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The 4th Annual Road to WrestleMania AMA series concludes today, as does WrestleMania week. We're ending it with former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts, who has had no qualms about stating his opinions, going back to the Connor the Crusher saga and more recently, stating that Vince McMahon doesn't care about what the fans think.
ABOUT JUSTIN ROBERTS
Roberts' way into the business, as chronicled in his new memoir Best Seat in the House: Your Backstage Pass Through My WWE Journey, is fairly unique. A chance sighting and attempted autograph signing with the Ultimate Warrior inspired Justin to pursue the wrestling industry. Each time he went to a wrestling show, Justin always looked for a way of gaining a little more access; bit by bit, piece by piece.
In 2002, he got a job on 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 SmackDown and pay-per-view matches, Roberts would also announce on WWE Superstars, including its inaugural episode on April 16, 2009. Beginning on September 28, 2009, Roberts took over the Raw announcing duties from the departing Lilian Garcia.
On the June 2010 episode of Raw, Roberts was attacked by the rookie wrestlers who had competed in the first season of WWE NXT.During the segment, Roberts was strangled with his own tie by Daniel Bryan, which led to Bryan's release, as WWE felt the incident was too violent for their TV-PG programming. At the SummerSlam pay-per-view two months later however, Bryan returned to WWE.
At Wrestlemania XXVII, Roberts worked as the sole announcer for the whole show, with the exception of the announcement of the Hall of Fame class of 2011, which was announced as usual by Howard Finkel.
On October 13, 2014 immediately after Raw, WWE released Roberts after opting not to renew his contract. Following this, it was reported that Roberts would be working on an autobiography.
Justin Roberts was guest ring announcer at the House of Hardcore 9 event and has served as the promotion's ring announcer ever since. In 2016, Roberts was the ring announcer for the UR Fight iPPV Events notably announcing the Angle vs. Mysterio match.
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- Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinRoberts
- For more information on Best Seat in the House, check out the book's official website
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On behalf of the moderators, thanks everyone for an incredible WrestleMania week, and I'm looking forward to finishing it off in style with tonight's Smackdown and AMA with Justin Roberts!
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