Tom Phillips Is Making An IMPACT After Being Released From WWE

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Tom Hannifan (@tomhannifan) is a play-by-play broadcaster and TV host best known for his time in WWE where he worked under the name Tom Phillips. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling as their main commentator with D-Lo Brown. Tom joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about his time working for WWE, what his plans are now as a sport broadcaster, the pressures of calling matches on live TV, what he learned working with Michael Cole, making his Impact debut at Hard To Kill and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea!
0:08.0	Well, hey, how's everything going with you?
0:10.6	Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:14.4	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:15.8	Thank you for being with us on this one as we talk to the silky, smooth voice of Tom Hannafin, who you'll know better
0:23.4	by his WWE name, Tom Phillips. And I think I speak for a lot of people when I say it was
0:29.5	really surprising that he was released from WWE last year. I mean, he is so good at what he does.
0:37.6	And congrats to him, by the way, with his new job as the lead play-by-play announcer for Impact Wrestling.
0:43.7	Give him a follow on social media.
0:45.2	It's under his real name, Tom Hannafin.
0:47.7	I'm also under my real name, Chris Van Fleet.
0:51.5	And if it's your first time here, please take a second to click subscribe or
0:54.8	follow wherever you're listening to the pod right now. Our fan of the week is Jason Diaz. He says,
1:01.7	Awesome Show. I love how it just feels like a conversation. Even being superstars, sometimes
1:07.0	larger than life personas, they just feel like they're speaking with a friend.
1:11.3	Doing a great job, Chris, and I wish you many years of success and happiness.
1:16.2	Well, thank you for that, Jason.
1:17.5	Thank you for leaving a review.
1:19.3	I read one on every single episode.
1:21.5	So please help us spread the positivity.
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