A very good voice and a true announcing legend when it comes to the televison broadcasts of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling…He was “The Voice” of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling coming to us from JCP/Jim Crockett Promotions, and often times coming to us direct from the WRAL TV 5 stuidos in Raleigh, N.C.
No matter if he was working alongside David Crockett, Jim Ross, Johnny Weaver or others, Bob Caudle was just a plain old good guy and straight man, when it came to the announcing and interview work that he did here in the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling territory for Jim Crockett Promotions…And he also did a credible job when he went on to later announce and lead the broadcasts on Smokey Mountain Wrestling, from the stables of Jim Cornette…
Bob Caudle was good people, and did a great job with his wrestling announcing on TV…Bob had that good ole southern voice, and he was right there for the people, giving them all they needed to know and sometimes a little bit more from the inside, on your favorite or not-so-favorite JCP wrestlers…
Mr. Caudle was a true champion, and he was a very dedicated family man, and he even had close ties to US Senator Jesse Helms from the great state of North Carolina, and Helms was also a native of the Wake County area, just like Bob Caudle…Caudle was the inside man and spokesman for Helms for several years, and the two of them met, when they were both hanging around the WRAL TV 5 studios, where Bob also worked as the WRAL weatherman, and did some political editorials, along with Helms, for WRAL TV…
Bob was also the spokesman for Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, Rody Piper, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson from the Rock N Roll Express, Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express with Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, and Stan Lane, plus the original Four Horseman, with Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn and Ole Anderson, and the manager JJ Dillon…And this list of names could go on and on…
Bob Caudle called matches for all of them and for a right down the middle pure wrassling call, with baby faces needing to come out on top, Bob Caudle was your man, and he could make the heels seem just as despicable as you wanted them to be….Bob Caudle had the touch, he could get it a straight line, because he was pretty much just a good straight down the middle fellow…
Now he is gone, and the memories will linger…We all get older, and Bob lived a good and prosperous life, and now he is gone at age 95…
RIP:Bob Caudle, and thank-you sir for the memories….
from Google and from WRAL TV 5:CLICK HERE for the video report from WRAL…
Former WRAL weatherman and legendary professional wrestling announcer Bob Caudle has died. In a post on X, National Wrestling Alliance officials announced that Caudle had died on Sunday. Officials said Caudle left an “indelible mark on the NWA, its programming and fans.”
Former pro wrestler Ric Flair shared a post on X, calling him a “great friend.”
“You Were A Great Man Bob, And You Will Be Remembered Forever As One Of The Greatest Announcers Of All Time,” the post read in part. “I Cherish All The Time That I Got To Spend With You.”
Caudle was born in Charlotte and was the weatherman at WRAL in the 1960s, where NWA Atlantic Coast Wrestling was taped every week.
Caudle worked as both a weatherman and the voice of NWA Atlantic Coast Wrestling for many years.
He was 95 years old.
CLICK HERE for TikTok video with Jim Ross on Bob Caudle…
Bob Caudle and Jim Ross announce as Ric Flair heads to the ring/squared circle…
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Dutch Mantell from his Facebook Page
I knew this day would come, but such sad news to pass on this Sunday morning that Bob Caudle, the longtime “Voice of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling” and Smoky Mountain Wrestling has passed away at the age of 95. His son Mike wrote this morning that Bob passed away peacefully in his sleep overnight. I joined Bob at the Smoky Mountain announce desk for over 2 years and he and I had great chemistry from the start. I can truthfully say that Bob never got upset about anything I ever said whether it be concerning wrestling or a jab at him personally. I was always amazed at the skill Bob brought to the desk every time we were out there. On a side note, Bob’s voice was probably one of the first voices I ever heard on a wrestling show because I grew up listening to Bob call play-by-play when Mid-Atlantic Wrestling aired in the Carolinas. Personally, I consider it a high honor to have had such a pro like Mr. Caudle gracing the other half of the announce table. And I never failed to remind him that he was the one I could blame for getting me invested in the wrestling business to begin with. My condolences to the family because Bob was a good man and he holds a soft spot in my heart and I, along with many more will miss him greatly. We will all miss you Bob and using your line that you made famous and used every time you signed off on another show…
“So long for now”. RIP my dear friend.