One of the iconic voices of pro wrestling broadcasting has passed away.
Bob Caudle’s son has announced that his father “passed away peacefully in his sleep overnight.” Caudle was 95-years-old.
It is with a very sad heart that I report that Bob Caudle has passed away. He was 95 years old. His son Mike wrote this morning that Bob passed away peacefully in his sleep overnight. Our thoughts, prayers, and love go out to his family. More information will be forthcoming.
— Mid-Atlantic Gateway (@magateway) November 16, 2025
For many growing up in the fifties all the way to the eighties Bob Caudle was one of the treasured voices of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. He was one of the pioneers who set the standard for how pro-wrestling announcing should be.
At the beginning of his career he juggled two jobs, wrestling announcer and weatherman for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his Mid-Atlantic career Caudle hosted All-Star Wrestling, Wide World Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and then World Wide Wrestling and WCW World Wide Wrestling after Ted Turner published the company.
He later moved onto Smoky Mountain Wrestling and was their announcer before it was shuttered. Jackie, his wife of 75 years passed away last year. He is survived by 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
In a piece for WWE.com, Jim Ross spoke about working with Caudle.
“To my ears, Bob Caudle, a former TV newsman at WRAL TV in Raleigh, N.C., is the most underrated pro wrestling broadcaster ever. The established voice of NWA Pro Wrestling for years and years, Bob was willing to step aside and become the show’s color analyst when I came on board. Bob’s voice was synonymous with honesty and when he spoke, the fans believed what Bob said. It was that way in Bob’s real life, too, by the way,” he wrote.
Ross praised Caudle’s approach to being an announcer.
“Bob Caudle was an objective, reliable, talented broadcaster who was a trusted voice to generations for years in the Mid Atlantic region. My nights with Bob on TBS were some of the best in my career as I always knew that Bob would never make the in-ring action about him or attempt to get himself “over.” Instead, Bob embellished the skill and personas of the athletes that we were watching on our monitors while furthering the storylines. Bob Caudle was a natural born storyteller who never changed his demeanor even if we were deciding on where to stop for lunch (the days before catering), sitting together in the afternoon preparing for our broadcast or doing a live national television show from ringside I truly believe that I am a better broadcaster and certainly a better man for having known and worked with Bob Caudle. Much like another important friend/broadcaster that came along later in my career, Bob made me feel at home in an organization when many others there did not,” he wrote.
