Former RAW commentator Dio Maddin has been out of action ever since Brock Lesnar F5'd him through the announce table on RAW. While it was initially believed that Maddin is out selling Lesnar's assault, new reports suggest there are no plans to bring him back as a commentator and Samoa Joe will be replacing him for now.
Bryan Alvarez of WOL revealed that Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn were not huge fans of Maddin's work:
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I don’t know if Dio Maddin himself is gonna get mad but I’m sure we’ll hear that this is not accurate but this is what happened. Vince and Kevin Dunn didn’t like Dio Maddin on commentary and they took him off commentary and I think they were gonna try to re-train him or whatever to do commentary but now I guess he’s decided he wants to be a wrestler again.
It is being reported that Maddin wants to re-join the roster as an in-ring competitor instead of an announcer. Maddin also tweeted out a warning to Brock Lesnar saying that he seeks to retire The Beast Incarnate.
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