Josh Mathews

Mathews was still being seen on international editions of the The WWE Experience, and WWE After Burn and on FCW Wrestling as the Play by Play Commentator. He hosted the WWE Fantasy Weekly Webcast for week 3 of season 8 of the WWE Fantasy Salary Cap game. He also filled in for an absent Todd Grisham on a summer 2006 episode of Raw. He also hosts pre-shows for WWE pay-per-view events, and he provided color commentary on Heat from time to time before the show was cancelled in May 2008. He was the host of WWE.com's Weekly Top Five when it started and hosted it until April 2009 when he became ECW commentator and was replaced by Jack Korpela. During Todd Grisham's stint as ECW commentator, Mathews replaced him as Raw's backstage interviewer. Mathews was WWE's correspondent at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, being joined by Batista, Candice Michelle, and Shelton Benjamin at the Democratic Convention, and Mickie James and Mr. Kennedy at the Republican Convention. This was in an effort to encourage WWE fans to register to vote for the 2008 Presidential election.
On the April 7, 2009, episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Mathews was announced as the new play-by-play commentator, as the previous commentator, Todd Grisham was moved to SmackDown after Tazz departed WWE. In addition to commentating on ECW and ECW pay-per-view matches, Mathews along with Matt Striker would represent the ECW brand on WWE Superstars every week starting with the inaugural episode on April 16, 2009.