17 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (April 16)

13. Pat McAfee Looking For Direction

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Pat McAfee had a brilliant debut as SmackDown's new colour commentator.

Early in the show though, Pat spoke freely during Reigns' entrance and then fell quiet once the Universal Champ had posed with his title. Look very closely at the .GIF above and you'll spot McAfee glancing over at Michael Cole to see if they were allowed to talk.

WWE like to give visuals like that swirling shot room to breathe sometimes (especially when a big star is in the ring). Pat is more of a motor mouth, so that must've been hard.

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