Report: Corey Graves not to appear on NXT tonight
PWInsider has confirmed that Corey Graves will not appear on tonight’s edition of WWE NXT. Graves was spotted this afternoon at the Orlando Airport, going through TSA to leave the city. There had been word within WWE for the last week that Graves was not happy with being bumped off Raw and Smackdown for the NXT assignment, where he would be the third man in the booth alongside Vic Joseph and Booker T.
This morning, Graves tweeted again, trying to focus the energy he received overnight into interest in what he might say on NXT TV. Instead, it appears he will not be saying anything tonight.
Last night, Graves wrote:
“Imagine chasing your dream. Then being TOLD (not deciding) that you’re no longer physically able to pursue your dream. Then you dedicate your life to something ‘dream adjacent’ and being pretty f–king awesome at it. And then, when it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor, being told you’re not famous enough for your own job. Just in case you’ve wondered where I’ve been.”
Let me direct this at Matthew Polinsky. Forget all the entertainment crap. You mean to tell me that you would rather take legitimate legends in this business like Jim Ross, Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Gordon Solie, Gene Okerlund, and disrespect the mountain they constructed for you to climb than be on a thriving television show? Let’s be real. You knew the dangers of concussions and still made the decisions you made. For what? Your wife caught you cheating and divorced you. You became the very thing you hated when you let your ego get too big. I’m daring Steve Gerweck to approve this. Jim Ross was the voice of the WWE for quite a few years. He did the so-called “B-shows for years. I spent 13 years working towards what you got. I would’ve killed for the chance to simply work for the WWE. Yet you think NXT is a demotion. I’ve spent the past 22 years attempting to forge a dream that I had to choose because I was going to let my family watch me die for an industry that didn’t share a mutual passion with me. You’re despicable. Go ahead and quit, show up in AEW and bury the company that made you the name you are.
Yeah, the guy probably just torpedoed his own career by complaining. Wonder who he’ll blame when he gets ‘future endeavored’.
As I stated in a different post, it sucks, but at least he has (had?) a job. WWE is always shuffling wrestlers and announcers, he shoulda just kept his thoughts to himself and waited until the next shuffle. Unfortunately, some people just can’t help post every thought they have on social media.