Justin Jason Roberts
[1] (born December 29, 1979) [2] is an American ring announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He currently works for the company's SmackDown
brand.
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Career
Roberts began watching wrestling, after he saw an edition of
Saturday Night's Main Event.
and met
Kerry Von Erich and
The Ultimate Warrior at a hotel in
Wisconsin. The combined events inspired Roberts to become a fan of professional wrestling.
He also briefly trained as a
referee so he could be in the same ring as
Curt Hennig, of whom he was a big fan.
Roberts began ring announcing at age 16 for local
professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling International, and announced his first match in November 1996.
He then worked for other
independent promotions such as the
American Wrestling Alliance (AWA) and Impact Zone Wrestling while studying
Media Arts and Communications at the
University of Arizona from 1998 to 2002.
During this time, he also announced for the
Toughman Contest.
In 2002, Roberts was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment as a backup announcer for
SmackDown
, followed later by a move to the
Raw
brand.
He also worked on
Velocity
and
Heat
shows while touring as the full time
Raw
live event announcer.
Most notably, Roberts announced the ECW show each week on the
Sci Fi Network until September 2007 before swapping with
SmackDown's Tony Chimel.
Roberts reached the peak of his profession when he announced the main event of
WrestleMania XXIV
between
Edge and
The Undertaker on March 30, 2008. In addition to announcing on
SmackDown
and
Smackdown Pay Per View
matches Roberts would also announce on
WWE Superstars
starting on the inaugural episode on April 16, 2009 episode.
Other media
Roberts has also done some acting and was featured in such movies as
Stuart Saves His Family
, the upcoming
The Guardian and
Soul Food
.
He had minor parts in
Sleepless in Seattle,
Blue Chips and
Only the Lonely.
[3] He also appeared in an episode of
The Jerry Springer Show
.
References
- The Official Website Of Justin Jason Roberts
- The Official Website of Justin Jason Roberts - Bio
- The Official Website Of Justin Jason Roberts - Résumé