(1980-11-25) November 25, 1980 (age 43)[1] Griffith, Indiana, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Rue DeBona
(m. 2006; div. 2008)
Madison Rayne
(m. 2015)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Josh Mathews[2]
Billed height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Billed weight
143 lb (65 kg)[1]
Billed from
Sea Isle City, New Jersey[2]
Trained by
Al Snow Ivory Tazz
Debut
2001
Joshua Matthew Lomberger[1] (born November 25, 1980),[1] better known by the ring name Josh Mathews, is an American professional wrestling producer, former play by play commentator, and former professional wrestler, signed to TNA Wrestling. He is also known for his time in WWE.
^ abcde"Josh Mathews Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
^ abc"Josh Mathews Bio". WWE. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
Matthew Lomberger (born November 25, 1980), better known by the ring name JoshMathews, is an American professional wrestling producer, former play by play...
with two, with his second reign being the longest at 174 days, while JoshMathews' reign is the shortest at one day. Cowboy, Halliburton (January 13, 2018)...
November 23, 2011 (2011-11-23) episode of NXT due to Mathews being absent. ^ Following the absence of JoshMathews from NXT after being attacked by Brock Lesnar...
commentator JoshMathews from November 2006 until their divorce in 2008. "IA Net plans linear TV, VoD, mobile". C21Media. April 21, 2008. "Mathews marries...
play-by-play commentator by JoshMathews; Grisham replaced Michael Cole on NXT as play-by-play commentator and joined with Mathews. After becoming the lead...
2010 (2010-12-16) Scott Stanford and JoshMathews December 30, 2010 (2010-12-30) – October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25) JoshMathews and Matt Striker November 10, 2011 (2011-11-10)...
February 27, 2013 JoshMathews and Ricardo Rodriguez May 29, 2013 June 5, 2013 JoshMathews and Wade Barrett June 12, 2013 JoshMathews, The Miz and Cody...
as well as making major announcements (such as the signing of Sting). JoshMathews took Tenay's place as commentator on weekly airings of Impact Wrestling...
match at WrestleMania, which Wyatt accepted. Analysis was hosted by JoshMathews with Mick Foley, Booker T, and Shawn Michaels; joining midway were retired...
host by JoshMathews, and no clear reason for Grisham's replacement was confirmed despite Mathews reportedly saying, "No reason, Todd's gone, [Josh is] here...
aligning himself with JoshMathews. On July 2, 2017, at Slammiversary XV Steiner returned to action teaming with JoshMathews in a losing effort to Joseph...
Year(s) Hosts 2002 Marc Lloyd 2002–2003 Ivory 2003 Rue DeBona 2003–2009 JoshMathews 2009–2011 Jack Korpela 2011–2012 Matt Striker 2012–2013 Tony Dawson 2013...
read by Mathews because Stone Cold was a biased referee, making Cole the winner by disqualification. Stone Cold then proceeded to stun Mathews as well...
fellow announcer, JoshMathews, which culminated at Slammiversary with a tag team match featuring Borash and Abyss against Mathews and Scott Steiner....
Impact Wrestling, Drake and Tyrus, alongside Bram and Lashley as Team JoshMathews, were defeated by Team Jeremy Borash (Alberto El Patron, Chris Adonis...
match where Borash & Mathews formed teams of four wrestlers to compete against each other, with Mathews' team losing, thus Mathews was no longer the lead-commentator...
Intercontinental Championship match, commentated by Matt Striker and JoshMathews, went back and forth between both wrestlers. Miz went for the Skull Crushing...
returned to TNA on the June 3, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling alongside JoshMathews on commentary under the ring name Da Pope. On October 4, 2015, at Bound...
Borash, she soon was interrupted by Ethan Carter III and then JoshMathews. When Mathews said he knew the Jarrets would be gone forever, Karen would slap...