WWE‘s Pat McAfee is expanding his presence into Hollywood.
According to a new Bloomberg report, former NFL punter and current sports analyst and WWE commentator Pat McAfee will star alongside Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King. He has a four-episode arc in the upcoming fourth season of the Paramount+ crime drama series.
Ari Emanuel, the Executive Chairman of TKO Group Holdings and WME Group, is reportedly “trying to turn Pat McAfee into the next Sylvester Stallone.” Emanuel, who represents high-profile clients including Larry David and Seth MacFarlane, recently added McAfee to the list and has begun booking him into films and TV roles.
Apart from Tulsa King, Pat McAfee has a role in the upcoming Netflix sports action drama film The Mosquito Bowl. Directed by Peter Berg, the film is based on the Mosquito Bowl game played during World War II. It features McAfee as a U.S. Marine drill instructor.
McAfee will join another pro wrestling personality in Tulsa King, as OVW veteran Mike “Cash Flo” Walden plays the role of “Bigfoot” in the series.
He last appeared in WWE at Wrestlepalooza 2025 and has since returned to hosting The Pat McAfee Show for ESPN. It will be interesting to see how he manages his schedule now that he’s branching into Hollywood.
WWE pitched for Pat McAfee to beat Gunther
As revealed on the second season of the Netflix docuseries WWE Unreal, at least one creative team member was in support of Pat McAfee defeating Gunther at Backlash 2025. WWE Executive Director Bruce Prichard noted that the option is worth exploring, saying the Ring General beating McAfee in a quick match was predictable.
However, WWE executive Jonathan Baeckstrom argued that Pat McAfee beating Gunther would be counterintuitive and cause more harm than good.
“James Bond wins at the end of every James Bond movie because that’s what you pay to see. It’s the right ending for the story. Gunther just said, ‘I’m more focused than ever,’ and now he’s going to lose to our color commentator?” Baeckstrom questioned. “And then he’s going to have to go up to the ring the next week, Pat’s going to be sitting ten feet to his left. And it’s going to be like, ‘Yeah, I got my ass whipped, but I beat him.’”
The company eventually went with the Ring General defeating Pat McAfee at the event.
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