Justin Roberts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!)
Any material not supported by sources may be challenged and removed at any time. This article has been tagged since January 2007.

Justin Roberts
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Justin Roberts Jason Roberts JJ Roberts Enzo Reed
Billed height	5 ft 10 inches
Billed weight	173lbs
Born	December 29, 1979 Chicago, Illinois
Resides	Phoenix, Arizona
Debut	November 1996

This article is about the ring announcer. For the singer-songwriter, see Justin Roberts (musician).

Justin Jason Roberts (born in Chicago, Illinois on December 29, 1979) [1], is a ring announcer currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its RAW live shows and ECW live television shows. Roberts began ring announcing at 16 years of age for local professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling International. He then worked for other independent promotions such as the American Wrestling Alliance while studying Media Arts and Communications at the University of Arizona in 2002. In the same year, Roberts was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment as a backup announcer for Tony Chimel in the SmackDown brand, followed later by a move to the RAW brand as Lilian Garcia's backup. He also worked on Velocity and Heat shows while touring as the full time RAW live event announcer. Most recently, Roberts announced on the inaugural episode of the new ECW show and continues to announce each week on the Sci Fi network.

Roberts filled in for Tony Chimel as ring announcer on the July 14th edition of SmackDown!, as well as the final episode on UPN in September and was the official ring announcer for the July 15, 2006 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.

Aside from professional wrestling, Roberts has also announced for the Toughman Contest. 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 also appeared in an episode of The Jerry Springer Show .