Corey Graves cleared to return to wrestling

[Evil Vito]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Corey Graves has been cleared after seven years out of the ring, Fightful Select has learned<br><br>Full story up for subscribers<a href="https://t.co/BUJ1RIHdNC">https://t.co/BUJ1RIHdNC</a> <a href="https://t.co/9nfbrMD2BR">pic.twitter.com/9nfbrMD2BR</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1481320770538254337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Evil Vito]

Suppose we're due for another announcer entering the Rumble straight from the desk.

[slik]

Nice, good for him!

[Bad News Gertner]

He wasn't very good to begin with

[ron the dial]

it won't top king entering the rumble in 97, keep him in the booth.

[Evil Vito]

Booker T entering the 2012 Rumble and apparently none of his colleagues noticed he wasn't wearing pants all evening

[xrodmuc316]

He wasn't very good to begin with

He really wasn't, just another brooding punk rock guy. Serviceable sure, but not much else.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Good for him. Weird if anything happens. I kind of always assumed he *could* but there were better options now.

[screech]

Good for him if he wants to get back in the ring.

Can't say I really enjoyed his work, though.

[#1-norm-fan]

Cinematic matches ONLY

[Lock Jaw]

I hope he goes to AEW!!

[Evil Vito]

I hope he goes to AEW!!

Lol, it was weird to get used to Daniel Bryan being known as Bryan Danielson for the first time in over a decade......Corey Graves becoming Sterling James Keenan again would weird me out even more.

[#1-norm-fan]

Just bring him in as “Stupid Haircut Johnson”.

His gimmick can be that he’s got a stupid haircut, you see.

[Evil Vito]

Corey Graves vs. Pat McAfee at WrestleMania

[Jordan]

Never saw him wrestle

[Jordan]

Had overated stats in EWR back in the day so I used him for a cheap but dependable jobber.

[#1-norm-fan]

I’ve come to realize that every indie guy from the mid 2000s had overrated stats in EWR.

[Evil Vito]

I once signed Eddie Edwards in EWR and just had him and Dolph Ziggler wrestle each other every single week, guaranteed 98% match quality rating every time.

[Destor]

He wasn't very good to begin with

[#1-norm-fan]

I once signed Eddie Edwards in EWR and just had him and Dolph Ziggler wrestle each other every single week, guaranteed 98% match quality rating every time.

Once I started playing TEW I couldn’t go back to EWR. Need that silly amount of sub-stats and such to make things more realistic.

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In honor of today’s news, lest we never forget the story CM Punk told on an old <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidbix</a> podcast about how former WWE agent Tony Garea confused Punk (new to TV) with Sterling James Keenan/Corey Graves and wouldn’t pay him a draw. <a href="https://t.co/VLToXZvD0X">pic.twitter.com/VLToXZvD0X</a></p>&mdash; Tom. (@NotThatTomGreen) <a href="https://twitter.com/NotThatTomGreen/status/1481346955385229315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[M-A-G]

Graves upon hearing the news: Aw, fuck.

[rez]

He'll probably sign a wrestling contract and get released within 3 months.

[rez]

Is a play by play person a front office salary job?

[Bad News Gertner]

Didn't Graves use the Fuller Leglock as his finish? Love that hold.

[RP]

Seems like a thinly veiled attempt to get fired as fast as possible.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In honor of today’s news, lest we never forget the story CM Punk told on an old <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidbix</a> podcast about how former WWE agent Tony Garea confused Punk (new to TV) with Sterling James Keenan/Corey Graves and wouldn’t pay him a draw. <a href="https://t.co/VLToXZvD0X">pic.twitter.com/VLToXZvD0X</a></p>&mdash; Tom. (@NotThatTomGreen) <a href="https://twitter.com/NotThatTomGreen/status/1481346955385229315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

To be a Samoan or something Lmaooo

[drave]

Didn't Graves use the Fuller Leglock as his finish? Love that hold.




Yeah, he was a "submission wrestler" by his own admission I guess? I dunno, think I saw 3-4 matches of his in NXT and nothing more.

[Jordan]

Seems like a thinly veiled attempt to get fired as fast as possible.

Right?

I mean the guy clearly has a major spot in WWE that will earn him millions and he wants to gamble that on an ego push to continue something that nobody remembers him doing? Silly choice.

[Evil Vito]

I wouldn't be opposed to him leaning more into the Bobby Heenan thing and managing someone while commentating - he's able to take bumps now, so babyfaces can get comeuppance on him for getting involved.

[Fignuts]

Right?

I mean the guy clearly has a major spot in WWE that will earn him millions and he wants to gamble that on an ego push to continue something that nobody remembers him doing? Silly choice.

Well you're looking at it purely from a business perspective. Imagine you have a career doing something you love doing more than anything else in the world. Then you're told you can't do that thing ever again. And for years your new job is to watch and commentary over people doing this thing that love so passionately that you still can't do.

And then someone tells you can do the thing you love again, but doing so may negatively impact you financially. I think most people would take the hit, so long as they aren't destitute. And Graves comes off like someone who is smart with his monet. Most guys these days are. They aren't blowing their paychecks on hookers and blow like the old days.

[M-A-G]

They aren't blowing their paychecks on hookers and blow like the old days.

And they'll never know what they're missing....:shifty:

[Gerard]

And Graves comes off like someone who is smart with his monet. Most guys these days are. They aren't blowing their paychecks on hookers and blow like the old days.

Flair being the poster child for smart money management. :shifty: