WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley and others took to Twitter Thursday to react to the news of the release of long-time WWE announcer play-by-play announcer Tom Phillips (Hannifan).
Phillips, who had been with WWE since 2012 was reportedly released by WWE on Thursday.
As of this report, neither WWE nor Phillips has made any public statement regarding the release.
You can check out the Twitter posts from Foley and others below:
https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/1397982550971359235
https://twitter.com/DramaKingMatt/status/1397947980964114434
For my money, @TomHannifan was the best commentator I had the pleasure of working with. He worked so hard w/ us to get our story across. He put the words to our music. Maybe his biggest “downfall” was he enjoyed calling actual professional wrestling…
I’m sure I’ll see you soon
— Uncle Dax FTR (@DaxFTR) May 27, 2021