{"id":9315,"date":"2010-12-01T23:52:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T04:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=9315"},"modified":"2010-12-01T23:52:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T04:52:57","slug":"wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Considering Announce Team Shakeup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While a number of factors stand in the way of any change occurring, sources say WWE officials have been evaluating the current state of the various announce teams.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/the-paley-center-for-media\/image\/7543712?term=matt+striker\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/7543712\/the-paley-center-for-media\/the-paley-center-for-media.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=7543712\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"The Paley Center For Media Hosts A Screening Of Planet Hulk \" height=\"173\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"NEW YORK - JANUARY 14: Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, WWE star Matt Striker, and comic author and creator Greg Pak attend a screening of 'Planet Hulk' at The Paley Center for Media on January 14, 2010 in New York, New York. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the pay-per-view team of Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker has particularly come under scrutiny.  Though the official stance of WWE&#8217;s higher-ups is unclear, it is becoming well-known that Cole and Lawler do not like working with the SmackDown! announcer.  Cole, in particular, took Striker to task as recently as Survivor Series.<\/p>\n<p>Some have been pushing for CM Punk to replace Striker at the table for pay-per-views, but by turning the broadcast team into an all-RAW crew, WWE would effectively be treating SmackDown! as a distant B-show.<\/p>\n<p>And because very few are high on Todd Grisham&#8217;s work, Striker could very well remain in the mix for PPV commentary.<\/p>\n<p>As far as a Jim Ross return, while people were indeed asking for it based on his short performance on the Old School RAW, there has been no sign that WWE is seriously heading in that direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WWE Considering Announce Team Shakeup?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While a number of factors stand in the way of any change occurring, sources say WWE officials have been evaluating the current state of the various\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWE Considering Announce Team Shakeup?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While a number of factors stand in the way of any change occurring, sources say WWE officials have been evaluating the current state of the various\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-02T04:52:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-12-02T04:52:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/7543712\/the-paley-center-for-media\/the-paley-center-for-media.jpg?size=234&imageId=7543712\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup\/\",\"name\":\"WWE Considering Announce Team Shakeup?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-02T04:52:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-12-02T04:52:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"While a number of factors stand in the way of any change occurring, sources say WWE officials have been evaluating the current state of the various\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/01\/wwe-considering-announce-team-shakeup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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