Mooney debuted on the May 15, 1988 edition of
WWF Wrestling Challenge, replacing announcer
Craig DeGeorge. During his time in the WWF, Mooney's primary duties included play-by-play announcing for matches aired on
Prime Time Wrestling,
WWF Mania,
WWF All-American Wrestling, as host of
Coliseum Video releases (where he also provided commentary for "exclusive" matches), and hosting the "Events Center" segment during the WWF's
syndicated TV shows, such as
WWF Superstars and
WWF Wrestling Challenge. The "Event Center" was a segment used to promote feuds and house shows. During a moment where Earthquake squashed
Jake Roberts’ pet snake Damian, cuts were made to Mooney in the "Event Center" to censor out the moments of impact. Mooney made his pay-per-view debut at
the first SummerSlam in August 1988 as an interviewer. On occasion, Mooney portrayed his fictional siblings, an
identical twin sister named Betty on
Prime Time Wrestling (alongside heel wrestlers including
Sensational Sherri) and identical twin brother Ian Mooney while co-hosting
Wrestling Spotlight. Mooney's last major appearances were at
the 1992 Survivor Series and early episodes of
WWF Monday Night Raw, with his actual last appearance on WWF TV promoting the Wrestlemania IX encore presentation on the April 12th edition of Monday Night Raw. In April 1993, his contract expired and he opted not to renew it. He was replaced by
Todd Pettengill as an interviewer and Event Center personality and by
Gorilla Monsoon on
WWF Mania and
WWF All-American Wrestling for play-by-play.
Later appearances He reappeared on WWE TV in October 2005, during the pre-show to
WWE Raws "
Homecoming" to the
USA Network. The pre-show simply ran through some past moments of
RAW on the USA Network, with several people involved with the WWE during the first years of
Monday Night Raw, including Mooney, sharing their memories of the WWE during that period. Mooney once again returned to WWE on July 23, 2012, for the 1,000th episode of
Raw by interviewing
Daniel Bryan backstage. Mooney returned again on the “Old School” edition of
The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness and later in a 2017 DVD release called
WWE Unreleased 1986–1995 co-hosting with Charly Caruso. Mooney also appeared on the Top 25 Raw moments celebration which was shown on the WWE Network on January 15, 2018. ==Pre and post-WWF career==