Pat McAfee Explains Current WWE Absence

Pat McAfee hasn't been on WWE Raw for a while, with the announcer admitting that he 'hit a wall' after going nonstop since August 2024.

Explaining the burnout he experienced on The Pat McAfee Show (duh), McAfee said:

"I could just feel it. I'm like, 'Oh my god, my brain is not operating right now'. I had talked to others that had maybe experienced mental exhaustion before whenever they have had it. I've talked to them and I've been like, 'I'm staring down what you went through there'. I knew this moment was coming. I knew it was going to happen at some point and it happens to people. So, I talked to people about it happening and what they went through and as Money in the Bank was happening, I was like, 'Oh my god, this is it, I've finally hit it'".

Noting that taking his Raw duties away from a packed schedule helped him recover physically and mentally, McAfee added:

"(Raw) is an honour to be a part of, but…I stopped going to Monday night Raw, so that took away two planes and a two-hour sleep night a week away from the schedule. And it was like, stack a couple of weeks, I feel like a human again".

Should McAfee return to the announce desk, it likely won't be for a while as he will start working on ESPN's college football coverage in August.

McAfee previously thanked people within WWE for looking out for him as he faced exhaustion.

H/T F4WOnline

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