Corey Graves is evidently not CM Punk’s biggest fan. The color commentator for both Raw and Smackdown seemed to revel in Punk’s loss at UFC 225 on Saturday night.

“Maybe abandoning everybody who stood by your side, even when we weren’t supposed to, only to have you turn your back on us wasn’t the right move after all?” Graves Tweeted not long after the fight ended. “No anger. Only sadness.”

Graves seems to be echoing sentiment once expressed by Chris Jericho; that Punk didn’t keep in contact with people who considered him a friend in WWE.

“The first rule of ‘punk rock’ is loyalty, and this guy betrayed it all,” Graves continued. “I still love you, “friend” and I’m sorry you got lost.”

Don’t worry, hey @VinceMcMahon this has nothing to do with you.

You either @TripleH

This isn’t corporate. This is real life.

Calm down internerds.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

Corey Graves Clarifies Tweets Regarding CM Punk

“Awww. Seems the “fans” are disappointed. Maybe you guys should know that “That Dude” held my first son before I did because I was on tour and I trusted him,” Graves continued. “I had dinner with him the week after he quit.”

About 4.5 hours into the Twitter tirade, Graves then came out with the following:

Hey @CMPunk, call me tomorrow. I still love you.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

Graves then spoke with Fightful.com about his Tweets.

“What really set me off was this week when he essentially disowned the business that made him,”Graves said. “My only issue with him was that he turned off people that actually loved and supported him. Beyond “the business” and he never wanted anything to do with us…yet continued to present himself as this ‘Punk’ hero.”

Graves continued to say that nothing he said had anything to do with WWE or the recent lawsuit.

“Dude, this has ZERO to do with court, or testimony or any of the above. Nothing that I tweeted was corporate,” said Graves. “I’m simply hurt/pissed off that a guy that I looked like as a big brother-type has turned his back on me and everyone that loved and supported him only because of the name on my paycheck. I’m definitely not the only one. I won’t name names, but there is a large group of us to this day that inexplicably lost a solid friend because of where we work.”

Corey Graves Destroys A Fan On Twitter

A fan recently Tweeted at RAW commentator Corey Graves, suggesting he and his fellow commentators shut up when Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins is making his way to the ring.

Graves quickly responded to the fan, destroying him by saying “I don’t come to your job and tell you when and how to apply the mustard.”:

Dear Stephen,

We are LITERALLY paid to talk. I don’t come to your job and tell you when and how to apply the mustard.

Love, Us. https://t.co/RbniTusF1T

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) May 29, 2018

The fan has since deleted his Tweet, and has either deleted his account or changed his handle.

No Way Jose Teases Change To His Look

Recent NXT call-up No Way Jose has a signature look that’s part of his appeal on Monday Night RAW. The leader of the conga line comes out ready to dance while sporting his signature afro hairdo. Jose recently teased on his Instagram story that he could be getting rid of the afro.

A fan on Twitter took a screenshot of the image, which shows a lot of Jose’s hair cut off:

https://twitter.com/ScottyStyles29/status/1001696264591953922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwnerd.com%2Fno-way-jose-haircut-wwe-photo%2F&tfw_creator=innern3rd&tfw_site=innern3rd

Corey Graves Praises Bischoff’s New Podcast

Recently, former WCW President Eric Bischoff has released a new podcast, 83 Weeks, with Conrad Thompson to talk about his run with WCW. The podcast has received great reviews from wrestling fans and personalities alike.

Add Graves to the list of people who enjoy this show, as he recently took to Twitter to praise the show:

Really enjoying @83Weeks. @HeyHeyItsConrad asks so many of the questions I’ve wanted to ask @EBischoff over beers one day.

I guess Eazy E & I will just have to focus on the beers next time. 🍻

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) May 22, 2018

Thanks man!

— Conrad the Mortgage Guy (@HeyHeyItsConrad) May 22, 2018

Bobby Lashley Reacts To RAW Segment

On last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW, Bobby Lashley had a segment with Sami Zayn after Zayn interviewed Lashley’s three “sisters” (who were actually three male indy wrestlers dressed as women).

The segment was very poorly received and got a lot of boos from the crowd throughout. Lashley took to Twitter shortly after the segment aired and had this to say:

Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. 😁🙃😜 https://t.co/ZcqOPx4V1L

— Bobby Lashley (@fightbobby) May 22, 2018

Discussion: What were your thoughts on the segment with Lashley, Zayn, and the three sisters? Is it the worst in RAW history?

Corey Graves is one of the best commentators that the WWE has right now but had an interesting ride to get where he is now.

In August of 2011, Graves signed a developmental contract with WWE and he was sent to WWE’s developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

In the Spring of 2014, he was pulled from action in NXT after suffering a concussion, which caused him to be absent from television for several months. He announced his official in-ring retirement due to his concussion issues in December of that year.

It was a bittersweet moment as the door on his wrestling career shut while his career as a commentator began.

Following the 2016 WWE draft, it was announced that Graves would be joining the RAW commentary team. Since then, Graves has brought his entertaining analysis to the main roster by breaking down the matches and storylines on both RAW and SmackDown Live.

Graves was recently a guest on the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast. During the interview, he was asked if he dislikes Jonathan Coachman and Byron Saxton. Here is what he had to say:

“Usually if I am not into somebody, then I just won’t talk about them. I wouldn’t have anything to say. I have gotten to the point now where I am kind of tired at points. I still am on such a roll non-stop and I haven’t had a week off in any way shape or form in like 4 years.

I love it though, that is what keeps me going, I am finally at a point now where I think to myself that I don’t have anything for this segment so I have to catch my breath, my throat hurts, which still hasn’t recovered from WrestleMania, and every once in a while I will tell Byron [Saxton] to take this segment, or Coach, help me out here. Usually I am so take charge, it’s either Tom [Phillips] and I or [Michael] Cole and I. We have instant chemistry and we can read each other’s minds and finish each other’s thoughts, but a lot of times I tend to forget that there is a third guy there. It is nothing intentional but you get in the zone and you get excited and fired up, but every once in a while I remind myself to breathe. I get burned out sometimes.”

Graves continued by saying, “”I don’t know Coach on a social level. I am cool with him and have hung out with him a handful of times socially, but I don’t know him, which is different because with Booker T, by the time we were doing Raw together, I had worked with him in the studio every single week for a year and a half and spent all day with him. We had a chemistry, where we would go to the hotel bar and just talk business and have fun so I had a rapport with him, but with Coach, he was the square peg in a round hole, so in the first few weeks I told myself that I wasn’t going to come at him too hard because I wanted to have him get back into it. It’s not something you just pick back up overnight and say that you are doing Raw commentary. He and I are cool.

My thing is that you can tell when he is live Tweeting on the air because he will literally repeat something or say something that means nothing, and then you will scroll through Twitter and then you see Coach sending a ‘Coach em Up’ Tweet, and then he’ll talk about how great the match is going to be, and I say something like, ‘thanks Coach.’ We just spent the last five minutes saying that. The longer we work together the better it is going to be.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

What are your thoughts on Graves’ comments? Sound off in the comment section below.

The Greatest Royal Rumble was understandably one of the biggest Live Events WWE has put on in the past year or so, but it was not free from controversies.

One of the most debated topics about the event was the absence of female talent from the show and it appears that comments on this matter may have landed Corey Graves in hot water.

According to the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Graves has some heat on him for the negative comments he made during the Greatest Rumble and afterward.

A lot of people pointed out how Corey seemed to have remorse or second thoughts about WWE running a show without female talents which were illustrated by a few cryptic comments he made during the event.

Not only that but the former NXT Star also made an obscure Instagram post after the show, with the caption indicating that women in America at least have the freedom of expression compared to Saudi Arabia:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiIkioBjOQF/?hl=en&taken-by=wwegraves

According to Observer, all this is not sitting well with Officials and while there are people who think that his statements are understandable, the feeling is that he shouldn’t have made such comments publicly.

Furthermore, there are people backstage who were heard saying that the Raw and SmackDown commentator is “more replaceable than he thinks he is.”

No word yet on if Corey Graves will be punished in any way for this but we’ll keep you posted if any such details regarding the matter come to light.

For now, it’s only safe to say that the company is not in the mood of jeopardizing their relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for any reason and if anyone else shows his unhappiness with the event then he will only be calling trouble for himself.

During Finn Balor’s entrance last night on Monday Night Raw, Corey Graves inadvertently referred to “Bullet Club”. Michael Cole would quickly correct Graves, insinuating he meant to say “Balor Club”.

A few hours after Raw went off the air, Graves sent out the following reaction to his flub:

Finn, you’re a wildly popular man. Please stop starting Clubs. They’re hard to keep track of. #BALORClub https://t.co/WhhZDOVmj9

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) April 17, 2018

Bullet Club or Balor Club?

Finn Balor hasn’t been placed alongside his Balor Club teammates, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a few weeks. After spending several weeks working as a trio together, Balor was placed in the Intercontinental Championship picture while Gallows and Anderson fell out of the Raw tag-team Championship hunt.

With the WWE Superstar Shakeup in full swing, it’s possible any of the 3 Raw members of the Club could be moved to Smackdown. AJ Styles, another historical member of the faction, is currently the WWE Champion on the blue brand. Styles, Gallows, and Anderson also had a brief run as a trio under the name, “the Club” not long after signing with WWE.

Finn Balor was one of the four founding members of the faction in 2013, though it can be argued he was the most important member of the group at the time. Balor was the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion but was frustrated over a recent loss to Hiroshi Tanahashi. Then known as Prince Devitt, he brought out Bad Luck Fale as his new personal bouncer and the pair aligned with Karl Anderson and Tama Tonga as well. Not long after, Balor would go on to sweep the Best of the Super Juniors, winning every single match in the tournament.

Devitt would leave NJPW for NXT in 2014. Anderson, Gallows, and Styles would all follow suit in 2016. A later member of Bullet Club, Adam Cole, was signed to WWE in 2017 after having won the ROH World Championship on two occasions as a member of the faction.

WWE color commentator Corey Graves had some interesting feelings about the news of former WWE SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan being medically cleared to return to in-ring action after a history of suffering concussions.

The reason for such feelings is due to his career as an active wrestler being cut short because of the same reason. In August of 2011, Graves signed a developmental contract with WWE and he was sent to WWE’s developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

In the Spring of 2014, he was pulled from action in NXT after suffering a concussion, which caused him to be absent from television for several months. He announced his official in-ring retirement due to his concussion issues in December of that year. It was a bittersweet moment as the door on his wrestling career shut while his career as a commentator began.

Following the 2016 WWE draft, it was announced that Graves would be joining the RAW commentary team. Since then, Graves has brought his entertaining analysis to the main roster by breaking down the matches and storylines on both RAW and SmackDown Live. 

Graves was interviewed by Justin LaBar of Triblive to talk about various topics. During the interview, he revealed that he considered trying to get medically cleared to in-ring action after Bryan’s return was announced.

“That day was tough for me. I didn’t know about it. Nobody gave me a heads up. For Bryan, I was stoked. He’s a friend. He’s incredible in the ring. That’s where he belongs. It caught me off guard. I started asking questions to myself, Should I? What if? I had a few conversations with few people [in WWE] who put it out there. If you want to pursue this maybe we can look into it. So I spent about a week and a half weighing the options. It was, do I become a wrestler again and what happens?”

“Exactly. Again, this is all potential of would this work out, do I end up on the sidelines. I talked to my wife, talked to some friends. I think as much as I don’t believe in fate, this all kind of worked itself out so I think this is where I belong so why step out of it?”

Grave also talked about his first night as a color commentator on WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, and more. You can read the entire interview here.

What are your thoughts on Graves’ comments about a potential return? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE Monday Night RAW commentator Corey Graves recently did an interview with Rolling Stone to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Graves first discussed what it’s like doing commentary instead of competing inside the ring like he used to:

“I think I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t always something of a little glimmer of hope that something miraculously would change. But I’ve fully embraced my role now… I’m cool with wearing suits and talking about other people for a while, because I can hopefully do this a lot longer.”

Graves also briefly commented on calling his first WrestleMania this weekend in New Orleans, saying he gets goosebumps just thinking about it:

“I just get goosebumps talking about it.”

While Graves appreciates the praise he gets for his work on the commentary booth, he still holds Bobby Heenan and Jesse Ventura on a pedestal – and he still has a long way before he gets there:

“They are mythical creatures to me. I’d love to be in the same breath as them, but I probably won’t accept it someday, maybe not until I’m gone.”

You can read Graves’ full interview with Rolling Stone by clicking this link here.

Earlier this week RAW commentator Corey Graves took a shot at Taz with a Tweet that he has since deleted, saying:

“Insecurity is a bad color on you @OfficialTAZ, shoulda stuck to orange and black.”

Taz issued out his own response to Graves and claimed to have absolutely no idea what Graves was talking about:

“I have no clue what you are talking about. PS: Tough to be insecure when I’m the happiest I’ve been ever professional for past 3 + years & I always stick to ORANGE & BLACK.”

https://twitter.com/OfficialTAZ/status/975973597792612352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

It remains unclear what Graves’ issue is with Taz, however, it has been speculated that it could be due to Taz’s recent comments on Chris Jericho’s podcast, Talk Is Jericho. Taz said the biggest problem with WWE commentary right now is that there is nobody in the booth with high-level in-ring experience:

“The first thing, if you are a color commentator, not play-by-play, so if you are a former pro wrestler, and I learned this from Vince McMahon; you have to take your ego and what you did because it is not about you, it is a humbling job. I put over more guys as a commentator than as a worker, but you have to take your ego, and put it behind the curtain as Vince McMahon told me. You have to be able to, the key is you have to put your agenda and ego aside and keep it in the Gorilla position,” Taz said in the interview with Jericho. “You can’t bring it to the announce desk.

“I am someone that believes that as a former world champion and as a color commentator. That is not a knock on any current color commentator, but I believe in the guys that have been to the dance, drawn some money and know what it takes to have a title. It is a big deal to have that responsibility, as you know, and it is a big deal. I believe, and I know that it is going to sound negative on those that weren’t world champions; Corey Graves was a former tag team champion in NXT.

“Byron Saxton barely worked, so that to me jumps out. I believe in that. You can’t tell me as a fan, if I have never been a wrestler, you can’t tell me what it is like to be a world champion if you have never done it; I’m sorry,” Taz continued. “I hope for the best of those guys, and no disrespect to those guys. I met Corey Graves, and he seems like a great guy, but that is my opinion. You need some legitimate sea legs under you as a professional wrestler, I really believe that. I think putting your ego and checking it, and having the chops to talk obviously.”

You can listen to Taz’s full interview on Talk Is Jericho by clicking this link here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXeLdcm2weY

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

– Over the weekend, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T spoke to Ringside Collectibles at the 2018 Las Vegas Toy Con about what would happen if his Mattel WWE action figure crossed paths with Corey Graves’ Mattel WWE action figure. Booker took shots at the Graves figure and noted that at their age, they would fight, not wrestle.

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The two played up their feud backstage at WWE Elimination Chamber on Sunday with this photo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfo1UbDH-bT/

– Former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman was backstage at SmackDown LIVE last night at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. Here are photos of him backstage with his dog Lula, Lilly Singh, and Sasha Banks, among others.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfwaEXNnBb-/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfvvCyjHBfJ/

– It was announced on Monday that on Thursday, April 19, NXT makes its debut in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., at The Anthem. According to an email sent out today by WWE, there will be a presale on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Ticketfly.com with the passcode ‘NXT LIVE’.

• Who is NXT wrestler Eric Bugenhagen?

While Booker T and Corey Graves may have admitted their recent backstage heat was not legitimate, that didn’t stop an “altercation” occurring backstage last night.

2018’s Elimination Chamber was the first time the two have been on a show together since Booker’s comments on his radio show. Graves posted a photo of the backstage altercation between the two on his Instagram account.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfo1EAHDb6T/

Booker T Vs Corey Graves

Last month, Booker T threatened Corey Graves on his radio show and many fans took his comments seriously. Booker would later admit he was just “working” the fans. He would also say he was relieved to no longer be on the Raw announce team.

Graves would later be a guest on Booker’s radio show. The two joked about the serious reactions on the internet to Booker’s comments.

– Paul Heyman took to Twitter to respond to RAW commentator Corey Graves’ comments on last night’s show, and doubled down on his claim that Universal Champion Brock Lesnar does not fear Braun Strowman. Strowman will be one of seven men to compete in this weekend’s Elimination Chamber match; which also includes Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, Elias, The Miz, and John Cena. The winner of the match will go on to challenge “The Beast” for the Universal Title at WrestleMania 34:

Dear @WWEGraves — My client, the reigning defending undisputed Universal Heavyweight CHampion @BrockLesnar does NOT fear @BraunStrowman. I, on the other hand, quiver in fear at the mere mention of his name. @WWE @WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/PwoTaqMnEh

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 20, 2018

– WWE posted a video of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey as she prepares to sign her RAW contract at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view (PPV) this weekend on the WWE Network. The video features comments from Stephanie McMahon and Charlotte Flair, as well as some footage from Rousey’s professional wrestling training. Check it out:

Corey Graves recently accepted Booker T’s invitation to appear on his “Heated Conversations” podcast. While Booker had seemingly threatened Corey for causing his removal from the Raw broadcast team, it turns out not everything was as it seemed.

According to comments he made on the podcast with Corey, Booker was thankful to be removed from his commentating position on Monday Night Raw. They even joked about how Corey saw Booker backstage that day and he was grinning from ear to ear.

Booker and Corey are now saying the entire saga was a work and never intended to go anywhere. Listen to their conversation below:

Booker T’s On-Air Threat

Following being removed the Raw announce team, Booker made the following comments towards Graves:

“But if I catch Corey Graves on the street, I’m gonna do something to him. Alright? I ain’t gonna do it at the office or anything like that. But if I catch him… not gonna do it in the airport, nah, I’m not gonna do that. But if I catch Corey Graves on the street? You see that little bouffant hairdo he got? I’m gonna rearrange it for him.”

What led some to believe his comments were not serious, however, was that he worked in the radio station’s call signs while he made them.

“So, me and Corey Graves… WrestleMania coming up, right? There’s room for one more match. Right now, on my show, Heated Conversations, Sports Radio 610, I’m calling Corey Graves out to a fight. Not a match. Not a pre-show posedown or anything like that. I’m calling Corey Graves out to a fight.”

Last week WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T went off on Corey Graves during his Houston Sports Radio 610 show, Heated Conversations, blaming the former NXT Superstar for being the reason he was replaced by Jonathan Coachman on the Monday Night RAW commentary team. Booker followed that up by challenging Graves to a legitimate fist fight. Its since been reported that the feud between the pair is a work and Booker was replaced simply because Coachman was re-signed by WWE.

The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion then took to Twitter to offer for Graves to call into his show tonight and clear the air:

I’m going to address all of the news from this past week on my show tomorrow. There’s been a lot of things said and I’d like to publicly invite @WWEGraves to call in and clear the air.

— Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) February 9, 2018

Graves responded to the invitation in a Tweet of his own:

Gladly. You have my number. https://t.co/BhvrIDStnS

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) February 9, 2018

For those of you who missed it, WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T recently went off on Corey Graves during an episode of his Heated Conversations radio show on Sports Radio 610 in Houston, Texas. The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion blames Graves for not being on the RAW commentary team anymore, stating WWE officials were afraid he’d ‘jump on’ him sooner or later.

Now Booker will likely only be used for pre and post-show panels. He also threatened to attack Graves if he sees him outside the realm of a WWE production before challenging him to a legit fist fight. More on that here. Graves later indirectly responded to Booker’s comments on Twitter with the following:

“Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.”

-Sun Tzu

(Yes, this is what you think it is)

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) February 5, 2018

Graves took things a step further during last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW. During Bayley’s entrance to face Asuka in singles action, Graves told Booker T’s replacement on the commentary team, Jonathan Coachman, the following:

“You better be careful Coach, watch your tongue or you might be doing afternoon radio locally.”

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This of course was a reference to Booker’s Heated Conversations show on Houston Sports Radio 610. If fans are hoping that this is a work and a match between the two is coming, that’s very unlikely. Graves is unable to get cleared by WWE doctors to compete due to his history of concussion-related injuries. It looks like the heat between the two is very real.

WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T was recently replaced on the Monday Night RAW commentary team by the returning Jonathan Coachman. Over the past few months there has been a ton of friction between Booker and now-former fellow commentator Corey Graves at the announce desk.

On a recent episode of his podcast, Heated Conversations, Booker stated that he believes Graves is the reason he’s no longer on Monday Night RAW. He claimed some people believed he would eventually jump Graves for always poking at him on TV, which is why he was removed from commentary:

“People ask me about Corey Graves. Corey Graves is good at what he does, you know? Corey Graves, he’s thrown jabs at me, I’ve thrown jabs back, you know? And you know, the thing is Corey Graves, of course, yeah, he’s a college educated young man. His vernacular is a little different than mine. You see that word I just used? Threw that out there – just want you people to know, I ain’t studied this, it’s just something that we just threw out. But I tell you, if I got Corey Graves into a fisticuffs, I would beat him down like he stole something. I would be whooping his ass all day long.

“Because that’s the thing – my thing is this. I’m a nice guy, until you get on my bad side. Corey Graves, right now, I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s on my bad side, but he’s the reason that I’m not on Monday Night Raw right now. Because, you know what, a lot of people in the company thought I was gonna jump on him, I was gonna do something bad to him, I was gonna drag him, I was gonna take him out to the woodshed, I was gonna beat that man so bad, I was gonna beat him until this man say, ‘Please, please, please, just don’t beat me any more”

Booker then went on to challenge Graves to a match at WrestleMania 34, before changing his mind and challenging him to a legitimate fist fight off TV. He said that if he runs into Graves on the streets, away from any sort of company production, he’s going to jump on him:

“That’s how hot I was getting. That’s how close I was getting. So, they said, ‘Hey, Book. We’re gonna take – step back a second, alright? We’re gonna regroup, alright, we’re gonna press the rewind button. We’re gonna send you back to the Kickoff show of SmackDown, Monday Night Raw pay-per-views and cool you down for a second. Cause we don’t want you to do anything to Corey Graves, because we know what you could do to him. We know Corey Graves could do… he’s sitting there for a reason, man. He’s sitting there for a reason, and Corey Graves knows it. You know what? I’ll tell you this here. I want all you people out there to know, you heard it right here Heated Conversations, Sports Radio 610, it’s probably gonna make all the dirt sheets like Meltzer and all those guys.

“But if I catch Corey Graves on the street, I’m gonna do something to him. Alright? I ain’t gonna do it at the office or anything like that. But if I catch him… not gonna do it in the airport, nah, I’m not gonna do that. But if I catch Corey Graves on the street? You see that little bouffant hairdo he got? I’m gonna rearrange it for him. Alright? I’m just saying. I’m just saying… Let me catch him at Starbucks. I’m a tattoo him… He’s one of those guys gonna have to walk it like he talk it… Me personally, everybody knows my reputation… I get mean, when you mess with my green.

“And right now, my green is being messed with, you know what I mean? So, me and Corey Graves… WrestleMania coming up, right? There’s room for one more match. Right now, on my show, Heated Conversations, Sports Radio 610, I’m calling Corey Graves out to a fight. Not a match. Not a pre-show posedown or anything like that. I’m calling Corey Graves out to a fight.”

You can listen to Booker T’s comments on Heated Conversations by clicking this link here.

Vince Russo was evidently not a fan of how the commentary team treated Jason Jordan on Raw last night. He had this to say on Twitter regarding it:

Guess announcers aren't that excited about Jordan/Strowman. Total, total NO SELL. Hey, Corey—Pee Wee Herman called–he wants his suit back. #TOOL

— Vince Russo (@THEVinceRusso) November 21, 2017

Early this morning/late last night, Graves responded with the following:

Wow. It’s amazing that the “driving force” behind the Attitude Era relies on the same insults as my 9-year old.

Just shout me out for giving your podcast some traffic. You’re a great Christian. https://t.co/RM3inVsSEB

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) November 21, 2017

Vince Russo in 2017

Since parting with Impact Wrestling in 2014, Russo has been busy working on podcasts and online content. Additionally, he writes for the wrestling show “Rocky Mountain Pro” which appears on the FITE App.

Earlier this summer, Russo filed a restraining order against Jim Cornette.

During Monday’s UK RAW from Manchester, announcer Corey Graves joked that Enzo Amore might be even less liked than [British journalist] Piers Morgan. That comment didn’t go unnoticed, with Piers Morgan firing back at Graves on Twitter:

You’re the guy who couldn’t make it as a wrestler so turned to (bad..) commentary, right @WWEGraves? #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/sGZn2JXQw9

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 7, 2017

Fellow RAW broadcaster Renee Young came to the defense of Graves, questioning how Piers Morgan even came across the clip. Morgan is actually a longtime WWE fan and has attended several WWE shows.

Lol guess someone was feeling lonely tonight so #searched his own name 😿 https://t.co/jukY2Y8K6n

— Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) November 8, 2017

Corey Graves fired back at Piers Morgan and revealed why he name dropped him.

I’m sorry, I meant no disrespect. I had no idea who you were. I simply googled “most hated man in England.”

Welcome to relevance though! https://t.co/g0R8dXQs6m

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) November 8, 2017

Mate, I have 5.8m more followers than you. When it comes to relevance, I'm John Cena & you're Heath Slater. https://t.co/7IX2U832Lu

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 8, 2017

I owe you an apology. I actually do like your Carpool Karaoke Show.

My bad….oh, wait. https://t.co/WuALBzmXcZ

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) November 8, 2017

Corey Graves and Enzo Amore trade shots on Twitter

Corey Graves posted the following tweet yesterday about his son dancing like Enzo Amore during a baseball game. Enzo responded and stated that Graves didn’t fail as a father, he failed as a wrestler.

My son just ran to second base, and danced like @real1 to celebrate.

I have failed as a father.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) September 30, 2017

Nah u didn't fail as a father!? U failed as a wrestler, thats why they dressed ya up in a suit N tie & told ya 2 sit down #HowYouDoin #Champ https://t.co/mdkrvflAfY

— REAL1 (FKA Enzo Amore) (@real1) October 1, 2017

WWE Superstars debuting in WWE 2K18

WWE released a new video where they look at ten new playable characters making their roster debuts in WWE 2K18. The Authors of Pain, SAnitY, Gran Metalik, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, TJP, Johnny Gargano, Akira Tozawa, Ember Moon, No Way Jose and Bobby Roode are the Superstars listed in the video.

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Following the departure of JBL from the SmackDown LIVE announce team, WWE announced this afternoon that Corey Graves will take over for him beginning tomorrow night.

Graves joins Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton on SmackDown LIVE. WWE also noted that Graves will remain as a color commentator on Raw.

With the change, Graves is leaving 205 Live and WWE Main Event. Nigel McGuinness, who serves as a color commentator on WWE NXT broadcasts, is replacing Graves on both series.

JBL announced on Friday that he’s stepping away from his weekly broadcasting role on SmackDown LIVE to dedicate more time to at-risk youth and communities in Bermuda. He will continue his relationship with WWE by appearing on marquee events, such as Tribute to the Troops and WrestleMania.

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On last night’s episode of Bring it to the Table on the WWE Network, Corey Graves and JBL discussed Enzo Amore. As recently reported, Enzo was allegedly kicked off a WWE tour bus by Roman Reigns and wasn’t allowed to dress in the WWE locker room. Corey Graves stated that Enzo Amore doesn’t have an “off switch” and that he rubs people the wrong way.

 Graves when asked if he likes Enzo Amore:

“No. No I don’t like Enzo. He is a fine guy, but the guy you see on Monday nights is that guy 24 hours a day. There is no off switch and it rubs people the wrong way. If you are on a European tour 12 days deep and he is going on and on about how he partied with The Weeknd in Los Angeles, you are going to get tired of hearing about it. There is a limit and when you are on the road that much, it will wear on your nerves.”

JBL on wrestler’s court and Enzo’s backstage antics:

“It’s called wrestler’s court, it’s to mediate conflicts. Undertaker was the judge, I was the prosecuting attorney, either Godfather or Kane was the bailiff. Sometimes you circumvented the court and just threw them out of the locker room or off of buses. The Miz was one of those, which by the way was not me, I was given credit for it because of storyline reasons. But we’ve also had ring announcers, commentators and talent thrown out of locker rooms in the past.

Here is what is bad about it. Most of those guys, except for The Miz, never made it. Once the locker room turned against these guys, they were sprayed with human repellent or whatever. They never made it. So the odds are completely against Enzo. I think he is very talented. I’ve had a good working relationship with him, but there are apparently a lot of problems with him and the rest of the world.”

Both JBL and Corey Graves also stated on last night’s Bring it to the Table that Enzo should join the Cruiserweight Division and 205 Live.

Kevin Owens responds to fan at WWE Live event

A fan recently taunted Kevin Owens at a WWE Live event as he made his way to the ring and asked Owens “where his belt was?”. Owens lost his United States Championship at a WWE Live event at Madison Square Garden a little over a week ago. Owens responded to the fan and stated “it is not a belt, it’s a title dumbass”. The use of the term “belt” is banned in WWE.

Jeff Hardy brings back an old look

Since returning to WWE at WrestleMania 33, Jeff Hardy hasn’t worn face paint. During a recent WWE Live event in Virginia, Hardy came down to the ring with face paint on.

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Corey Graves discusses working security for Deftones

WWE uploaded a clip from the most recent episode of Superstar Ink of Corey Graves discussing the time he worked security for a Deftones performance. Graves and his friend were invited to party with the Deftones after the concert but they couldn’t go because his friend had to work the next morning.

WWE Monday Night RAW and SmackDown Live announcers Corey Graves and JBL once again took to the WWE Network Exclusive show Bring It To The Table to give their opinions on a variety of professional wrestling topics, and as always, they didn’t hold back. You can check out the highlights from the show here:

JBL on Jinder Mahal’s career not being made by winning the WWE Championship:

“You’re not going to be made just because you get a championship, okay? It can jumpstart you, obviously. Look at David Arquette [who] got the WCW [World Heavyweight] Championship. It certainly didn’t make him. Jinder Mahal is a guy who got jumpstarted because of that world championship. And I think when he walks out, he looks like a world champion. When you see him with that title, you think, ‘that’s what a world champion should look like.'”

Graves admits his initial doubt about Mahal’s title reign: 

“Last time we did this show, I wasn’t sure [about Mahal’s world title reign], I wasn’t sold, but to John’s point, you see him come out with the championship, and The Singh Brothers, and the suit, he looks legitimate. And, it’s great, Jinder looks like a big deal, like a big time champion.”

Graves says there was nothing memorable about Dean Ambrose’s run as Intercontinental Champ:

“No offense to Dean Ambrose, but I don’t really know anything memorable that Dean accomplished while as Intercontinental Champion other than losing to Miz.” Graves added, “I’m being honest. I’d say it to his face.”

Graves on the Universal Title being on an upswing after initially being “snakebitten”:

“On the RAW side of things, you’ve got Brock Lesnar who has the Universal Championship. And, for the first time maybe since its inception, the Universal Championship actually means something. It has kind of been snakebitten. You had Finn [Bálor] win it for the first time go down with an injury, they played hot potato with Kevin Owens and the Goldberg scenario.

“Finally, as we head towards Great Balls Of Fire, you have Samoa Joe, a legitimate number one contender and you have Brock Lesnar who is a legitimate threat no matter what championship he holds and that for the first time is a really big, big time, big fight feel, and I can’t wait for it.”

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

WWE Commentators JBL and Corey Graves recently sat down on the WWE Network’s Bring It To The Table to discuss a number of professional wrestling topics, including the current struggle former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bayley is going through on the main roster. Here’s what they had to say:

Graves saying Bayley is not the same person that she was in NXT:

“Having been there, and witnessed, and commentated on most of the rise of Bayley, I was there firsthand and watched her growth from when she arrived in FCW at the time to what she evolved into and all these different character transitions. And once the Bayley character caught fire, man, I don’t think there was a person in this company that didn’t see it as a license to print money.

“Little girls were showing up to the buildings with the headbands, and the merchandise, and Bayley was it. And this is also the same Bayley that a few months ago at WrestleMania retained the RAW Women’s Championship at WrestleMania, on top of the world. For some reason, I don’t know what the disconnect is, but this isn’t the same Bayley that got her to the dance.”

JBL stating that it’s possible that Bayley might not make it on the main roster:

“I think with Bayley though, it hadn’t transcended to the audience. Look, just because you make it some place doesn’t mean you’re going to make it in another. Look at Johnny B. Badd. He was one of the first, if not the first guaranteed contract WWE gave out during the Monday Night Wars. He came over as Marc Mero and he failed so miserably that at the end of his contract, they just let him sit home and paid him.

“They weren’t even bringing him in to get him beat by somebody.” JBL continued, “I think Bayley has a chance of not making it. But remember Isaac Yankem came in and wasn’t working, and fake Diesel, and became a Superstar that’s going to go into the [WWE] Hall Of Fame. ‘Stone Cold’ came in with a monster push as ‘The Ringmaster’ with Ted DiBiase. That didn’t work out.”

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

Corey Graves had some interesting comments regarding the …dive controversy on the latest episode of WWE Network exclusive ‘Bring It To The Table’.

Graves (alongside JBL and Peter Rosenberg) spoke at length about Randy Orton’s original tweet, his back and forth with Bully Ray/Bubba Ray Dudley and the Independent scene. Unsurprisingly both JBL and Graves were outspoken about the subject with JBL lambasting some independent performers as working “stupid.”

Graves disagreed with JBL and cited Will Ospreay vs Ricochet from last year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament as an example of well planned and well executed high flying wrestling. Ospreay has since taken to Twitter to show his appreciation for Graves’ comments:

Ah man what a cool guy thank you @WWEGraves https://t.co/3lUPc4ft1X

— Will Ospreay • ????????? (@WillOspreay) June 14, 2017