{"id":43121,"date":"2019-04-03T13:03:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=43121"},"modified":"2019-04-03T17:34:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T21:34:34","slug":"aew-confirms-broadcasting-team-jim-ross-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/03\/aew-confirms-broadcasting-team-jim-ross-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Confirms Broadcasting Team, Jim Ross Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the most recent episode of\u00a0<strong>Road To Double Or Nothing<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>All Elite Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(AEW) got to work announcing the members of their broadcasting team.\u00a0 WWE legend\u00a0<strong>Jim Ross\u00a0<\/strong>is the eye-catching announcement but he will also be joined by\u00a0<strong>Excalibur<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Alex Marvez<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Justin Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Alicia Atout\u00a0<\/strong>as part of the AEW broadcast team.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW - The Road to Double or Nothing - Episode 10\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZQO92oKqUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jim Ross<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43122\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/ROSS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/ROSS.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/ROSS-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jim Ross is a man that should need no introduction to a wrestling fan, the WWE Hall Of Famer has commentated on some of the biggest matches and moments in wrestling history.\u00a0 Most recently he could be found commentating on\u00a0<strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>AXS TV\u00a0<\/strong>show and as part of the English commentary team for their US specials.\u00a0 Ross will bring an invaluable 40 years of experience within the Wrestling Business to AEW. While the AEW press release stated Ross had signed a 3-year deal as a Senior Advisor, it did not mention if he&#8217;d be returning to the broadcast booth at all, but one would assume he&#8217;ll be there in some capacity, maybe even just for PPVs.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Excalibur<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43131\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/excalibur-e1554314637574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"458\"><\/p>\n<p>The voice of PWG, Excalibur has been one of the best announcers outside the\u00a0WWE for over a decade.\u00a0 Since 2005 he has been doing commentary for\u00a0<strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrila (PWG)<\/strong> and has also called\u00a0<strong>Championship Wrestling From Hollywood\u00a0<\/strong>(CWFH), NJPW,\u00a0<strong>CHIKARA, <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>PROGRESS\u00a0<\/strong>during his career and was one of the many commentators for\u00a0<strong>All In<\/strong>.\u00a0 His knowledge of the independent wrestling scene will come in handy to counteract Ross and help provide insight into some of the lesser known talents in the company.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alex Marvez<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43126\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43126\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/Alex-Marvez-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bengals.Com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marvez is an NFL Insider that hosts Sirius FX radio. He has previously worked for FOX Sports covering the Bengals, Dolphins, and Broncos.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a WWE-esque\u00a0move from AEW as they are recruiting a sports personality to cover Wrestling.\u00a0 Marvez was a well-respected voice in the world of NFL writing and it will be interesting to see if he can transfer this to Wrestling.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Justin Roberts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43133\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43133\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/ad515b05f139f620-600x338.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/ad515b05f139f620-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/ad515b05f139f620-600x338-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts has been brought in to do ring duties for AEW.\u00a0 Roberts brings 12 years of experience from the WWE who he worked for from 2002 until 2014.\u00a0 He is probably most famous for his &#8220;Rated R Superstar&#8221; call for <strong>Edge\u00a0<\/strong>who he has made sporadic comebacks to announce for.\u00a0 Roberts was also involved with All In but brings a familiar voice to AEW.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alicia Atout<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43134\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/AliciaAtout_5034_preview-e1554314771855.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p>Alicia Atout made her name on her own for her site\u00a0<em>A Music Blog, Yea?\u00a0<\/em>where she got the opportunity to interview various wrestlers.\u00a0 She has spent months as a backstage interviewer for\u00a0<strong>IMPACT, <\/strong>as well as dozens of other indies in the US and Canada,\u00a0and will serve the same purpose for AEW, a move that was rumored after her recent departure from IMPACT Wrestling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the most recent episode of\u00a0Road To Double Or Nothing,\u00a0All Elite Wrestling\u00a0(AEW) got to work announcing the members of their broadcasting team.\u00a0 WWE legend\u00a0Jim Ross\u00a0is the eye-catching announcement but he will also be joined by\u00a0Excalibur,\u00a0Alex Marvez,\u00a0Justin Roberts\u00a0and\u00a0Alicia Atout\u00a0as part of the AEW broadcast team. 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