{"id":191095,"date":"2025-01-14T20:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=191095"},"modified":"2025-01-14T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:45:39","slug":"corey-graves-expresses-frustration-with-being-odd-man-out-in-wwe-announcer-reshuffling-off-nxt-broadcast-team-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/01\/14\/corey-graves-expresses-frustration-with-being-odd-man-out-in-wwe-announcer-reshuffling-off-nxt-broadcast-team-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Graves expresses frustration with being odd man out in WWE announcer reshuffling, off NXT broadcast team this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2732247578\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Corey Graves, a long-time color commentator and more recently a lead play-by-play voice on WWE until the hiring of Joe Tessitore, was moved to NXT last week to be part of a three-man a team with Vic Joseph and Booker T.<\/p>\n<p>He isn&#8217;t happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>He looked miserable last week when shown on camera, and yesterday confirmed it in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WWEGraves\/status\/1879024900590944273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1879024900590944273%7Ctwgr%5E7d5330cc6dbec4962e4028f745bc9a21b9f85cf8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscribers.prowrestling.net%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fcorey-graves-reportedly-wont-be-at-nxt-tonight-after-expressing-frustration-on-social-media%2F&amp;mx=2\">a post on Twitter\/X<\/a>. He wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Imagine chasing your dream. Then being TOLD (not deciding) that you\u2019re no longer physically able to pursue your dream. Then you dedicate your life to something \u201cdream adjacent\u201d and being pretty fucking awesome at it. And then, when it\u2019s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor, being told you\u2019re not famous enough for your own job. Just in case you\u2019ve wondered where I\u2019ve been.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Graves has worked with Booker T before, and often seemed irritated with Booker and seemed prickly when calling him out at times on air.<\/p>\n<p>There had been reports a couple years ago he had been medically cleared to return to the ring, but there weren&#8217;t plans to do so. It&#8217;s perhaps worth speculating that this is part of a storyline that will lead to him returning to the ring. 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