Former NFL punter and NXT personality Pat McAfee made the jump to Friday Night SmackDown’s commentary desk this past week. And while his debut was well-received by fans watching along, McAfee himself wasn’t too impressed. He talked about the episode on Monday’s edition of The Pat McAfee Show, saying, (h/t Fightful) “I had no clue what was going to happen all night. No clue. I do believe that is the plan going forward, to just keep me out of the blue. If so, I had an absolute blast. I do not think I was anywhere near what I can get to as a commentator for professional wrestling. I used a lot of words over and over. I was scared to have too much bass in my voice because I didn’t want people to think I was trying to dominate the call, but sometimes I sounded too soft. The standing, my natural instinct is to stand when something happens, I guess a lot of people didn’t enjoy that. I appreciate that because that was potentially something that could get me into some s—.
I got to live an absolute dream on Friday night.. SHAHTAHT @MichaelCole for leading the way..
I enjoyed the hell out of it. I know that I’m nowhere near where I hope to get to.. I stunk, but Imma go to work to get good quick. #SmackDAHN pic.twitter.com/FwdPTdxlEa
