Todd Grisham
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| Todd Grisham | |
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| Ring name(s) | Todd Grisham |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 159 lb (72 kg) |
| Born | January 9, 1976 Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Resides | Bay Minette, Alabama |
| Debut | 2004 |
Todd Grisham (born January 9, 1976)[citation needed] is an American presenter/announcer working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts.
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[edit] Early life
Grisham attended Wingate University on a soccer scholarship, later transferring to University of West Georgia where he received his degree in communications. His first professional job in the television industry was with KTVO of Ottumwa, Iowa where he worked for a year and a half. He then went on to work as a sportscaster for KOLD-TV for approximately five years before signing a two-year contract with WWE as an announcer, officially joining them on January 14, 2004.[1][2]
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
Grisham debuted in WWE in 2004, becoming the voice of Heat, doing play-by-play alongside Jonathan Coachman, Josh Mathews, and others over a near four year period. Grisham also formerly co-hosted The WWE Experience with Lisa Moretti (Ivory), but after her release, he hosted it alone until mid-2006, when Josh Mathews started hosting the show. He also hosted WWE's premier web show, WWE Byte This!, which was cancelled in 2006. In addition, he does backstage interviews for the Raw brand. He also began hosting Raw's catch-up program WWE Bottom Line after Marc Lloyd was released from the company.
Grisham also hosted WWE Unlimited segments, a web-only broadcast that allows viewers to witness events during commercial breaks of Raw. On May 1, 2006 Grisham called the main event on Raw, alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler, filling in for Joey Styles, who had just quit, in storyline.
During an episode of WWE.com's Byte This!, he responded to a letter sent in by controversial superstar The Ultimate Warrior where Warrior declined the invite to come to the show to talk about his DVD, The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior. During the letter, Warrior insulted recovering cancer patient Bobby Heenan and called Todd Grisham "gay". Todd responded in good humor by saying he may have experimented in college, but that was no reason for that claim. Grisham also participated in a series of conversations on Byte This! with fans of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) who interrupted the show to both proclaim TNA a superior product, or to insult Todd directly when he chose to sugarcoat and dodge TNA related questions, Todd retaliated with his own retorts, some humorous, and some hostile (once calling one TNA fan a "retard").
[edit] Sportscasting
In 2007, Grisham was named the host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts, working alongside Christopher Sullivan for pre-game and post-game coverage of the network's Saturday night broadcasts.[3]
[edit] Job titles
- Backstage interviewer
- Voice of Heat
- Voice of WWE Experience
[edit] Accomplishments
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Worst Television Announcer - 2004 and 2006
