Pat McAfee’s WWE Future In Doubt

Pat McAfee is returning to a huge non-WWE project.

Former NFL star Pat McAfee began working with WWE back in 2018. His journey to date has seen him feature on kick-off shows, wrestle at two of the company’s biggest events, and call the action on both Raw and SmackDown.

On the January 29th episode of Raw, McAfee made his full-time return to WWE having stepped away in September 2022. However, he continued to make occasional appearances, even though he no longer worked as a commentator on SmackDown.

Although McAfee has now been a fixture on Raw for several months, that could be about to change.

Pat McAfee Returning To ESPN College GameDay

Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show, the former punter for the Indianapolis Colts revealed he’s returning to ESPN College GameDay. The news has sparked considerable speculation around McAfee’s future, as his previous hiatus in September 2022 was due to taking on the same role.

“I am returning to College GameDay and although I don’t want to make a big deal out of it, I know it is a big f*cking deal that it’s happening. There was some drama obviously that started lingering. We had chatted about it, conversation was taking place, then some lawyer at ESPN tried to be a super genius. I ended up being a free agent, and it was a real moment of looking in the mirror and saying, ‘Am I the right person for this job?’”

McAfee added that he fell in love with the show during his previous run.

“Whenever I got there, I fell in love with it. How could you not? The entire pageantry of college football is on display for three hours before the games even start. Millions and millions of people are watching every single Saturday.

So I took it as a great honor. I was very lucky, I was very thankful to be there. I enjoyed every single stop that we made, every college town that we stopped through, the conversations alongside everybody at the desk, and the people that work behind the camera are just as cool and talented as the people that are on-camera, so it was like I was a part of their family.”

There’s been no official comment on how McAfee’s return to ESPN College GameDay will impact his work with WWE.

H/t to Fightful