Tony Chimel Anthony " Tony " Chimel ( October 11 , 1967 ) is an American professional wrestling ring announcer , currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . Ring announcing career . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / WWE ( 1991 – present ) . Before Chimel was a ring announcer , he and Joey Marella were the main ring technicians for the WWE . Chimel then began announcing duties for the company in 1991 , working mostly non - televised house shows and filling in for Howard Finkel whenever necessary . SmackDown . Chimel was the " SmackDown " ring announcer from its inception in 1999 . He was also the ring announcer at " SmackDown " brand pay - per - views from 2002 - 2007 . He defeated Howard Finkel for the rights to be " SmackDown " announcer in 1999 in a tuxedo match . On Kurt Angle ' s final episode as " SmackDown " General Manager in 2004 , he demanded Chimel to come into the ring and give an apology to him ; Chimel complied but then was fired by Angle . He was almost immediately re - hired by Vince McMahon . From 2005 to 2007 Chimel was involved in a mini - feud with Mr . Kennedy , who claimed that Chimel was not announcing his name with the proper respect that it deserved . This feud included Chimel being punched , being " told to take a bow " ( hit in the groin ) , and having a doughnut shoved in his mouth by Kennedy . On the December 22 , 2006 episode of " SmackDown " , he announced The Boogeyman as victorious too enthusiastically and caught his attention . The Boogeyman forced worms into his mouth as a result . Chimel ran away from the ring afterwards . This was a storyline for Chimel to take some time off to rest his nagging back injury and spend more time with his family . ECW announcer Justin Roberts was the ring announcer of " SmackDown " until Chimel returned on April 13 , 2007 . Various brand switches and hiatus ( 2007 - present ) . In 2007 , Chimel swapped ring announcing duties with Justin Roberts , becoming the ring announcer for the ECW brand . Chimel began announcing on WWE Superstars , and made his first appearance on the April 30 , 2009 episode . After Justin Roberts left SmackDown to become the new ring announcer for the Raw brand , Chimel left ECW and returned to SmackDown for his second stint as ring announcer . He then became the announcer of the ECW brand when the last ECW announcer , Lauren Mayhew , quickly left the WWE , before returning to SmackDown . He was demoted from SmackDown when former Raw announcer Lilian Garcia returned to the WWE in December 2011 . At the December 27 taping of " SmackDown " , " NXT " , & " Superstars " , it was revealed that Chimel would be announcing for " NXT " and the " SmackDown " portion of " Superstars " , replacing the departing Eden Stiles . Chimel announced for " NXT " until the end of the final season of its original run . He was the ring announcer for " Main Event " as well as for WWE live events until June 24 , 2014 , and he was the ring announcer for the short - lived " Saturday Morning Slam " . He briefly returned to " Raw " on September 9 , 2013 , and " Smackdown " on September 13 , 2013 , to announce the returning Edge to the ring . On November 16 at WWE live event in the United Kingdom , Chimel delivered a stunner to Curtis Axel after Axel forced Chimel to announce that Axel was still the Intercontinental Champion following Axel ' s win over R - Truth . Afterward , Chimel was kissed by one of the Bella Twins . On the May 14th episode of " Main Event " , Tony was attacked by Alicia Fox during her meltdown after she lost to Emma . On the December 29th episode of " Raw " , Tony returned to announce Edge and Christian . He would also announce their appearances on the December 30th episode of " Main Event " and the January 2nd , 2015 episode of " Smackdown . " Other media . Chimel appears in the video games WWE Day of Reckoning 2 , WWE SmackDown ! vs . Raw 2006 , WWE Smackdown vs . Raw 2007 , WWE SmackDown ! vs . Raw 2008 , WWE Smackdown vs . Raw 2009 , WWE Smackdown vs . Raw 2010 , WWE Smackdown vs . Raw 2011 , WWE ' 12 , WWE Wrestlefest , WWE ' 13 , WWE 2K15 As part of the One More Match & The Hall of Pain DLC packs , and WWE 2K16 for Smackdown in the 3 : 16 Showcase . Personal life . Chimel named his son Joey after Joey Marella , a referee and the adopted son of Gorilla Monsoon , who was killed in an automobile accident . He was once taken out by stretcher after being superkicked by Shawn Michaels ringside during his Iron Man match against Bret Hart on WrestleMania XII in 1996 .