New Female Announcer Pulled From Show, Another 3-Hour RAW and more

Posted by W-E on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Sources: www.pwtorch.com, PWInsider.com

– Reports have surfaced online saying the new ring announcer of SmackDown, Lauren Mayhew, was pulled from her ring announcing duties during last night’s SmackDown television taping in Boston. According to a correspondent’s report, she missed her cues during the dark match and was replaced by Justin Roberts for the rest of the taping.

“She was sort of scolded at ringside by WWE staff and then went backstage only to return some time later and sit at ringside the entire night,” the correspondent in attendance wrote. “Mayhew took notes all night long.”

Lupo Entertainment, which represents Mayhew, contacted a few wrestling news outlets to dispute the correspondent’s report saying she was pulled during the show. They explained she was simply scheduled to serve as the ring announcer for the dark match at the tapings and therefore not pulled during the show as a result. Essentially, this was a practice session for her to get her feet wet in her new role.

– WWE has another three-hour episode of Raw scheduled for December 14th. A three-hour edition of Raw is also scheduled for the night after the Survivor Series on November 23rd.

– This week’s Raw rating was not released yesterday due to processing problems at Nielsen. It will be released later today.

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4 Responses to New Female Announcer Pulled From Show, Another 3-Hour RAW and more:

  1. Shawn

    Date: Sep 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    Why didn’t they send her to FCW to work out the kinks before having her “take notes” on Smackdown? Either that or use “Savannah”, who did the ring announcing in FCW for some time before becoming the backstage reporter for ECW.

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  2. Mark

    Date: Sep 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM

    Agreed, she has been thrown in the deep end. Should be given plenty more pratice before appearing live

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  3. Some Labrador Retreiver

    Date: Sep 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    We’ve seen so announcers come and go, well besides Garcia and Howard… But for some strange reason, I have a feeling this girl is going to last and really do a good job… Does anyone else feel that way

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  4. Matt

    Date: Sep 30, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    Mark on Wed, 30th Sep 2009 5:00 PM

    Agreed, she has been thrown in the deep end. Should be given plenty more pratice before appearing live

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    Well its not like she’s gonna drown, have you seen the chin on her? that alone will prop her up :P

    could also be what really struck and sunk the Titanic.

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