that denied The Miz's request for another title shot, seemingly done with John Cena. Mathews was the play-by-play commentator of Saturday Morning Slam throughout the show's 2012–2013 run. Later in the year, he was attacked at SummerSlam, this time by Kane, who was angry over being defeated by Daniel Bryan. Lomberger was previously married to Rue DeBona from November 2006 until their divorce in 2008. He is perhaps best known for his tenure with WWE. On December 10, Mathews officially replaced Todd Grisham as the play-by-play commentator for SmackDown, commentating alongside Michael Cole and Striker. Joshua is portrayed by Uriah Shelton. Despite these occasional unfortunate experiences, Mathews never backed down from an announcing assignment, regardless of the potential peril. Mathews reunited with his former ECW and SmackDown broadcast partner Matt Striker on the November 10, 2011 episode of Superstars, becoming the full-time broadcasting team. In August 2015, Lomberger married Ashley Simmons, best known by her ring name Madison Rayne. In late 2010, Mathews often worked as the color commentator on Raw due to Jerry Lawler's increased in-ring competition. [12] After ECW's closure, Mathews became the color commentator of NXT. Results – November 4, 2004", "WWE SmackDown! Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001, after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” Instead of embarking on a career with WWE as a Superstar, Josh instead became a television interviewer for SmackDown and other shows. Mathews flourished in his role as the play-by-play announcer for WWE Main Event while still performing interviews on both TV and the WWE App. During his time on SmackDown, Mathews even had the opportunity to get inside the ring, collecting an undefeated record of 2-0 that he wasn't shy about boasting about, if only to humble his old broadcast colleagues Michael Cole and JBL. [4] He was later assaulted by Jordan and requested from General Manager Theodore Long that he be given a one-on-one match against him. He is perhaps best known for his tenure with WWE. He and Booker ultimately won the match. At the following pay-per-view, Over the Limit, Mathews supported Lawler, Bret Hart and Eve Torres in having Michael Cole kiss Lawler's foot. Mathews was replaced by William Regal as a commentator on season five of NXT in 2011. On January 13, 2018, Matt Sydal turned heel and gifted his Impact Grand Championship to Mathews, only for Sydal to drop the belt to Austin Aries while defending it on Mathews' behalf.
Results – November 11, 2004", "WWE SmackDown! [2] In 2003 Mathews also stood in for Tony Chimel as ring announcer for Smackdown!. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. while interviewing Randy Orton. Lomberger was eventually hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and began using the name Josh Mathews. Mathews, along with WWE Diva Candice Michelle were WWE's correspondents at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in an effort to encourage WWE fans to register to vote for the 2008 Presidential election.[1]. Josh Mathews: Bio Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001, after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” He and Striker also called the November 9, 2011 broadcast of NXT, marking his second return to the show since his original run ended after season four. In December 2014, TNA confirmed that Mathews would take Mike Tenay's place. On the April 9, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Mathews was attacked with a sleeper hold by Dolph Ziggler when he was interviewing him.
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