12 Things You May Have Missed From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 11)

11. Muting Mr. Graves

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Speaking of Corey Graves, Raw's colour commentator had a restrained evening in the booth. He shot Jonathan Coachman down a couple of times, and showed flashes of the personality that usually carries his work, but it felt like he was dialling back on his usual loudmouth jabs.

This came just two days after an incendiary series of tweets in which the former Sterling James Keenan shot barbs at CM Punk, who, on Saturday night, lost his second UFC fight in resounding fashion.

Graves' social media blitz was savage. The tweets landed during perhaps the lowest point of Punk's career, as he was taken to hospital soon after losing a lopsided decision to Mike Jackson. An unnecessary assault on a downed man, and given that the former 'Voice Of The Voiceless' just trounced WWE's Dr. Chris Amann in court, there's a chance it was the reason for Graves' muted performance last night.

It's easy to imagine company officials telling their loose-lipped commentator to zip up after Amann's courtroom bloody nose, though this is obviously speculative.

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