5 WWE Announcers You Totally Don't Remember

5. Ernest 'The Cat' Miller

Thanks to a real-life friendship with Eric Bischoff, Ernest 'The Cat' Miller enjoyed a successful four-year run in World Championship Wrestling. Even though he wasn't a good worker or anything, his martial-arts inspired offense, charisma and colourful character ensured that he stood out to the masses.

When WCW folded in March 2001, Miller opted against taking a buy-out and collected on his guaranteed Time Warner contract. When it ran out, he joined WWE not as a wrestler, but as an announcer. Realising he'd be better served behind the booth as opposed to in the ring, WWE stuck him on Velocity, which he called alongside Josh Matthews.

Was The Cat any good as a commentator? Not especially, no, although he was no worse than, say, Bill DeMott, who also commentated on Smackdown's weekend show around this time. Soon, though, Miller ventured back into the squared circle. Talking with WWE.com in 2013, he explained the decision;

"It’s just like any old athlete. You sit and talk about it, but you feel you’ve still got something in the tank. They gave me the opportunity to see if there was something left in the tank”.

Did Ernest have a lot left in the tank? Erm, not really. After weeks of performing in dark and house show matches, he made but two on-camera in-ring appearances at the 2004 Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated in a matter of seconds, and in another 15-man Rumble on Smackdown days later (where he was once again thrown out to little fanfare).

He was released from his WWE contract weeks later.