Lee Marshall

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For the former professional footballer of the same name, see Lee Marshall (footballer)

Lee Marshall was a professional wrestling announcer for the American Wrestling Association (AWA). He later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to co-host WCW Thunder alongside Bobby Heenan and Tony Schiavone. He interviewed and announced alongside Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson on WCW Saturday Night as well. A staple of WCW Monday Nitro was his regular cracking of "Weasel" jokes directed at Heenan, which would conclude his road reports.

Marshall was also involved in the Great Western Forum based Women of Wrestling promotion and served as its play-by-play announcer. He was partnered with company owner David McLane, who served as the color commentator on the syndicated TV show, and worked with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan who was the color commentator on the Women of Wrestling pay-per-view on Feb 4, 2001. He received by far the most votes in the fan based WOW-FAN awards beating out David McLane and Julie Day as the "Announcer of the Year"

He was also known for traveling across the country to host Nitro parties for WCW, which often got quite out of hand with Marshall around^{[citation needed]}.

With his exceptionally deep voice, Marshall recently went on to replace Thurl Ravenscroft after his death, providing the voice for the Frosted Flakes mascot Tony the Tiger, signing a 10-year contract with Kellogg's in 2006.

Marshall is also a longtime radio announcer, working at such stations as KABC and KGFJ (now KYPA) in Los Angeles and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Detroit). At CKLW, he was one of the anchors for the station's "20/20 News" updates, and at KGFJ, he was "King News," bringing attention to the issue of gang violence.