wrestling announcer

Ringside play-by-play voice

A wrestling announcer is someone who provides commentary during professional wrestling matches, narrating the action and building dramatic tension.

The role combines play-by-play description with theatrical storytelling, since professional wrestling is as much entertainment as sport.

Iconic announcers become inseparable from the spectacle: Good God almighty, they've killed him!

The term also applies to announcers for amateur and Olympic wrestling, though these call matches in a more straightforward athletic style.

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steel cage · cage · smackdown · headlock · turnbuckle · squared circle · crowd · roar · championship · main event · heel · babyface · finisher · signature move · pinfall · entrance · theme music · body slam

Opposites
role in wrestling event

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One who grapples opponents

referee · stuntman · cameraman · timekeeper · booker

visibility/audibility

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Backstage theater worker

cameraman · lighting technician · roadie · sound engineer

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G