Jonathan Coachman Ending WWE Coverage for ESPN

That’s a big piece gone. One of WWE’s biggest media coups over the last few years has been coverage from ESPN. Jonathan Coachman has run the coverage since its inception and was there to cover “Wrestlemania XXXIII” last weekend. However, it seems that we’ll be seeing a major change.

According to his Twitter, Coachman will no longer be covering WWE for ESPN. There was no specific reason given for his leaving but Coachman seemed to be leaving due to not having time to cover WWE any longer.

Wait so are you seriously done covering wrestling?

— Zach Takes (@ZachTakes) April 8, 2017

This would seem to imply that no one will be replacing WWE, which means the coverage will be ending permanently.

This is why you can't believe a "rumor". All wwe content is on own time. I have big project coming up. Decided a month ago. Don't have time. https://t.co/k66DPTuzze

— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) April 8, 2017

Opinion: Honestly, it’s hard to get annoyed at Coachman for leaving. WWE needed ESPN far more than vice versa so it was basically a big favor that wasn’t going to last forever. Coachman gave them a lot of extra coverage and that’s invaluable for a company like WWE. At least it was fun while it lasted.