Jonathan Coachman Open To WWE Return

Could Jonathan Coachman return to WWE? As long as it isn’t in a commentary role then ‘Coach’ would certainly be open to it.

Coachman worked for WWE across two spells from 1999 to 2008, and again from 2018 until 2021, with Coach admitting after his last run he would ‘never’ return to the company. However, his stance seems to have softened, with Coachman saying the following on The Angle podcast:

“When I went back - and I’m not gonna name names - but I was not treated very well. Whether it was the fact that I’ve already been there and they were a little bit jealous that I was put back in the commentary world, but I played into the ESPN guy. I shouldn’t have done that, that was a mistake on my part because the best version of myself is heel Coach. I’m great when I talk trash, I’m great when I tear you down and then get physical towards the end. There’s no reason why in 2024 I can’t do that and still have credibility to host a sports betting show, to host a sports wrestling show, to work at NBC.

“Everything has changed now, so if I went back again - because I would be open to going back now, but I’d never go back and sit in the commentary chair and be a straight forward announcer. That’s not who I am, that’s not the best version of myself. So that’s kind of why I said ‘I’m done’ because certain people didn’t want me there. They didn’t want to work me and when you have a three person announce booth, it’s like a three-man-weave in basketball. If you don’t work together, it can come off as awful. When I was there, it was, I’m in business for myself. That’s what it was. They didn’t want to work with me and so I basically got shut out,” said Coachman.

H/T: Fightful