Josh Mathews

photo credit: Impact Wrestling

Real name: Josh Lomberger
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 143 lbs.
Date of birth: November 25, 1980
From: Sea Isle City, NJ
Pro debut: 2001
Trained by: WWE
Finishing move: Frog Splash

Biography

– In 2001, Lomberger finished as runner-up in WWF’s first Tough Enough competition
– In late 2001-early 2002, Mathews competed in Jimmy Hart’s XWF promotion
– In late 2002, he was hired by WWE as a backstage interviewer, debuting in December
– By 2004, he was also hosting several WWE television and internet shows, including Byte This and Afterburn
– On November 4, 2004, Mathews & Booker T defeated JBL & Orlando Jordan
– On November 11, 2004, Mathews defeated Orlando Jordan
– In the summer of 2006, Mathews made his first appearance at the announcers desk, filling in for Todd Grisham on Raw
– On April 7, 2009, Mathews became the lead play-by-play announcer on ECW. By December, he would be announcing on Superstars, NXT and Smackdown
– Mathews remains an announcer on Smackdown and backstage interviewer on Raw
– In late June 2014, Mathews and WWE parted ways
– In September 2014, Mathews joined TNA in an office role
– In December 2014, it was announced that Mathews would replace the retiring Mike Tenay at the announce desk
– On March 15, 2018, Mathews ‘won’ the Impact Grand Title, having been gifted it by Matt Sydal, however, Sydal would lose the title to Austin Aries two weeks later whilst defending it on Mathews’ behalf
– Mathews was moved off the announce desk following Hard To Kill 2021. He remained an on-camera personality, working primarily on Impact’s webshows and pre-shows
– At Throwback Throwdown II, Mathews (as Giuseppe Scovelli) defeated Rohit Raju (as Quincy Cosmos)