10 Early Gimmicks From Famous Wrestlers You Won't Believe

10. Corey Graves

Here's something interesting, which is odd, since this copy is about Corey Graves.

A few years back, on Twitter, Corey Graves when responding to Becky Lynch claimed that "It's hard to go FULL-Heenan when the boss is actually paying attention to your work". This was barely-obscured code for "I could be as good as the funniest man to ever enter the wrestling business if it weren't for that infernal Vince McMahon telling me what I can and can't say!"

That's the only thing that stopped Corey Graves from being as good and as funny as Bobby Heenan. Strange, no, considering that Vince isn't there anymore and Corey's still more or less telling Byron Saxton not to talk - which, while appreciated, isn't really funny.

Come to think of it, he wasn't the funniest man to ever enter the wrestling business when he called NXT away from the aural terrorism of a surgery-ravaged despot, so perhaps he's just deluded?

Before a career-ending head injury forced him into your ears, Graves, the telegenic face of the establishment who proved at Hell In A Cell this year that he's far better calling it down the middle, played an acerbic, shaven-headed, tattooed punk rocker with a submission skill-set who promised to make opponents "tap out or pass out".

His ring name wasn't We Have CM Punk At Home, but rather Sterling James Keenan.