1. Tony Chimel was born on October 11,1961 and is an American former professional wrestling ring announcer.
19 Facts About Tony Chimel
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Tony Chimel is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he works as a producer.
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Tony Chimel then began announcing duties for the company in 1989, working mostly televised B-Shows or non-televised house shows and filling in for Howard Finkel whenever necessary, including appearances on Raw.
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Tony Chimel was the ring announcer at SmackDown brand pay-per-views from 2002 to 2007.
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From 2005 to 2007 Tony Chimel was involved in a mini-feud with Mr Kennedy, who claimed that Tony Chimel was not announcing his name with the proper respect that it deserved.
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ECW announcer Justin Roberts was the ring announcer of SmackDown until Tony Chimel returned on April 13,2007.
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In 2007, Tony Chimel swapped ring announcing duties with Justin Roberts, becoming the ring announcer for the ECW brand.
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Tony Chimel began announcing on WWE Superstars, and made his first appearance on the April 30,2009 episode.
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Tony Chimel was demoted from SmackDown when former Raw announcer Lilian Garcia returned to the WWE in December 2011.
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Tony Chimel announced for NXT until the end of the final season of its original run.
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Tony Chimel 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.
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Tony Chimel briefly returned to Raw on September 9,2013, and SmackDown on September 13,2013, to announce the returning Edge to the ring.
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On November 16,2013 at a WWE live event in the United Kingdom, Tony Chimel delivered a stunner to Curtis Axel after Axel forced Tony Chimel to announce that Axel was still the Intercontinental Champion following Axel's win over R-Truth.
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Tony Chimel would announce their appearances on the December 30 episode of Main Event and the January 2,2015 episode of SmackDown.
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Tony Chimel returned to WWE television on the December 28,2015 edition of Raw.
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Tony Chimel had since been reserved, only to introduce Edge whenever he appeared on television.
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Tony Chimel returned to WWE television on November 15,2016, during the 900th episode of SmackDown.
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Tony Chimel returned during Beth Phoenix's induction in the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame to announce her husband Edge's name.
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Tony Chimel worked primarily behind the scenes for WWE in his last years with the company, working as a production manager and part of the ring crew.