Nick Khan addresses Pat McAfee’s WWE return timeline.
Pat McAfee hasn’t been seen on weekly WWE programming since June, weeks after losing to Gunther in their singles match at Backlash. McAfee’s schedule has been packed due to college football season.
WWE President Nick Khan was a guest on a recent episode of The Pat McAfee Show. During the conversation, Khan asked Pat about his WWE comeback plans, to which the host said he was in shape.
Khan then revealed he received text messages from six people asking about McAfee’s WWE return status. McAfee joked that Khan only got one person asking, but exaggerated the figure to six.
“We’re going to bring you back. I know you, and I am going to sit together with you once college football slows,” Nick Khan revealed. [H/T: Fightful]
Pat McAfee details reasons for extended WWE absence
McAfee explained his extended WWE absence back in July. The color commentator admitted he got “real tired” after working non-stop since last year, which included his daily show, RAW commentary, and other ESPN duties.
“I could just feel it,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Oh my god, my brain is not operating right now.’ I had talked to others that had maybe experienced mental exhaustion before whenever they have had it. I’ve talked to them and I’ve been like, ‘I’m staring down what you went through there’. I knew this moment was coming.
“I knew it was going to happen at some point and it happens to people. So, I talked to people about it happening and what they went through and as Money in the Bank was happening, I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is it, I’ve finally hit it.’”
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