Todd Grisham

Infobox Wrestler
name=Todd Grisham
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height= 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
weight= 159 lb (72 kg)
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resides=Bay Minette, Alabama
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debut=2004
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Todd Grisham (born January 9 1976)cite web | url =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1658886/bio | title = Todd Grisham's IMDB Profile | publisher = IMDB.com | accessdate=2008-07-30] is an American presenter/announcer working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand as the play-by-play commentator and is the host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts.

Early life

Grisham attended Wingate University on a soccer scholarship, later transferring to University of West Georgia where he received his degree in communications. His first professional job in the television industry was with KTVO of Ottumwa, Iowa where he worked for a year and a half. He then went on to work as a sportscaster for KOLD-TV for approximately five years before signing a two-year contract with WWE as an announcer, officially joining them on January 14 2004. [ [http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=169315&nav=14RV1AuM1AyO Todd Grisham ] ] [ [http://www.toddgrisham.net/info/interview1.html todd grisham book retail guide at toddgrisham.net ] ]

World Wrestling Entertainment

Grisham debuted in WWE in 2004, becoming the voice of "Heat", doing play-by-play alongside Jonathan Coachman, Josh Mathews, and others over a near four year period. Grisham also formerly co-hosted "The WWE Experience" with Lisa Moretti (Ivory), but after her release, he hosted it alone until mid-2006, when Josh Mathews started hosting the show. He also hosted WWE's premier web show, "WWE Byte This!", which was cancelled in 2006. In addition, he does backstage interviews for the Raw brand. He also began hosting Raw's catch-up program "WWE Bottom Line" after Marc Lloyd was released from the company.

Grisham also hosted "WWE Unlimited" segments, a web-only broadcast that allows viewers to witness events during commercial breaks of "Raw". On May 1, 2006 Grisham called the main event on "Raw", alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler, filling in for Joey Styles, who had just quit, in storyline. [citeweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/05012006/|accessdate=2008-07-31|date=2006-05-01|last=Williams|first=Ed|title=Chaos in Columbus|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment]

During an episode of WWE.com's "Byte This!", he responded to a letter sent in by controversial superstar The Ultimate Warrior where Warrior declined the invite to come to the show to talk about his DVD, "The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior". During the letter, Warrior insulted recovering cancer patient Bobby Heenan and called Todd Grisham "gay". Todd responded in good humor by saying he may have experimented in college, but that was no reason for that claim. Grisham also participated in a series of conversations on "Byte This!" with fans of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) who interrupted the show to both proclaim TNA a superior product, or to insult Todd directly when he chose to sugarcoat and dodge TNA related questions, Todd retaliated with his own retorts, some humorous, and some hostile (once calling one TNA fan a "retard").

Grisham became the new play-by-play commentator for the ECW brand on July 29, 2008. [citeweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/07292008/|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=2008-07-29|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|title=Proof of strength|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment] Grisham still continues to conduct interviews on Raw.

portscasting

In 2007, Grisham was named the host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts, working alongside Christopher Sullivan for pre-game and post-game coverage of the network's Saturday night broadcasts. [ [http://digital50.com/news/items/BW/2001/07/14/20070404005317/mls-saturday-on-fsc-to-premiere-with-three-hour-live-match-coverage-on-april.html Digital50: News and more Business News ] ]

Job titles

*Heat play-by-play commentator (2004- 2008)
*Raw backstage interviewer (2004-present)
*Byte This host (2004- 2006)
*The Experience host (2004- 2006)
*The Bottom Line host (2004- 2007)
*Raw (Substitute) Play-by-play commentator (2006)
*Raw (Substitute) ring announcer (2007)
*ECW play-by-play commentator (2008-current)

Championships and accomplishments

*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
**Worst Television Announcer - 2004 and 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/toddgrisham/bio/ WWE Profile]
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* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/todd-grisham.html Todd at Online World of Wrestling]