Legendary announcer Dave Brown set for AEW Collision in Memphis

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A familiar voice will be on the call when AEW makes its debut in Memphis, Tennessee next month.

AEW has announced that Dave Brown will be a guest commentator on Saturday, October 21, when Collision takes place at the FedEx Forum. Brown and Lance Russell were the long-time hosts of Memphis Wrestling in the region. He has also been the chief meteorologist for WMC-TV, Memphis’ NBC affiliate, since 1977. 

Brown also took part in a “Tribute to the Legends of Memphis Wrestling” celebration AEW held on a show in nearby Southaven, MI in January 2020. 

Raw took place from Memphis’ FedEx Forum on August 28. WWE’s contract with the venue called for no announcing or advertising of other wrestling shows from the building for a certain period of time before and after. This was addressed in Friday’s edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter by our own Dave Meltzer. 

Meltzer wrote: 

The reason this date at the Fed Ex Forum was announced so late in the game is that WWE’s contract with arenas calls for no announcing or advertising of dates with other wrestling companies from a certain number of days before the event (so tickets for both aren’t on sale at the same time) and for a period after the event. Raw ran the building on 8/28 so it appears the window is about 15 days after the show before anyone could announce another show