Lee Marshall (announcer)

Lee Marshall is a professional wrestling announcer formerly of the American Wrestling Association (AWA).

Career

World Championship Wrestling

He later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to co-host "WCW Thunder" alongside Bobby Heenan and Tony Schiavone. He interviewed and announced alongside Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson on "WCW Saturday Night" as well. A staple of "WCW Monday Nitro" was his regular cracking of "Weasel" jokes directed at Heenan, which would conclude his road reports. He was also known for traveling across the country to host "Nitro" parties for WCW, while keeping in contact with "WCW Nitro" through updates by telephone.

Professional wrestling career in Los Angeles

In 1986, Marshall was the ring announcer for the Los Angeles portion of WWF "WrestleMania 2".

Marshall was also involved in the Great Western Forum based Women of Wrestling promotion and served as its play-by-play announcer. He was partnered with company owner David McLane, who served as the color commentator on the syndicated TV show, and worked with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan who was the color commentator on the WOW pay-per-view on Feb 4, 2001. He received by far the most votes in the fan based WOW-FAN awards beating out David McLane and Julie Day as the "Announcer of the Year".

Tony the Tiger

With his exceptionally deep voice, Marshall recently went on to replace Thurl Ravenscroft after his death, providing the voice for the Frosted Flakes mascot "Tony the Tiger", signing a 10-year contract with Kellogg's in 2006.

Career as a radio announcer

Marshall is also a longtime radio announcer, working at such stations as KABC and KGFJ (now KYPA) and KBLA and KHJ in Los Angeles and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Detroit). At CKLW, he was one of the anchors for the station's "20/20 News" updates, and at KGFJ/KBLA, he was "King News," bringing attention to the issue of gang violence.

Championships and accomplishments

*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
**Worst Television Announcer (1998)

External links

* [http://www.kven.com/personalities_lee.htm (Lee's Bio)]