Todd Grisham
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Todd Andrew Grisham (born January 9, 1976) is an American presenter/announcer working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is host for Fox Soccer Channel's Major League Soccer broadcasts.
In the WWE, Grisham formerly co-hosted The WWE Experience with Ivory, but after her release, he hosted it alone until mid 2006, Josh Mathews started hosting the show. He also hosts WWE's premier web show, WWE Byte This!, and does play-by-play for Heat alongside Jonathan Coachman. In addition, he does backstage interviews for the RAW brand. He also began hosting RAW's UK catch-up program WWE Bottom Line after Marc Loyd was released from the company.
He also took over Marc Loyd's duty of doing WWE Canadian updates. In August, Grisham was effectively replaced for these segments by SmackDown! interviewer and back-up commentator Steve Romero.
Grisham would also host WWE Unlimited segments, a web-only broadcast that allows viewers to witness events during commercial breaks of RAW. However, on May 1, 2006 Grisham was able to call the main event on RAW, alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler filling in for Joey Styles, who had just quit (kayfabe).
He hosts WWE Specials in the UK on Sky Sports, which are one-hour specials, normally, they have been released on DVD, but extra matches are not shown.
He hosts PPV Previews on Sky Box Office Channel 755, starting the week before a PPV.
On November 6, 2006 on RAW, Grisham got FU'ed by John Cena and a week later, he joined Jim Ross at the announcing booth after Jerry "The King" Lawler had been defeated in the "Masterlock Challenge."
On the January 15, 2007 episode of RAW, Grisham got hit with Sweet Chin Music by Shawn Michaels after asking about Michaels' upcoming handicap match against Edge and Randy Orton.
On February 19, 2007, he got slapped by Mickie James after asking how she felt when she lost the Women's Championship to Melina Perez.
