Kevin Patrick was let go from WWE in January.
In January WWE released lead SmackDown commentator Kevin Patrick who had been with the company since 2021. The news came very last minute and it took many WWE Superstars by surprise, including WWE Women's World Champion Becky Lynch who called it"heartbreaking" to see him go. Patrick joined the Raw announce team in 2022 but was moved to SmackDown thereafter with Cole and Corey Graves.
Following his release, he opened up about being let go from from WWE, explaining that he"knew it was coming" as he wasn't their"long-term guy." "Football was always gonna win, if there was ever a collision, and there was one on the horizon, very clearly on the horizon," Patrick told The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch."If I'm in Boise, Idaho, on a Friday night, for example, doing SmackDown, how am I gonna be in the studio in New York at one o'clock on a Saturday? This was coming. I also wasn't their long-term guy. They need someone who's all in. Michael Cole has missed two shows in 27 years.
Patrick continued, complimenting Michael Cole for being the best boss he's ever had and that there's no ill will between himself or the company."They deserve more. That chair deserves more. For me, it was time. I wanted to leave. It got to a place where I had a chat with Michael Cole weeks before and I said, look, if there's a thinking here that I move on, I'm good. Let's hug it out, let's be on our way. I still talk to Michael Cole.
Patrick's release the beginning of an ongoing company-wide shakeup that has seen many come and go in recent months. Several tenured employees in the talent relations department were let go as well as Sue Aitchison who had been with the company for decades. As WWE puts an emphasis on the"Paul Levesque era" it appears they're wiping themselves clean of any lingering Vince McMahon hires.
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