10 Things You May Have Missed From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jun 18)
6. Graves Gets Buried
WWE fans are used to the sound of Corey Graves frequently destroying his broadcast partners throughout the course of a show. Byron Saxton, Booker T, and Jonathan Coachman have all fallen into his crosshairs since Corey joined the Raw announce team, but the roles were reversed last night, with 'Coach' and Michael Cole drenching the charismatic announcer for his recent social media attack on CM Punk.
Speaking on Sasha Banks and Bayley's fractured relationship, Graves quipped: "you know what you do with a friend like these two? You write them off, you never speak to them again, you forget they exist."
Cole replied with "that's why you have no friends," which is bad enough. Then, 'Coach' sensed an easy lay-up, chiming in with "he literally has no friends."
Corey's response was that "[I] had one, but you know, it's a weird thing." This prompted Cole to complete the three-point play: "social media is a terrible thing."
Last week, we speculated that Graves' quieter-than-usual delivery may have stemmed from someone within the company asking him to pipe down following the Punk kerfuffle. Cole and Coachman's rib adds weight to this.