8 Things We Learned From Pat McAfee On Stephanie McMahon's WWE Show
4. His Pat McAfee Show Is “A 3 Hour Promo”
At one stage in this Stephanie's Places episode, Pat said he gets “to live the luckiest and dumbest life of all time”. He's paid oodles of cash to talk about pro wrestling and pro football, and he hosts a popular daily show on ESPN. What's more, network execs and even WWE bosses give McAfee a lot of freedom to do his own thing and say whatever's on his mind - he isn't over-produced.
This looser formatting lets Pat show off his charisma and personality every single time he grabs a microphone. To him, it's akin to cutting lengthy WWE-style promos, which he also appreciates isn't for everyone. In fact, when he's talking NFL or college football, McAfee is aware that the "sports media world doesn't know what a promo is".
They'd likely be horrified if he told them he was mimicking Steve Austin, The Rock or members of the current WWE roster.
Nobody can deny that Pat is really good at talking. It's interesting that he approaches his sports coverage like this. Some people just view him as a “loudmouth” (both in and out of the wrestling bubble), but he enjoys telling stories and aims to do that whether he's on Raw, WWE PLE or ESPN. Having that show of faith from show producers and Triple H is important to him.
The daily ESPN show is "a 3 hour promo", basically. Pat's infectious energy appeals to viewers tuning in; it's morning show radio host on caffeine content, and it's making McAfee a lot of money. He'll take that, especially because he's able to enjoy the best of both worlds: WWE and other sports.