It is official. Former Bellator and UFC color commentator Jimmy Smith has joined WWE Monday Night Raw as the lead play-by-play announcer.
The news was first reported by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer and later confirmed by both WWE and Smith on social media. Smith will make his debut on the upcoming edition of Raw scheduled for Monday, May 31 alongside long-time analysts Matthew Polinsky and Bryan Kelly, better known by their ring names Corey Graves and Byron Saxton respectively.
Smith commented on the news on Twitter and asked fans to tune in to get acquainted with him as well as see how he fares in his new venture.