Wade Barrett will fill in for Pat McAfee on the January 20th episode of WWE RAW. ESPN previously announced that McAfee would be at the CFP National Championship game on January 20th, which would mean that he would miss Monday’s episode of WWE RAW.

Wade Barrett will be replacing Pat McAfee on commentary on next week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW. Barrett will be calling the action alongside Michael Cole. As we previously reported here on eWn, McAfee will be calling the College Football National Championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Monday night.

The WWE has overlooked Corey Graves and opt for someone else to temporarily replace Pat McAfee in the commentators table alongside Michael Cole for RAW.

Wade Barrett (not Corey Graves) will fill in for Pat McAfee on commentary during Monday's "WWE Raw" as McAfee will be working the College Football Championship.

After it was revealed that Pat McAfee was going to miss Monday Night Raw for the CFP National Championship, WWE has officially announced his replacement.

Pat McAfee is missing next week’s (Jan. 20) episode of WWE Raw in Dallas due to his gig with ESPN covering the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. This is the part where Corey Graves would normally be called up from the bench to replace Pat as Raw’s color commentator for the night.