Ranking The Only Remaining Main Roster Stars From WWE’s FIRST EVER Performance Centre Class

7. Corey Graves

Corey Graves
WWE

Corey Graves was the best main roster commentator long before he actually made it to Monday Night Raw; dynamic and esoteric with a link to the fanbase he'd helped establish in NXT, Graves looked at long last to be the voice that could reconnect scores of lapsed fans with a product they once loved.

In 2018, he's got something of a split personality. Monday exists for him to parrot McMahonisms and hammer Jonathan Coachman for every mistake. Tuesday is a return to the form of old. All that said, that he's entrusted with both shows and every pay-per-view does at least express how valued he truly is.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett