1. Noah Anthony Schiavone is an American sports announcer, professional wrestling commentator and podcaster.
30 Facts About Tony Schiavone
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Tony Schiavone is signed to All Elite Wrestling where he serves as the play-by-play commentator for Collision, color commentator for Dynamite and Rampage, then as senior producer.
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Tony Schiavone has previously worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling.
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Tony Schiavone was born and raised in Craigsville, Virginia, the son of Noah and Rebecca Tony Schiavone.
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Tony Schiavone graduated from Buffalo Gap High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from James Madison University in 1980.
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Tony Schiavone began his broadcasting career calling high school football games for WTON in Staunton, Virginia.
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Tony Schiavone, who was a wrestling fan and needed extra money to support his growing family, lobbied the Crocketts for work on their wrestling programming.
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Tony Schiavone's first on-air appearance for Jim Crockett Promotions was a 1983 interview with Ric Flair.
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Tony Schiavone was signed by Vince McMahon's WWF for a one-year contract from April 1989 through April 1990.
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Behind the scenes, Tony Schiavone produced numerous home videos for Coliseum Video.
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Tony Schiavone's family did not like living in Connecticut, so he accepted an offer from media mogul Ted Turner to work for World Championship Wrestling.
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Tony Schiavone has remained on good terms with the McMahon family in the years since.
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Tony Schiavone became the lead voice for WCW's flagship program, Monday Nitro.
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Tony Schiavone served as the lead announcer of Thunder, typically working alongside Mike Tenay, Bobby Heenan, Larry Zbyszko, and later with Mark Madden and Scott Hudson.
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Tony Schiavone made an appearance in the movie Ready to Rumble.
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Tony Schiavone is a writer for the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network and produced the Best of the Bulldogs, which won the AP Award for Best Sports Program in 2004.
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Tony Schiavone has stated he had no shame in working there and praised Starbucks for their excellent health insurance coverage for their employees.
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On October 5,2017, Tony Schiavone returned to professional wrestling at the inaugural event of the resurrected Major League Wrestling.
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At the show, Tony Schiavone provided color commentary for the event's matches.
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Tony Schiavone then continued to provide his commentary work for MLW's television show, MLW Fusion.
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Tony Schiavone noted on the November 20,2019 Clash of the Champions XIII episode of What Happened When with Conrad Thompson that he would no longer be appearing for Major League Wrestling.
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Tony Schiavone began working as a senior producer for AEW live events.
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On October 14,2023, Tony Schiavone debuted as the play-by-play announcer on Collision.
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Tony Schiavone remains a member of the commentary team on Dynamite, while conducting in-ring and backstage interviews with various professional wrestlers.
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An infamous incident involving Tony Schiavone occurred on the January 4,1999, Nitro.
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Foley was genuinely upset by what he had heard and telephoned Tony Schiavone to talk about it.
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When Tony Schiavone called Foley back, he told Foley that Bischoff had ordered him to reveal Foley's title win over the air.
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Almost immediately after Tony Schiavone spoiled Foley's title win, 600,000 households switched from Nitro to Raw, to watch Foley win the title.
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One tense incident happened on the Nitro following the death of Heenan's longtime best friend Gorilla Monsoon, over Tony Schiavone's alleged objection to Heenan paying tribute to Monsoon on air on the grounds that Monsoon had never worked for WCW or its predecessor organizations.
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Tony Schiavone accepted responsibility for the collapse of his relationship with Heenan, and said of Heenan's criticism of him: "I deserve it".