WrestlingRevealed.com has learned that Tazz is the leading candidate to replace JBL on Smackdown.

When JBL returned as an active wrestler, his spot as the color commentator on Smackdown became vacant. WWE had been auditioning several candidates several weeks prior to the announcement of JBL’s ring return. Tazz was one of the people that was considered for the spot.

Of course, Tazz has quite a big advantage over his competition as he has worked with Michael Cole before as Smackdown’s color commentator. In fact, he was the man that JBL replaced.

It’ll be interesting to see what WWE does with the ECW commentating team if they decide to go with Tazz. Will they allow Joey Styles to work alone like he did in the original ECW? Will they utilize Tommy Dreamer, Matt Striker, or Stevie Richards in the spot?

WWE has a few days off for the holidays, so they’ll have a bit of time to make a decision.

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