Tom Phillips comments on being replaced by Adnan Virk as the lead RAW announcer

In an interview with Richard Deitsch, former WWE RAW announcer Tom Phillips commented on being replaced by Adnan Virk…

“Adnan Virk was somebody that I had known, not to date him in any way, but he had run on SportsCenter when I was in college, and then just right out of college, so I had watched him for years. So when I hear Adnan Virk is coming in to be the lead announcer of Monday Night Raw, I said, ‘Whoa, that is a shift’ But at the same time, I was like, I have all the respect in the world for this guy’s ability, in terms of what the job requires.”

“I’ve seen so many people come and go at different levels on the announce team. I won’t speak necessarily to what he was going through, that’s his experience, but it was fast. That being said, he has so many other things that he does in conventional sportscasting where he is so talented. He is going to do just fine.” (quotes courtesy of SEScoops.com)