Austin Romero - WWE’s Mike Rome On Ring Announcing, Tattoos, Comics & Geekdom

Austin Romero (@austinmromero) aka Mike Rome is a WWE ring announcer. He joins Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about how he got hired by WWE, his approach to ring announcing, memorizing everyone’s name, weight and hometown, working at Universal Studios before his WWE job, his love for comics, the meaning behind his tattoos, his favorite wrestler to announce and much more! 00:00 Intro 00:26 Hair 02:10 WWE Promo Photo 03:35 Universal Studios Characters 05:55 Acting & Hosting 06:46 Influencers 10:33 Youtube & TikTok 12:01 WWE Ring Announcing 16:24 Samantha Irvin 18:21 His WWE Tryout 20:13 Advice To Ring Announcers 23:55 WWE Video Game 25:33 Hair (continued) 27:05 John Cena 32:23 Michael Cole 33:01 Bruce & Michael Buffer 37:04 Ring Announcing Style 38:48 Working With WWE Legends 41:32 Weights & Hometowns 43:24 Ring Announcing Mistakes 46:02 Big WWE Returns 47:56 How Many Suits Does Austin Own? 48:56 Gratitude Subscribe to my podcast: Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: Email me: cvv@ Follow me on Instagram: Like me on Facebook: Follow me on Twitter: #wwe #ringannouncer #wrestling