Tony Schiavone

Noah Anthony Schiavone, better known as Tony Schiavone (born November 7, 1964 in Craigsville, Virginia) is a professional wrestling announcer and sports talk show host.

Career
He attended James Madison University in Virginia and served in a play-by-play role for the school's women's college basketball team before starting his radio and television career calling high school football and basketball games in the Southeast. He also worked five years in minor league baseball with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles' minor league franchises in the mid-Atlantic - most notably the [Charlotte O's, which was partly owned by Jim Crockett, Jr.

While affiliated with the Charlotte O's, he began as a wrestling announcer with Crockett's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (later known as Jim Crockett Promotions, the precursor to World Championship Wrestling or WCW) in the early 1980s. When Jim Crockett Promotions got national television exposure on TBS Superstation in 1985, he was a regular host of the wrestling program. He was signed by Vince McMahon's WWF for a stint in 1989 and early 1990, but soon returned to Jim Crockett Promotions, which had been renamed WCW and was owned by media mogul Ted Turner. Schiavone is now a sports reporter for WSB radio in Atlanta, Georgia.

Quotes

 * This is the greatest night in the history of our sport!
 * Oh my goodness!
 * We have to take a commercial break, but the tape machines are rolling!
 * We have seen the end of Hulkamania... and Hulk Hogan, you can go to hell. Straight to hell. (Bash At The Beach 1996)
 * IT'S STING!
 * AND THE YET-TAY! (Halloween Havoc)
 * THE YET-TAY IS TALLER THAN THE GIANT, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE YET-TAY! (Halloween Havoc)
 * We've had to do a lot of crazy things, STEVE Regal, including put YOUR ass over on TV. (Final Monday Nitro)
 * Let's get everybody out from the dressing room and KICK HIS REAR END. (Hogan's heel turn)
 * Fans, we are out of time!... (A cliffhanger as Nitro would go off the air).
 * That'll put a lot of butts in seats. (Referring to the pre-taped WWF title win by Mick Foley)
 * Hulk Hulk Hulk HULK HULK!

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

 * 1999 Worst Television Announcer
 * 2000 Worst Television Announcer

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

 * 1995 Best Announcer
 * 1997 Best Announcer
 * 1998 Best Announcer (Runner Up)

World Championship Wrestling

 * Lead Announcer for WCW Nitro
 * Lead Announcer for WCW Thunder
 * Lead Announcer for WCW Saturday Night
 * Associate Post Producer (WCW Saturday Night, WCW Thunder 1999-2001)
 * Vice President of Broadcasting for WCW (1995-2001)

World Wrestling Federation

 * Co-host/Announcer for WWF Wrestling Challenge
 * Hosted WrestleMania V Preview Show on Pay-Per-View
 * Announcer at WWF SummerSlam '89
 * Announcer at WWF Royal Rumble '90