During a recent Q&A session on his Instagram stories, Pat McAfee stated that he missed WWE “every day” before noting the growth of his business alongside timing was keeping him from coming back on a regular basis.
“I had the time of my f-ing life in there, loved it, every single moment. But now my business has gotten to a point – and we’re very lucky for this, I’m very lucky for this and fortunate for this, we’ve worked our ass off – but I’m incredibly busy. And we’ve got 15 employees over here that are having babies and building houses. It’s a tough thing to deal with mentally because emotionally I want to be there, but I just can’t timing-wise but we will figure it out.”
McAfee worked as a color commentator for Smackdown last fall before taking time away to be on the broadcast team for ESPN GameDay, last appearing at WrestleMania 39 in a segment featuring The Miz and Snoop Dogg, following a brief commentary role at the Royal Rumble in January.