Pat McAfee‘s return to Smackdown was a special moment that the former commentator is still very thankful for.
Monday’s episode of the Pat McAfee Show saw McAfee reflect on his return to SmackDown on Friday night. McAfee got a chance to work with The Rock and Austin Theory on the show.
“Got there at 5:34 [pm] local time, because traffic from Boulder to Denver was not great. Show starts at 6 local time. People are talking about ‘how long did things come together?’ It was real quick. Everything came together real quick. What an honor to be back there. An absolute honor to be back. I thank them mightily for the opportunity to do that.”
“What a night. I’m so thankful I was even asked to be part of that. It was so cool to see everybody. Then watching The Rock in there, you watch his face. When I say it’s a two-hour show, and he looks at me, ‘The Rock knows it’s a two-hour show!’ [laughs]
McAfee says WWE asked him to be in the segment with The Rock and John Cena, and he initially said he didn’t want to take away from it.
“I was like, you don’t need to have me in here. ‘Listen, I understand the game here, there is no reason for me to be here. I appreciate it…’ They’re like, ‘No, no, we need you there.’
McAfee didn’t know what was coming next, but it was an electrifying moment to be part of.
“People always say you’ve got to be smart with your money. It’s like, when you first get money and you see something you want and you can definitely afford it, it’s really hard not to just [buy it]. It’s like for me now, people are like, ‘Do you want to [do this in WWE]’ and they draw up my dream thing. ‘Yeah, I think I have to do that.’ That was Friday, and WWE has seemingly done that for me more than any other group of humans on Earth, so I appreciate the hell out of all of them over there.”
WWE told McAfee to stay in the ring the entire time, which he also said he initially shied away from. McAfee gave in after they said he’d do the People’s Elbow, which popped the crowd.
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