Tony Chimel

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Anthony (Tony) ChimelFact|date=December 2007 (born October 11, 1967)Fact|date=December 2007 is an American professional wrestling ring announcer, and the current "ECW" ring announcer.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Before Tony Chimel was ring announcer, he and Joey Marella (referee and son of legendary grappler Gorilla Monsoon) were the main ring technicians for the WWF.

mackDown!

Tony Chimel was the "SmackDown!" ring announcer since its inception in 1999. He had also been ring announcing at "SmackDown!" brand pay-per-views during this period of time. He defeated Howard Finkel for the rights to be "SmackDown!" announcer in 1999 in a tuxedo match.

From 2005 - 2007 Chimel was involved in a mini-feud with superstar Mr. Kennedy, who claimed that Chimel was not announcing his name with the proper respect that it deserved. This feud included Chimel being body punched, being "told to take a bow" (hit in the groin), and having a doughnut shoved in his mouth by Mr. Kennedy.

On Kurt Angle's final episode as "SmackDown!" General Manager, he demanded Chimel to come into the ring and give a demonstration of an apology that Eddie Guerrero should give; Chimel gave a sorrowful apology but then was fired by Kurt Angle. He was then re-hired by Vince McMahon.

On the December 22 2006 edition of "SmackDown!", he announced The Boogeyman as victorious too enthusiastically and caught his attention. The Boogeyman forced worms into his mouth as a result. Chimel ran away from the ring afterwards. This was a storyline for Chimel to take some time off to rest his nagging back injury and spend more time with his family. ECW announcer Justin Roberts was the ring announcer of "Smackdown!" until Chimel returned on April 13 2007.

There are several other "SmackDown!" storylines in which Chimel was marginally involved:
* He was once put through a table by the Dudley Boyz.
* He was knocked out by Shawn Michaels at "WrestleMania XII" when an errant superkick caught him on the jaw.
* When Kurt Angle's knee was injured due to an F-5 by Brock Lesnar, he strangled Chimel with his crutch.
* He has been manhandled by Finlay twice. Once at No Way Out 2006, when Finlay threw him into the ring as a distraction to the referee, and in the King of the Ring match between Finlay and Chris Benoit, Chimel was thrown onto the floor when Finlay took his chair.
* He was hit by a T-shirt gun purposely by JBL.
* He beat Jonathan Coachman in a one-mile foot race called the Great Race at Penn State.

Chimel appears in the video games WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007, and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008. Although he cannot be unlocked during the games, some cheat devices have unlocked the character, revealing his surname to be misspelled as 'Chimmel.'

ECW

On September 25 2007, Chimel swapped ring announcing duties with Justin Roberts, becoming the ring announcer for the "ECW" brand, although he did perform announcing duties for Smackdown! in the October 2007 UK show. Chimel also announced Raw house shows on both Irish and Australian tours during October 2007.

At the "WrestleMania 22" interpromotional Battle Royal he was poked fun at by then "SmackDown!" commentators Tazz & Michael Cole when he did not assist "Raw" ring announcer Lilian Garcia. Tazz even went as far as saying "Chimel's a loser" before the two broke out in laughter.

Job titles

* ECW On Sci Fi Ring Announcer
* WWE Pay-Per-View Ring Announcer
** Before the brand extension, he announced most PPV matches, and afterward announced "SmackDown!" PPV matches.
* Former WWE SmackDown! Ring Announcer
* Former WWE Sunday Night HEAT Ring Announcer
* Former WWE Velocity Ring Announcer
* Former WWE Pyrotechnician
* Former "Raw" Announcer

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/tonychimel/ Tony Chimel's WWE Profile]
* [http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/articlephotos/chimelphotos/ WWE.com Tony Chimel Photos]
* [http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/tonychimel WWE.com article on Tony Chimel]