Tony Chimel
Superstar Stats
Tony Chimel
Height
6’1”
Hometown
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Career Highlights
Original SmackDown ring announcer
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Tony Chimel: Bio
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The booming voice of Tony Chimel thrilled the WWE Universe, but the ring announcer’s WWE career began long before he ever picked up a microphone.
A childhood friend of WWE Hall of Famer Gorilla Monsoon’s son, Chimel and some school pals had the opportunity to help set up the ring whenever WWE came to cities near their South Jersey home like Philadelphia, Baltimore or Scranton, Pa.
What started out as a fun thing to do on weekends soon turned into a fulltime job for the sports-entertainment fanatic when Mr. McMahon hired him as a technician. Before long, Chimel’s role with the company expanded as ring announcers often missed appearances, and he was called upon to fill in for them.