— Michael Cole, who has always been considered as a leader within the announcing team - responsible for overseeing and communicating directly with the team, has received a new title - VP of Announcing. While Cole has never directly been in charge of picking the commentating teams, he has had a say along with Triple H with the final decision going to Vince McMahon. With the changes on Raw and Smackdown over the last year, Paul Heyman and Bruce Prichard have had some input as well, according to the Observer Newsletter.
— There had been talks over the last couple of years that Cole’s announcing duties would be scaled back and he is only four years younger than Jim Ross was when Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn decided and started pushing Jim Ross to retire.