Sean Edmund Mooney (born May 21, 1959) is an

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and former

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(WWF, now WWE)

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. He now works as an anchor for KVOA, the

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affiliate in Tucson, Arizona and the

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. He was born in

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WWF career

Mooney debuted on the May 15, 1988 edition of ''

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'', replacing announcer Craig DeGeorge. During his time in the WWF, Mooney's primary duties included play-by-play announcing for matches aired on '' Prime Time Wrestling'', '' WWF Mania'', '' WWF All-American Wrestling'', as host of

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releases (where he also provided commentary for "exclusive" matches), and hosting the "Events Center" segment during the WWF's syndicated TV shows, such as ''

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'' and ''WWF Wrestling Challenge''. The "Event Center" was a segment used to promote feuds and house shows. During a moment where Earthquake squashed

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’ pet snake Damian, cuts were made to Mooney in the "Event Center" to censor out the moments of impact. Mooney made his pay-per-view debut at the first SummerSlam in August 1988 as an interviewer. On occasion, Mooney portrayed his fictional siblings, an

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sister named Betty on ''Prime Time Wrestling'' (alongside heel wrestlers including Sensational Sherri) and identical twin brother Ian Mooney while co-hosting '' Wrestling Spotlight''. Mooney's last major appearances were at the 1992 Survivor Series and early episodes of ''

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'', with his actual last appearance on WWF TV as the host of the countdown show to

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. In April 1993, his contract expired and he opted not to renew it. He was replaced by

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as an interviewer and Event Center personality and by

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on ''WWF Mania'' and ''WWF All-American Wrestling'' for play-by-play.

Later appearances

He reappeared on WWE TV in October 2005, during the pre-show to ''WWE Raw''s "

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" to the

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. The pre-show simply ran through some past moments of ''RAW'' on the USA Network, with several people involved with the WWE during the first years of ''Monday Night Raw'', including Mooney, sharing their memories of the WWE during that period. Mooney once again returned to WWE on July 23, 2012, for the 1,000th episode of ''Raw'' by interviewing Daniel Bryan backstage. Mooney returned again on the “Old School” edition of ''

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'' and later in a 2017 DVD release called ''WWE Unreleased 1986–1995'' co-hosting with Charly Caruso. Mooney also appeared on the Top 25 Raw moments celebration which was shown on the WWE Network on January 15, 2018.

Pre and post-WWF career

Mooney worked as an on-camera host and producer for

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Productions in the early 1980s before working for the WWF. In 1994, he became an anchorman for

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, based in

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. He moved that year to WBZ in Boston where he served as anchorman for just under a year. Mooney has been a reporter with

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since July 2000 focusing on

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football and basketball. In 2010, he presented Fox Sports coverage of Rugby around the world and the Rugbyville USA camp in

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. He was hired by KVOA TV in 2012 to become a weekend news anchor for News 4 Tucson. He also hosts a podcast on the MLW Radio Network called Prime Time with Sean Mooney, which was co-hosted by former WWE wrestler "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan for its first 18 episodes. On July 13, 2018, it was announced Mooney will commentate the ALL IN broadcast with

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, Alicia Atout,

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, and Bobby Cruise. On January 27, 2020, it was announced that Mooney would be joining the

broadcast team. He debuted on the January 28 episode of

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interviewing

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References

External links

Prime Time with Sean Mooney on MLW Radio Network
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