Josh Mathews

Recognized by the most discerning eyes as the best dressed personality in WWE, 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. During his time on SmackDown, Mathews even had the opportunity to get inside the ring and has an undefeated record of 2-0 that he’s not shy about talking about if only to humble his boastful broadcast colleague, Michael Cole.

Mathews extended his announcing duties to include digital media and hosted a variety of WWE Mobile and WWE.com programming. He covered the 2008 presidential conventions exclusively for WWE.com and appeared on MSNBC to discuss WWE’s Smackdown Your Vote initiative.

Mathews’ announce career continued to trend upward as he became the play-by-play announcer for WWE NXT, WWE Superstars and now, Friday Night SmackDown. While Josh Mathews has never officially been classified as a referee, more often than not he is forced into that role while trying to keep the peace sitting between his SmackDown color commentators, the loquacious Booker T and the obnoxious Michael Cole.

Perhaps Josh’s job would have been less painful had he stayed the course and become a WWE Superstar.