STAMFORD, Conn., Dezember 14, 2015 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced that veteran announcer Mauro Ranallo will be the new voice of SmackDown Anfang Donnerstag, Januar 7 when the show moves to its new home on USA Network at 8 Uhr ET. Ranallo brings nearly 30 years of broadcasting experience, and is currently the play-by-play announcer for Championship Boxing on Showtime and former lead announcer for the Strikeforce MMA promotion.

Früher in diesem Jahr, Ranallo called the international feed for the historic Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Ranallo is the only sports broadcaster to call every major combat sport on national television, einschließlich Boxen, kickboxing and MMA, as well as helping to launch New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV.

“Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine,Sagte Ranallo. “I am thrilled to add my voice to the SmackDown broadcasts as the show moves to its new home on USA Network.”

Mit mehr als 800 original episodes, SmackDown is the second longest-running weekly episodic program in U.S. Fernsehgeschichte, only behind Monday Night Raw^®. Over the past 15 Jahre, SmackDown has been broadcast from 170 different venues, in 148 cities, in seven different countries including the United States, Kanada, Vereinigtes Königreich, Irak, Japan, Italy and Mexico. Now the exclusive cable home to WWE’s flagship programs, USA Network will air SmackDown jeder Donnerstagnight beginning Januar 7. USA also airs Monday Night Raw leben 52 weeks a year.

Prior to joining Showtime, Ranallo was the voice of the Pride Fighting Championships, and spent six years in Toronto where he hosted Canada’s first TV show dedicated to MMA while also hosting a daily combat sports radio show.

Ranallo lives in Los Angeles where he is a social advocate for mental health, an avid hiker and voice artist for commercials, books and film.

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