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A New WWE SmackDown Announce Team To Debut Tonight – Details Inside Here

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As we previously reported, Michael Cole replaced Tom Phillips on the announce
team for WWE Main Event as the show’s play-by-play man.

Phillips has been moved to the Smackdown broadcasts as the new play-by-play
announcer there, with Michael Cole doing commentary alongside JBL.

The following is from WWE.com:

Tom Phillips is feeling a little blue.

We mean that in a good
way, though. The workhorse voice of NXT and WWE Main Event is getting his big
primetime break as the third man in SmackDown’s announce booth, joining the
Michael Cole-JBL tandem that has provided the voice of the blue brand over the
last couple of years. Phillips made his debut this past Tuesday at the tapings
in Phoenix, Ariz., and by all accounts was a rousing success.

“It was
incredible to do that in front of the WWE Universe here in Phoenix,” Phillips
told WWE.com after the taping had concluded. “They are loud, they are having a
blast. Sitting out there with Michael Cole and JBL, they’re pretty intense, but
it was fun, man. I was a little nervous, but it was fun.”

According to
Cole, the promotion of Phillips — previously a standout on the commentary teams
of WWE NXT (a job he says he “loved”) and WWE Main Event on WWE Network — wasn’t
just a reward for the prolific play-by-play man, but part of an ongoing youth
movement to carry WWE commentary into the next generation.

“Over the
years, you’ve had Vince and Jesse and Gorilla and Bobby and J.R. and King and
John and I. You need to put your announce teams together to get us into the next
decade. We’re not going to do this for the rest of our lives. It’s just real
important to get the young kids going,” said Cole. “Tom works hard, he’s got a
great work ethic, he’s dedicated to the product and to the business, and he’s
doing really well. He’s really earned this opportunity.”

Cole went on to
explain that he and JBL will take on the roles of analysts while Phillips will
act as the “host,” providing play-by-play and what Cole refers to as the “nuts
and bolts” of the commentary job.

“It’ll be his show,” said
Cole.

That’s a tall order for the young announcer to fill, and he’ll
certainly need to be on his game to hang with the Type-A personalities currently
populating the booth.

“[Cole and JBL are] two very intense personalities,
two guys that have been in this business forever,” said Phillips. “I’ve learned
a ton from Michael Cole over the two years that I’ve been here, and I wouldn’t
be here without his influence and his support and his help over the two years.
To work with him and JBL was a big step up, and I’ve got to step my game up to
work with these guys.”

For Cole’s part, he isn’t particularly worried
about the young man who could one day become the next “Voice of
WWE.”

“He’s got the fundamentals down, and it’s time for a
change.”

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