Pat McAfee
American sports analyst and football player
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| April 21 2025 | Attacked by Gunther on Raw after attempting to help Michael Cole, was choked out cold. |
| April 1 2025 | Reported controversy involving McAfee amplifying a false rumor about a University of Mississippi student, leading to harassment and bullying. |
| April 1 2025 | Reported controversy involving McAfee amplifying a false rumor about 'Ole Miss dads', which sparked harassment and bullying. |
| January 6 2025 | McAfee returned on the premiere of Raw on Netflix, partnering with Michael Cole and becoming a full-time commentator for the brand. |
| December 14 2024 |
Returned to WWE to call Saturday Night's Main Event with Michael Cole and Jesse Ventura.
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| August 19 2024 | McAfee took another hiatus from WWE to return to College GameDay. |
| March 2024 | The show traveled to Iowa City to cover the first round of the 2024 NCAA women's basketball tournament, following the Iowa Hawkeyes and Caitlin Clark. |
| January 29 2024 | McAfee made his full-time return to WWE on Raw, joining the commentary team with Michael Cole. |
| January 27 2024 | McAfee returned to Royal Rumble as a surprise guest commentator and surprise entrant at #22 in the men's Royal Rumble match, quickly eliminating himself. |
| January 3 2024 | Pat McAfee issued a public apology to Jimmy Kimmel regarding Aaron Rodgers' comments from the previous day's show. |
| January 2 2024 | Aaron Rodgers appeared on the show and discussed plans to release Jeffrey Epstein's client list, making controversial statements about Jimmy Kimmel that led to Kimmel threatening to sue Rodgers on social media. |
| August 17 2023 | ESPN announces The Pat McAfee Show will debut on September 7, 2023, coinciding with the 2023 NFL season opener, across ESPN, ESPN+, and YouTube. |
| May 2023 | ESPN announces The Pat McAfee Show will move to its platforms, including ESPN television, ESPN+, and YouTube under a multi-year deal. |
| May 4 2023 | McAfee and his wife Samantha welcomed their first child, a daughter. |
| April 2023 | At WrestleMania 39, McAfee challenges and defeats The Miz in under 4 minutes. |
| February 2023 | Brett Favre sued Pat McAfee after McAfee called Favre a 'thief' who was 'stealing from poor people in Mississippi' on the show. The lawsuit was later withdrawn. |
| January 28 2023 | McAfee made a surprise return for commentary at the Royal Rumble before the men's match. |
| 2022 | Defeated Theory at WrestleMania 38, then challenged and lost to Vince McMahon in an impromptu match. |
| 2022 | McAfee worked a wrestling match with his friend Thomas Pestock (Baron Corbin) at SummerSlam. |
| 2022 | Wrestling Observer Newsletter awarded McAfee the Worst Match of the Year, highlighting a controversial match performance. |
| 2022 | The show transitioned to ESPN, expanding its distribution to ESPN, ESPN+, and YouTube platforms, with the first two hours airing on ESPN and the final hour exclusively on ESPN+ and McAfee's YouTube channel. |
| December 19 2022 | The Pat McAfee Show won the Sports Business Journal's inaugural Best Sports Audio award, recognizing its outstanding achievement in sports media audio content. |
| September 2022 | McAfee was named as one of the additional modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which he acknowledged with humility, suggesting other punters might be more deserving. |
| September 7 2022 | WWE announced McAfee's hiatus to join ESPN's College GameDay. |
| August 2022 | Sirius XM stops airing The Pat McAfee Show. |
| April 2022 | Competed in a high-profile match against Vince McMahon at WrestleMania 38, marking a significant moment in his wrestling career. |
| March 3 2022 | McAfee interviewed Vince McMahon on The Pat McAfee Show, which led to McMahon offering him a match at WrestleMania. |
| 2021 | McAfee announces plans to move PMI's base of operations to a former United Methodist Church in Lawrence, Indiana. |
| 2021 | McAfee donated over $6 million to various causes, including sports teams at his hometown high school Plum, West Virginia University children's hospital, and a football program for under-privileged youth run by former teammate Robert Mathis. |
| 2021 | The Pat McAfee Show was criticized for allowing guest Aaron Rodgers to spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation while complaining about the NFL's pandemic-related policies. |
| December 9 2021 | McAfee announced a four-year, $120 million deal with FanDuel, creating a new studio space called the 'FanDuel Igloo' or 'Thunderdome'. |
| December 9 2021 | McAfee announces a four-year, $120 million sponsorship agreement with FanDuel to be the sponsor and official odds provider of The Pat McAfee Show. |
| May 2021 | Mike Mansury leaves PMI to focus on independent work, leading to the podcast's discontinuation. |
| April 16 2021 | WWE announced McAfee's move to the SmackDown brand as a color commentator alongside Michael Cole. |
| March 2021 | PMI revives The Best Wrestling Show, a wrestling podcast hosted by Mike Mansury and Mark Madden. |
| 2020 | Pat McAfee won Wrestling Observer Newsletter Rookie of the Year award, recognizing his significant debut in professional wrestling. |
| 2020 | Feuded with Adam Cole in WWE and made his NXT in-ring debut at TakeOver XXX, losing to Cole. |
| 2020 | McAfee worked as a sideline reporter for some XFL games. |
| 2020 | McAfee donated $200,000 to the Barstool Fund, a charity helping small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| September 2020 | The Pat McAfee Show moves to Sirius XM's Mad Dog Sports Radio, broadcasting live on YouTube with A.J. Hawk as co-host. |
| August 2020 | McAfee parts ways with DAZN due to his disdain for FCC regulations on terrestrial radio. |
| August 1 2020 | McAfee married Samantha Ludy at Coxhall Gardens in Carmel, Indiana, with Bob Kevoian from the Bob & Tom Show officiating. |
| January 2020 | The radio simulcast moved to the national lineup of CBS Sports Radio. |
| 2019 | McAfee worked out with the Chicago Bears as a placekicker, but his knee swelled up and the position was taken by Eddy Piñeiro. |
| August 7 2019 | McAfee is reported to begin hosting a two-hour weekday radio show, The Pat McAfee Show, starting September 9, 2019, syndicated by DAZN and Westwood One. |
| July 2019 | Announced as part of ESPN's Thursday Night College Football team. |
| July 29 2019 | Adam Schefter announced Pat McAfee would join ESPN as a color analyst for Thursday Night College Football broadcasts, partnering with Matt Hasselbeck. |
| February 2019 | McAfee signs a contract with WWE. |
| February 2019 | Signed a contract with WWE. |
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