Tom Phillips recently appeared on the Sam Roberts wrestling podcast and talked in detail about his role on commentary. The 28-year-old openly joked about some of the criticisms he hears from fans.
“I get Tweets from people saying I don’t have much of a personality on air. I’m like “that’s great!” I’m not supposed to, I’m supposed to tell you when the show is, here’s why this guy hates this guy and try to tell you some moves along the way,” Phillips said.
He also relayed a story of his father telling him his commentary is like white noise during the show.
“I’m not out there to be myself, I’m there to give you the information.”
This week @TomPhillipsWWE is on the Wrestling Podcast! The voice of #SDLive has a pretty great story.
Also SOW including my latest Roman Reigns theory.
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— Sam Roberts (@notsam) May 10, 2018
“Nobody is buying a ticket to see Tom Phillips” – Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips Interview with Sam Roberts.
One of the more interesting parts of the interview involved Phillips’ comments regarding JBL. Phillips stated that JBL receives an unfair reputation and said he learned quite a bit from him.
Phillips also relayed several stories involving his interviews with Chris Jericho. He said that Jericho and Owens would not let him in on the things they were going to say to him and Jericho confusing him with Mike Rome caught him off guard.
Phillips majored in broadcasting at Penn State and did play-by-play for Juniata College football. He was signed by WWE in 2012 and worked his way up from conducting interviews on the App to doing play-by-play on the main roster.
