4 Ups & 10 Downs From WWE Raw (Oct 4)
8. Burying Dana
It’s not entirely uncommon for announcers to bury talent, especially jobbers, but there was something especially brutal about Corey Graves’ rant.
Graves went off on Dana Brooke during her short match against Shayna Baszler, sounding like he was directly channelling an exasperated Vince McMahon. Corey said that he’s all for giving a wrestler time to develop, but sometimes it’s been long enough and it’s time to cut your losses. He noted that Dana “has not accomplished much of anything” in WWE.
Byron Saxton leapt to her defence (a bad sign of its own) and Brooke immediately got caught in the Kirafuda Clutch and tapped out, losing yet another match.
Look, if WWE has completely soured on Brooke and don’t think she’s worth the time or investment any longer, then cut her loose. Putting her on TV so an announcer can serve as an avatar for the company’s owner and bury her is just mean-spirited.
And if that wasn’t what happened here, it was just over the top from Graves.