5 former WWE announcers who went on to more success

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#4. Todd Grisham (with WWE from 2004-2011)

When you look at - and hear - former WWE announcer Todd Grisham, there's just something about him that just yells "broadcaster" (and we mean that as a compliment). Grisham was working as a sportscaster for CBS affiliate KOLD-TV in Tuscon, AZ when he was offered a contract to work for WWE in 2004.

Grisham spent his WWE tenure mostly as a play-by-play announcer, but also worked as a backstage and in-ring interviewer, primarily on Raw. This frequently didn't turn out well for him.

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In August of 2011, Grisham decided to leave WWE. It seems to have been a pretty good move, as two months later he was working for ESPNEWS, beginning with an overnight sports highlights show with, interestingly enough, Adnan Virk. It would only be two months after then that Grisham would sit behind the desk as an anchor on ESPN SportYou. So, you could say he bounced back pretty quickly.