'OMG, my brain is not operating...' - Pat McAfee opens up on moving away from WWE

Overview

• Pat McAfee has been absent from the WWE Commentary desk since the Money in the Bank weekend
• In his Pat McAfee show, the popular commentator explained the reason behind his absence
• McAfee claimed mental exhaustion as the main reason behind his absence 

Pat McAfee explained the reason behind his absence from the WWE Commentary box since the Money in the Bank weekend. The popular commentator showed up on his Pat McAfee show and was asked about his absence from the commentary box. McAfee claimed he got tired and crashed from mental exhaustion, given the number of shows he had to cover.

McAfee explained that he was on the East Coast for TST, later went down to Parris Island, and eventually to Los Angeles for the Money in the Bank weekend. Pat claimed that he felt as if his brain was not operating. He later claimed to have spoken to those who suffered mental exhaustion and felt his time was up to step away from the commentary for a while.

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"I got really tired, man. I crashed, I hit a wall. I got to Money in the Bank in LA - I was on the east coast for TST, and then I went down to Parris Island, and then I went to LA for Money in the Bank, and I could just feel it. I'm like, 'Oh my god, my brain is not operating right now,'" Pat McAfee said.

"I had talked to others who had maybe experienced mental exhaustion before, whenever they have had it, and I've talked to them and I've been like, 'I'm staring down what you went through there'. Like, I knew this moment was coming. I knew it was gonna happen at some point, and it happens to people, so I talked to people about it happening and what they went through, and as Money in the Bank was happening, I was like, 'Oh my god, this is it, I've finally hit it,'" McAfee added.

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"WWE has a hard work ethic and travel mindset" - Pat McAfee

Despite the challenges, Pat was confident in managing things. However, the WWE Superstar touched upon the fact that he has a daughter and needs to take care of his Daily Show and regular traveling meant he was exhausted. However, McAfee praised Wade Barrett and Corey Graves for doing a great job in his absence.

McAfee said WWE's work ethic and travel mindset were hard for him to cope with at this point, and with the American Football season around the corner, he found it hard to be in the WWE team for the foreseeable future. McAfee concluded by saying he will always love WWE and would be back for commentary after taking a break.

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"And I never thought it was gonna happen, but you add in my daughter, the Daily Show, the travel. And also - Corey Graves, so good. Wade Barrett, so good," McAfee added.

"So like, the ability to not feel absolutely f**king terrible for having to take a step back because I'm tired, WWE has, on the other side - because they have such a hard work ethic and travel mindset and they've been doing it for so long - they understand that people get like, 'Hey, yeah, we understand you might need to take a break for a little bit,' so they've been great," the WWE commentator said.

"And I will always love the WWE, and I miss it, but I didn't think I would have made it - I was eyeing football season around the corner, and I was like, 'I don't know if I'm gonna be able to survive this thing,'" McAfee concluded.