During his tenure at Penn State, Hannifan was an active member of CommRadio, a radio station run by the students.

[4] Hannifan conducted backstage interviews for the WWE App on Raw and was the lead announcer on Superstars, Main Event and SmackDown, flanked by color commentators Jerry Lawler and Byron Saxton,[2][4][5] until he was replaced by NXT's play-by-play commentator Rich Brennan on the August 27, 2015, episode of SmackDown.

In the summer of 2014 Phillips entered into a brief storyline with Alicia Fox, where he was stalked and tormented by her on a number of occasions, both ringside and backstage.

In 2017 a Twitter user named Melissa posted screenshots of explicit conversations she alleges happened between her and Phillips while they were engaged.

[13] Phillips also acted as lead play-by-play announcer at the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2020, for the Raw brand; the next day, Phillips announced that he would return for his new play-by-play commentator role on Raw, replacing Vic Joseph and joining existing commentators Jerry Lawler and Byron Saxton.

In April 2021, it was announced that Phillips would be replaced by Adnan Virk in his role as play-by-play commentator for Monday Night RAW.

"[17] On January 8, 2022, Renee Paquette reported that Hannifan had joined Impact Wrestling as the new play-by-play announcer, replacing Matt Striker.