Many have long been expecting this news, but Taz has now
officially signed a deal with All Elite Wrestling.
Previously, the Human Suplex Machine has provided commentary
on AEW Dark, and some thought that this may have been part of a feeling out
process for both parties. And as soon as Taz announced earlier today that his
Taz Show podcast was being put on indefinite hold, it came as no real surprise to see that
later followed up by the news that the former ECW World Champion has agreed a
multiple-year contract with AEW.
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In addition to AEW Dynamite, yesterday’s new deal between
AEW and WarnerMedia means that AEW Dark will eventually become its own weekly TV
show rather than simply being a YouTube presentation. It’s likely with this in
mind, that Taz has been brought in to help boost the commentators available to
AEW.
Going forward, this means that AEW now has Taz, Jim Ross,
Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Alex Marvez, and Goldenboy on their books where the
announce booth is concerned.
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As injuries began to take their toll on his in-ring future, Taz’s commentary
career started to take shape in 2002. From ’02 through until April 2009, the
real-life Peter Senercia would work as a full-time commentator on WWE
programming – before he then embarked on a six-year stint at the TNA announce
booth.
Since 2015, Taz has kept well away from the announce desk bar his recent AEW Dark work.
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As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.
