WWE Changes Raw & Smackdown Commentary Teams

WWE has made more changes to their commentary teams on both Raw and Smackdown following the end of Tough Enough. The new permanent team on Raw will be Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield and Byron Saxton. The Smackdown team will be Rich Brennan, Jerry Lawler and Booker T. One of the notable moves is Saxton replacing Booker full time on Raw. It's an interesting choice because Booker was in the seat for most of the year and then he was a coach on Tough Enough for a few months. It was expected that Booker would get his spot back, but WWE decided to keep Saxton there full time. Saxton was on Smackdown before that, so Booker switched with him. The announce team for pay-per-view events will likely remain Cole, Lawler and JBL.

Brennan replaces Tom Phillips as the main play by play guy on Smackdown. Brennan has done a really good job on NXT and will likely stay in that role although there hasn't been an announcement regarding that yet. Phillips was originally put in that spot last year, then Michael Cole replaced him and then Phillips took over again a few months ago. Jimmy Uso has been filling in on Smackdown since his brother Jey had shoulder surgery. With Jey expected to return to action soon (it might be this month or October), Jimmy will be back in the ring as part of the Usos tag team. Booker returns to Smackdown next week.