Joey Styles Joseph Carmine Bonsignore ( July 14 , 1971 ) better known by his ring name Joey Styles , is an American professional wrestling play - by - play commentator and former professional in the field of advertising sales . He was well known for his time in WWE as the Vice President of Digital Media Content for WWE . com . He is probably most well known for his work with Extreme Championship Wrestling . He served as the promotion ' s primary play - by - play commentator from 1993 until the promotion folded in 2001 . He also did play - by - play commentary for Major League Wrestling from 2002 to 2004 . He started working with WWE in 2005 when he called the " One Night Stand " pay - per - view in 2005 . From 2005 to 2006 , he briefly replaced Jim Ross as " Monday Night RAW " ' s lead commentator after Ross suffered another Bell ' s Palsy attack . Later in 2006 , he became the lead commentator for the revived ECW brand , a position he held from 2006 until his retirement from commentating in 2008 . Extreme Championship Wrestling . Styles worked as an intern for the magazine , Pro Wrestling Illustrated , before becoming the commentator for ECW . As mentioned by Styles on The Forever Hardcore DVD documentary , the man who was originally going to be the commentator for " ECW " was Mick Karch . When Paul Heyman gained control within the company , one of his first moves was to give the job to Joey Styles . Styles made his debut for while ECW was still Eastern Championship Wrestling at the Super Summer Sizzler Spectacular event and was the play - by - play commentator for Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout its existence . He became famous for his vast knowledge of the sport and his catchphrase , " Oh my God ! " which he would yell when something dangerous / extreme would happen in ( or out of ) the ring ( which , in ECW , was quite frequent ) in sometimes a very high pitched and raspy way , unique to him . He was also the first and remains the only play - by - play commentator to call a live play - by - play broadcast alone with no color commentator on April 13 , 1997 at " ECW Barely Legal " and called seven subsequent pay - per - views alone as well . Prior to signing with WWE , Joey Styles was the co - owner of the wrestling news website , 1wrestling . com . World Wrestling Entertainment . One Night Stand PPV . He appeared at Shane Douglas ' s " Hardcore Homecoming " event on June 10 , 2005 at the ECW Arena . He put aside past conflicts with WWE and agreed to appear at the company ' s ECW One Night Stand 2005 PPV , which aired on June 12 , 2005 , two days after " Hardcore Homecoming " . Styles handled play - by - play with Mick Foley on color commentary . He began a verbal tirade against Mike Awesome during the latter ' s match against Masato Tanaka , calling him a " " Judas " " and a " " piece of crap " " referring to the circumstances surrounding Awesome ' s defection from ECW to World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . This tirade continues to baffle fans and marks alike as to if it was a worked shoot or an actual shoot . During this event , he made a controversial comment just before the main event . After Nova was hit over the head with a chair , Styles shouted , " That ' s more painful than having to be Simon Dean on national television " , referring to Nova ' s character in WWE . RAW brand . On November 1 , 2005 , he made an appearance at World Wrestling Entertainment ' s Taboo Tuesday . Styles was brought in to fill - in for Jonathan Coachman , as Coachman had a match against Batista . Joey joined WWE ' s " RAW " as a play - by - play announcer on November 7 . On December 4 , 2005 , it was confirmed by WWE . com that Joey signed a five - year contract to be the official play - by - play commentator for " RAW " ; in an earlier interview done by WWE . com , he mentioned that becoming the voice of " RAW " would be a dream come true for him . Styles has also stated that calling " WrestleMania " to be one of his lifelong dreams growing up . However , despite being the lead announcer for " RAW " , it was announced that he would not provide commentary for " WrestleMania 22 " , which instead featured Jim Ross calling the matches for " RAW " . Styles learned that he would not be announcing at " WrestleMania 22 " when he arrived on " RAW " on March 27 , 2006 . The reason for Styles not calling the event is that Vince McMahon disliked pure play - by - play announcing and wanted a " storyteller " instead . Jim Ross had a similar problem when he first joined WWE , and Styles has credited Ross for teaching him the WWE style of commentary upon his return . However , Joey Styles was present at " WrestleMania 22 " , losing his " WrestleMania virginity " as he put it , calling the hardcore Match between Mick Foley and Edge . This was Styles ' idea , as he wanted to achieve his lifelong dream of calling a match at " WrestleMania " and pitched the idea to WWE by explaining that he had called more hardcore / ECW style matches than any other announcer in history . On the May 1 , 2006 edition of " RAW " , Styles announced that he was quitting by delivering a worked shoot promo , in which he bashed Vince McMahon , WWE , sports entertainment , and the fact that people " buy into this crap " . To further the storyline , his profile was removed from both the " RAW " superstars section and the ECW One Night Stand subsite . ECW brand . Styles remained under contract with WWE after he quit " RAW " ; however , making his next appearance at " WWE vs . ECW Head to Head " . Here , he provided commentary with Tazz and announced that ( now former ECW Representative ) Paul Heyman had reinstated him as commentator of the new " ECW " brand of WWE . He provided commentary for ECW One Night Stand 2006 on June 11 and went on to announce " ECW " ' s weekly show on " Sci - Fi " . WWE . com . In April 2008 , Styles began working on WWE . com , with Mike Adamle replacing him as ECW ' s play by play commentator . He stated on his fan nation blog that he has indeed retired from announcing and is thrilled to continue and work on WWE . com as Director of Digital Media Content . ECW . com added Joey Styles to the page , replacing Tazz as the color commentator of ECW .