In an interview with WWE Digital, Pat McAfee discussed several topics, including his surprise appearance in the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble Match.

“Coming back, to get a chance to be infront of the WWE Universe is an absolute honor, I was told hey Pat, you want to come back and commentate and I said hell yes, the Royal Rumble, what an event, stories can be written, where dreams can come true.

You want to commentate, I said hell yeah, work with Michael Cole, the greatest of all-time, alongside Corey Graves with a fresh baby, fresh mindset, fresh haircut, I said I would love to do that.

All of a sudden, what #22, I’m in the Royal Rumble, nobody gave me a heads up about that, I’ve got my cowboy boots on, Michael Cole let me go in there, that was rude of him, I thought we were friends.

Then, there was a thing in there, seven foot three okay, you’re just looking up at a statue of a being, I see little Bron Breakker go, like barking at me, I’m like I’m not supposed to be in here, why would I be in here right now, I’m not prepared for this, also who would I be to take a main event at WrestleMania spot away from somebody, so I got my a** out of there.

Now, I went back in, because I thought to myself, wait a minute, am I just going to be a coward, I realized quickly, yeah I think tonight I am, I went right back to the booth and it was great, it was a great show.”

The full interview is available at this link.