while interviewing Randy Orton. Mathews was attacked by Kurt Angle.

On the April 7, 2009, episode of ECW, Mathews was announced as the new play-by-play commentator, as the previous commentator, Todd Grisham was moved to SmackDown after Tazz departed WWE. Mathews, along with WWE Diva Candice Michelle were WWE's correspondents at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in an effort to encourage WWE fans to register to vote for the 2008 Presidential election.[1]. He also hosted the WWE webcast Byte This! Unfortunately, being in such close proximity to volatile Superstars led to Mathews being stunned by Steve Austin, thrown through the air by Brock Lesnar, and trapped in Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker. Most interesting about the Mathews clap back was that he added the rat emojis at the end! Joshua "Josh" Gabriel Matthews is a recurring character in Girl Meets World. After being released from WWE, it was reported that Lomberger had signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to work in their offices in Nashville. Josh Mathews, who drew the ire of many in the business for referring to himself as “the greatest play-by-play announcer in the world” recently, has been having a social media meltdown.

WGN. Results – March 31, 2005", "WWE SmackDown! Mathews slowly made a face turn as he would favor the babyface wrestlers and question the actions of the heel wrestlers. Later in the year, he was attacked at SummerSlam, this time by Kane, who was angry over being defeated by Daniel Bryan. Josh Mathews Melting Down On Twitter, Quits Social Media. Booker T wanted to be at ringside during the Mathews-Jordan match, as JBL would no doubt be present, and would give Booker T an excuse to beat down JBL before their match at Survivor Series. In December 2014, TNA confirmed that Mathews would take Mike Tenay's place. Mathews extended his announcing duties to include digital media and hosted a variety of WWE Mobile and WWE.com programming. On the April 23, 2012 episode of Raw, Mathews was throttled by Brock Lesnar after Lesnar believed Mathews had made a smart-aleck comment towards him. He is perhaps best known for his tenure with WWE. He was also a commentator of Main Event. [14] The following night on Raw, Mathews found himself aligned with Jerry Lawler, and against Michael Cole. However, on April 21, Mathews returned to ringside accompanying Ethan Carter III, and joined Borash and Dinero, providing commentary, again belittling the wrestlers who the fans cheered for. brand and as an announcer on Velocity. Results – December 9, 2005", Josh Mathews blog confirming final episode of Heat, "Draft Thoughts...Another Von Erich to Enter the Ring? when John "Bradshaw" Layfield slapped Mathews for not showing respect to Layfield's chief of staff Orlando Jordan when he was interviewing him. Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001, after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” Instead of embarking on a career with WWE as a Superstar, Josh instead became a television interviewer for SmackDown and other shows. [15] On October 18, 2013 episode of SmackDown, Alberto Del Rio attacked Mathews while threatening John Cena about what he was going to do to him in Hell in a Cell.

[13] On the February 4, 2011, episode of SmackDown, Mathews and Cole were joined by Booker T, forming a three-man announce team.

Josh Mathews: Bio Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001, after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” Clearly no love lost for Adam Schefter. Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001 after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.” Instead of embarking on a career with WWE as a Superstar, Josh instead became a television interviewer for SmackDown and other shows. Josh Mathews: Bio Recognized by the most discerning eyes as one of the best-dressed personalities in WWE history, Burberry poster boy Josh Mathews began his career with WWE in 2001 after being a part of MTV's reality show, “Tough Enough.”

Joshua Lomberger, better known by the ring name Josh Mathews, is an American professional wrestling play by play commentator and former professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling. Despite these occasional unfortunate experiences, Mathews never backed down from an announcing assignment through his WWE tenure, which ended in June 2014. He then became the alternate spokesman for the Anonymous Raw General Manager, when Michael Cole was not commentating. ", "The Rock costs Cena as The Miz retains at WrestleMania XXVII", "WWE Superstars report: Tag team action; who replaces Tony Dawson on commentary? Mathews was again attacked by Kane on August 31, 2012 episode of SmackDown after he lost his match against Alberto Del Rio. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.

[17] Throughout November and December, Mathews appeared in episodes of #ImWithSpud on TNA's YouTube channel. Mathews reunited with his former ECW and SmackDown broadcast partner Matt Striker on the November 10, 2011 episode of Superstars, becoming the full-time broadcasting team. At the following pay-per-view, Over the Limit, Mathews supported Lawler, Bret Hart and Eve Torres in having Michael Cole kiss Lawler's foot. Mathews once again emerged victorious against Jordan, with some considerable help from Booker T.[5] He also tried to help Booker in his WWE Championship match at the Survivor Series, but was given a Clothesline From Hell by JBL for his efforts. On September 27, 2013, he started as commentator of Superstars with Tom Phillips. [20], American professional wrestler, professional wrestling announcer and commentator, and backstage interviewer, World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / WWE (2001 - 2014), Tough Enough and backstage interviewer (2001–2006), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2014–present), "WWE SmackDown! Results – November 11, 2004", "WWE SmackDown! And he knows it. He later offered and was accepted to be Booker T's temporary partner for a tag team match on an episode of SmackDown!. Mathews was the play-by-play commentator of Saturday Morning Slam throughout the show's 2012–2013 run. He also hosted pre-shows for WWE pay-per-view events, and he provided color commentary on Heat from time to time before the show was cancelled in May 2008. Joshua Lomberger[1] (born November 25, 1980),[1] better known by the ring name Josh Mathews, is an American professional wrestling play by play commentator and former professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling. In August 2015, Lomberger married Ashley Simmons, best known by her ring name Madison Rayne. In 2004, Mathews was given some limited ring time on SmackDown! The following night, again as the spokesman for the anonymous Raw General Manager, Mathews read the e-mail that denied The Miz's request for another title shot, seemingly done with John Cena. In December 2002, he began appearing as the backstage interviewer for the SmackDown! Despite these occasional unfortunate experiences, Mathews never backed down from an announcing assignment, regardless of the potential peril.

Play-by-play announcer for SmackDown, WWE Main Event, WWE NXT, ECW; Raw backstage interviewer; Tough Enough finalist. Lomberger was eventually hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and began using the name Josh Mathews. Lomberger was a runner-up to Maven and Nidia in the first WWE Tough Enough in 2001.[1]. During Todd Grisham's stint as ECW commentator, Mathews replaced him as Raw's backstage interviewer. [8], Mathews filled in for an absent Todd Grisham on a summer 2006 episode of Raw. Josh was also a minor semi-recurring character in Boy Meets World. [9] He was the host of WWE.com's Weekly Top Five when it started and hosted it until April 2009 when he was replaced by Jack Korpela.

He and Booker ultimately won the match. Schefter would send off another tweet just before the Mathews reply that again, didn’t make any football sense: To be clear: Clay Matthews wasn’t willing to play right now for what the Broncos offered.

[12] After ECW's closure, Mathews became the color commentator of NXT. [18] On June 3, 2015, D'Angelo Dinero officially joined Mathews as his broadcast partner for Impact Wrestling. [7] Mathews was then possessed by The Undertaker on the December 9, 2005 episode of SmackDown! Mathews was replaced by William Regal as a commentator on season five of NXT in 2011. Joshua is portrayed by Uriah Shelton.