Pat McAfee: I Think I Stunk On WWE Smackdown Commentary Debut

Pat McAfee has critiqued his debut commentary performance on WWE Friday Night Smackdown.

McAfee was announced last week as the new analyst on the blue brand alongside play-by-play announcer Michael Cole, with the former NFL All-Pro punter making his first outing as a permanent member of the commentary team on Friday.

Speaking on his own podcast, The Pat McAfee Show, he assessed his own effort.

McAfee said: "I do not think I was anywhere near where I can get to as a commentator for professional wrestling. I used a lot of the words a couple times over and over. I was scared to have too much bass in my voice 'cause I didn’t want people to think I was trying to dominate the call or anything like that, but sometimes I sounded a little bit too soft.

"The standing - natural instinct was for me to stand when something happened. I guess a lot of people didn't enjoy that. I appreciate that because that was potentially something that could get me into some sh*t. A lot of people say like 'oh, you need to stay so we can.' The clip of us coming back to the two shot of me standing [and] him sitting and me kind of being caught in a situation where I’m like, ‘Well I don’t know if I should stand or sit right now.' That was one of those kind of ad-libbed moments that pop up that is incredible.

"I had a blast. I think I stunk, but I have a chance to get better. I enjoyed it. I'm very thankful to all the people at the WWE and to anybody that happened to tune in."

H/T F4WOnline