REPORT: WWE Shuffling Main Roster Commentary Duties In 2026; Michael Cole & Corey Graves To Call Raw, Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett To Call SmackDown

The commentary assignments for 2026.

WWE’s 2026 live broadcast schedule starts with the one-year anniversary of Monday Night Raw on Netflix from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on January 5th.

Mike Johnson of PWInsider reported that there will be new commentary assignments for the new year. On the Raw side, Michael Cole and Corey Graves will be calling the action. On the SmackDown side, Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett will be on the call.

For the majority of 2025, Cole and Barrett had been calling Raw while Graves joined SmackDown with Tessitore. For Premium Live Events, Barrett and Cole were on the call.

SmackDown is returning to three hours in 2026.