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Renee Paquette just tweeted out that former WWE announcer Tom "Phillips" Hannifan will be the new lead announcer for Impact Wrestling, debuting on tonight's Hard to Kill PPV:
Huge news!! @TomHannifan joins @IMPACTWRESTLING as their newest play by play announcer at Hard To Kill! What a pick up for them! I have Tom’s first interview this coming Tuesday on The Sessions!! @TheVolumeSports
— Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) January 8, 2022
PWInsider.com was independently working on confirming the same this morning after learning Hannifan was spotted in Dallas.
Hannifan, 32, was with WWE from 2012 through May 2021, when he was released by the company. At the time, he was very involved in producing and managing other announcers for the company as Senior Manager of On-Air Talent under Michael Cole.
After departing WWE, Hannifan became one of the hosts for Paydirt: A Penn State Football Podcast.
Hannifan replaces Matt Striker, who was released by Impact this past week.
Hannifan and D'Lo Brown will be calling the PPV tonight and will be the new team going forward on Impact on AXS TV as of this Thursday's episode.
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