A new report states that the new play-by-play commentator of WWE Raw will be former MMA fighter and broadcaster Jimmy Smith.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Smith will take over the role beginning this Monday after Tuesday’s news that WWE and Adnan Virk had mutually parted ways.
Smith, 43, was the host of Fight Quest and American Ninja Warrior and later joined the Bellator organization in an analyst position. Smith parted ways with Bellator at the end of 2017 and joined the UFC immediately after, which lasted for one year. He currently hosts SiriusXM’s Unlocking the Cage program.
Virk’s run as the lead voice of Raw lasted less than two months after joining the company and debuting on the April 12th episode alongside Corey Graves and Byron Saxton and finished with this past Monday’s program.
