WWE announcer Michael Cole makes good on Pat McAfee Pacers bet
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During the live broadcast of “Monday Night Raw” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, WWE announcer Michael Cole fulfilled his bet with Pat McAfee by wearing a Pacers jersey as agreed upon.

The bet originated two weeks prior when Cole promised to wear the jersey if the Indiana Pacers managed to beat the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.

True to their word, the Pacers triumphed over the Knicks in a six-game series, sealing their victory with a 125-108 win and securing a spot in the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Cole was forced to reveal the jersey underneath his dress shirt near the start of Monday’s broadcast, which did not sit well with the Oklahoma crowd and delighted McAfee, who then began taunting the fans.

“The Pacers are actually going to be taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals,” McAfee said. “And these people would like to see you pay your debt, sir. He’s been working out. He’s been running miles and miles and miles. Michael Cole, yeah buddy!” 

McAfee then started to point out the buff arms of the longtime WWE broadcaster before noting that Cole was sporting a jersey of “Pacers legend” T.J. McConnell. 

“Who’s going to come into Oklahoma and do what he did to the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals,” McAfee exclaimed to the crowd, who quickly stared booing. 

McAfee is an unabashed Pacers fan and has been a fixture at games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to support Indiana. 

He made waves when he called out the “bigwigs from the big city” during an in-game stoppage in reference to the celebrity contingent of Timothée Chalamet, Ben Stiller and Spike Lee who made the trip to Indiana for the Pacers’ Game 4 win over the Knicks. 

The NBA Finals begin Thursday in Oklahoma City.

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