![]() “With WWE, I get announced, and I’m high-fiving the fans as I walk out – we have a relationship. Typically, Egan splits his responsibilities between wrestling and football – committing his Monday nights to RAW, mid-week to SiriusXM FC and the WWE show After The Bell and Saturdays to MLS matches. Soccer fans in the United States will be more familiar with his work under a different name, Kevin Egan, as a longtime commentator for MLS and Atlanta United. “I drove away from the ThunderDome in Tampa, hoping to get that phone call. Kevin Patrick jumped at the chance to audition. Learn more about it, see what it would entail, and make the decision.’” “I said to my wife, ‘I just got a call to go to Tampa to audition for WWE, and she responded, ‘Hey, that’d be fun. “You can’t really think of anything more different,” he described the moment. He was shaving when a New York area number appeared on his phone moments before he was set to go on air with CNN to talk about the UEFA Champions League. In January 2021, Kevin Patrick received his first call from WWE. Over his short career with WWE, he’s learned to become more comfortable in front of the camera after spending most of his career in the gantry at football stadiums. It was the third time he had presented the brand’s showpiece event, but a lead role on the kickoff show is among his most prominent positions since joining the company. On Sunday, he sat on a black stool at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, crammed between Peter Rosenberg, Kayla Braxton and former WWE superstars Wade Barrett and Booker T at Wrestlemania’s kickoff show. ![]() Given his lack of grounding in professional wrestling, it’s an extraordinary ascent. After 18 months behind the curtain, he was promoted to the show’s play-by-play announcer alongside Corey Graves. On WWE’s website, Kevin Patrick is described as having “done a little bit of everything” since joining the company in March 2021.Īfter starting in a backstage role, he soon became a fixture on Monday Night Raw, WWE’s flagship weekly show, and a regular host of the WWE podcast RAW Talk. ![]()
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