Michael Buffer was born on November 2,1944 and is an American ring announcer for boxing, professional wrestling, and National Football League events.
29 Facts About Michael Buffer
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Michael Buffer's father was enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II.
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Michael Buffer's parents divorced when he was 11 months of age, and he was then raised by foster parents, a school bus driver and housewife, in Roslyn, Pennsylvania.
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Michael Buffer enlisted in the United States Army during the Vietnam War at age 20 and served until age 23.
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Michael Buffer held various jobs including a car salesman, then began a modeling career at age 32 before becoming a ring announcer at age 38.
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In 1982, Michael Buffer began his career as a ring announcer.
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Michael Buffer began the process of obtaining a federal trademark for the phrase in the 1980s, acquiring it in 1992.
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In 2018, Michael Buffer signed with DAZN to serve as the exclusive ring announcer for all of its boxing broadcasts, which include deals with Matchroom.
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Michael Buffer was formerly the exclusive ring announcer for World Championship Wrestling main events featuring Hulk Hogan or other top WCW talent until 2001, when the organization folded.
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WCW's former parent company Time Warner owned through their pay-per-view subscription division HBO, which broadcast many matches from promoter Top Rank, of which Michael Buffer is the lead ring announcer.
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The exclusivity of his contract with WCW prevented Michael Buffer from announcing for other wrestling-type organizations, forcing him to stop announcing for the UFC.
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However, when WCW ceased to exist, and Time Warner had no more affiliation with professional wrestling, Michael Buffer was enabled to announce in other wrestling promotions.
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Michael Buffer was a guest announcer at the 1999 Indianapolis 500 and the 2017 United States Grand Prix.
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Michael Buffer was the host of the Versus boxing retro show Legends of the Ring, produced by Top Rank, Inc.
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On September 12,2021, Michael Buffer announced for NBC's Sunday Night Football matchup, where the Los Angeles Rams hosted the Chicago Bears at the first regular season NFL game with fan attendance in SoFi Stadium.
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Michael Buffer has appeared on various talk shows hosted by Jay Leno, David Letterman, Arsenio Hall, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel.
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Michael Buffer has appeared on Saturday Night Live, In Living Color, Mad TV and The Howard Stern Show.
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Michael Buffer appeared on NBC's Deal or No Deal on December 10,2007, and opened the finale of the seventh season of American Idol, a production of RTL.
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Michael Buffer has served as ringside announcer for the syndicated television game show The Grudge Match, hosted by Steve Albert and Jesse Ventura.
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Michael Buffer has played himself in various films including Ready to Rumble and Rocky Balboa, and in 2008 Buffer appeared as Walbridge, the main villain in the comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
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Michael Buffer has been animated in The Simpsons, South Park, and Celebrity Deathmatch.
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Michael Buffer appears in the animated TV series Phineas and Ferb in the episode "Raging Bully", as the voice of the announcer for the big thumb-wrestling match with Phineas and Buford.
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Michael Buffer appeared in the extended version of the Muppets webisode "Food Fight", where he is seen announcing the cooking competition between Gordon Ramsay and the Swedish Chef.
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Michael Buffer recorded the introduction track for country artist Josh Turner's 2012 album, Punching Bag.
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Michael Buffer reproduced as an action figure in both Toy Biz's WCW line and Jakks Pacific's Rocky line.
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Michael Buffer uses his famous phrase in various licensing deals including the platinum selling album Jock Jams by Tommy Boy Records, the video games Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance and Greatest Heavyweights for the Sega Genesis and numerous other products.
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In 1989, Michael Buffer was contacted by his birth father, who introduced Michael Buffer to his half-brothers after seeing him on television.
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Michael Buffer first wed at age 21, but the marriage ended in divorce after seven years.
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Michael Buffer's half-brother Bruce Buffer is an announcer for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a leading mixed martial arts promotion.