Pat McAfee talks missing WWE

[Chris]

Pat McAfee says he'd like to return to WWE but the timing hasn't worked out.

McAfee said he misses the company "every day" during a recent Q&A session on Instagram. However, the 36-year-old cited the growth of his business as why he has only appeared at The Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 39 since leaving his SmackDown commentator position last fall.

"I had the time of my f***king life in there, loved it, every single moment," McAfee said of his WWE experience. "But now my business has gotten to a point - and we're very lucky for this, I’m very lucky for this and fortunate for this, we’ve worked our ass off - but I’m incredibly busy. And we’ve got 15 employees over here that are having babies and building houses. It’s a tough thing to deal with mentally because emotionally I want to be there, but I just can’t timing-wise but we will figure it out.”

McAfee worked as a commentator for WWE SmackDown from April 2021 until leaving for ESPN College GameDay last September. He returned to the commentary position for one night at the 2023 Royal Rumble and then wrestled The Miz at WrestleMania 39 in an impromptu match.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/pat-mcafee-on-wwe-return-emotionally-i-want-to-be-there-timing-hasnt-worked

 

[Cwalker]

One offs for him are cool. I love him on commentary.

 

[Chris]

I don't really know what I want him to do going forward tbh. I didn't mind him at the Rumble, but a one-off entire show might be too much bc he was the first to say he wasn't able to keep up with the product to prepare for the show and you could tell even though he still had the same hype.

I'd prefer one-off matches I think but that's harder on Pat bc he would have to do more work to prep for that lol

 

[Dale]

Maybe just have him be a special commentator for one match only, would be much easier for him to binge that program than everything. That being said, i'm not overly bothered if he doesn't come back, I thought he was cool though a little annoying in places.

 

[Chris]

Yeah one-off matches would probably be good, maybe even just the more comedy oriented matches bc I feel like he was always better at getting that stuff over

 

[BSE]

Pat is the best commentator in the business. He's a star in his own right and he knows how to make things feel important and exciting.