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Tom Hannifan Praises Pat McAfee For His SmackDown Commentary Work

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During a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, Impact Wrestling commentator Tom Hannifan (Tom Phillips in WWE) gave some high praise to Pat McAfee for his animated performances on SmackDown and why it allows others to step up their game.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On Pat McAfee’s commentary: “I think the beauty of Pat McAfee is that he made it okay for commentators to jump up and down and literally get on the desk. I mean [Michael] Cole’s not doing anything like that but we all feel that emotion so, if anything it’s just kind of loosened everybody up in commentary in all of professional wrestling.”

On having to unlearn things from WWE while working for Impact: “It’s been great [at IMPACT Wrestling]. I think one of the first tapings I did, I kept saying the word ‘superstar’ and you guys are like, ‘You don’t have to say that man. You can say wrestler, you can say whatever you want.’ Even Scott D’Amore being like, ‘You can say belt. You can say that for the title’ so it was just a lot of things that I’ve had to, you know, habits that — that’s the way that WWE likes to do things. I did that for nine years and I’m unlearning a lot of things and all of you at IMPACT Wrestling have been extremely patient with me but you talk about getting excited about stuff, the ‘Styles Clash’ in the middle of [Josh] Alexander and Moose [at Rebellion], I jumped out of my freaking chair. I’m sure the spy cam, if they record it, still has that footage. I was on my feet when Josh won the title. It’s just you feel this stuff and it’s any commentator.”

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