Update on ESPN, Jonathan Coachman’s Role at WWE “SummerSlam”

As previously reported, former WWE announcer and current ESPN anchor Jonathan Coachman will be covering WWE “SummerSlam” from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, the day of the event.

Coachman will be broadcasting live at 11 a.m, 12 p.m, and 6 p.m Eastern time, and will also do a wrap-up of the event once the show has ended. He will be interviewing various WWE superstars, such as John Cena and Roman Reigns.

Coachman recently spoke about the event to Justin Barrasso of the “Sports Illustrated Extra Mustard,” saying:

“We’re doing a lot of sit-downs on Saturday with guys who have cross-over appeal. We’re going to sit down and talk with different wrestlers that either played football in college, like Roman Reigns or John Cena, to the Miz, who was a reality star, so there are a lot of guys the casual sports fan would know. We’ll meet with them on Saturday, and those interviews will be on ESPN.com and our SportsCenter feed on Twitter, and then we’ll be doing live shots on Sunday morning from outside the arena to show people the atmosphere. Then we’ll interview a few people about what Sunday night means to their careers.”

“We’re used to dealing with athletes and asking, ‘What does this game mean to you?’ Well, performing at SummerSlam is just like performing in the NFC Championship game. You’ve got to bring your top game so you can make it to the Super Bowl in WrestleMania. We want to introduce a lot of these guys to the part of the sports world who don’t watch Raw.”

“ESPN is not a place you come to take the next step, it’s a place you come to spend your career. I plan on retiring at ESPN, but I would love to be involved with ESPN and WWE. The biggest network in America for credibility in sports and entertainment is ESPN, so the best way to make your product credible is to be on ESPN. I’m proud of the fact that I am the liaison for the WWE. I appreciate the executives at ESPN opening their hearts and their minds, and I can’t think of anything cooler than what we’re doing this weekend at SummerSlam.”

To see the interview in its entirety, click here.

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