Wade Barrett to Fill In for Pat McAfee for 1/20 WWE RAW Show

ESPN recently announced that Pat McAfee will be making a return to their network for their Field Pass show on January 20th.

It was announced that McAfee will be hosting the show with his The Pat McAfee Show crew for the MegaCast broadcast for the College Football Bowl Playoff National Championship game between Notre Dame and Ohio State that night.

Official press release:

Returning in 2025, the fan favorite Field Pass will lead the MegaCast offerings from this year’s National Championship on ESPN2. Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show will offer entertaining, free-flowing commentary of the CFP National Championship Game, anchored by Pat McAfee, who will roam the sidelines of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. McAfee will call the action from the unique vantage point, joined by AJ Hawk, Darius Butler, Connor Campbell, Ty Schmit and Tone Digs, as well as a rotation of ESPN analysts, notable personalities, and celebrities throughout the game. Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show delivered the largest audience for any ESPN alternate telecast on record with 2.4 million viewers from the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential.

As a result of McAfee’s commitments for ESPN, this meant that he would be missing WWE’s RAW show in Dallas, Texas that same night.

During tonight’s WWE SmackDown show in San Diego, California, Joe Tessitore announced that Wade Barrett will be joining Michael Cole in commentary for next week’s WWE RAW show. Barrett responded confirming that he will be at the show.