{"id":168238,"date":"2025-03-27T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=168238"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:27:43","slug":"new-wwe-smackdown-ring-announcer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/03\/27\/new-wwe-smackdown-ring-announcer\/","title":{"rendered":"New WWE Smackdown ring announcer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2068083319\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Mark Shunock revealed on social media that he has been hired to be the new WWE Smackdown ring announcer. He also indicated that he will be using the name Mark Nash when he debuts on Friday at the Smackdown show in London, England.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Shunock worked as a ring announcer for Top Ranked Boxing for seven years. It will be interesting to see if he does some crossover work when TKO launches its boxing league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stepping into a new ring with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thrilled to join Friday Night SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>Mark &#8220;Nash&#8221; will see you tomorrow night at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheO2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheO2<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWESmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWESmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RingAnnouncer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RingAnnouncer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SFSA7b5u0y\">pic.twitter.com\/SFSA7b5u0y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Shunock (@MarkShunock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkShunock\/status\/1905298719291162736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1391988048\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":157986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[5499,5498,4840,101,31],"class_list":["post-168238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-mark-nash","tag-mark-shunock","tag-tko","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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