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By Rohit Nath

Modified Sep 29, 2019 21:13 GMT

#2. Hope isn't true: Jerry Lawler's return to be a short one

As you probably know by now, SmackDown's debut on FOX is set to shake-up the announcers' team entirely. Renee Young will host a show - something she's good at - while Corey Graves teams up with Michael Cole.

RAW, meanwhile, has two new faces in Vic Joseph and Dio Maddin, who will pair up with Jerry "The King" Lawler. Lawler's hiring was more of a Vince McMahon call because he didn't want two fresh faces to be the voices of the Flagship show. Fair enough, if you ask us.

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Unfortunately, Lawler's return won't be a prolonged one. Pro Wrestling Sheets' Ryan Satin has reported that Lawler's return will be a very short one. That's unfortunate because he is a better option than Jonathan Coachman and will serve well as the veteran voice.

However, if it leads to Michael Cole going back to RAW and Byron Saxton going back to SmackDown, then only good things can come out of this!

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Rohit Nath is a content writer from Bangalore, India. A former full-time employee of Sportskeeda, Rohit was a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section in its rapid growth. His work has been featured in both Sportskeeda and Wrestlezone.

Some of the big names interviewed by Rohit are AJ Styles, Jinder Mahal, Jimmy Uso and Sasha Banks. Some of his popular weekly features include RAW Preview, "X things Subtly told us" and "Wrestling rumors we hope are true and those we hope aren't".

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