Kemo
05-06-2019, 04:44 PM
Corey Graves belonged to the same class of NXT recruits as The Shield and Bray Wyatt and he was on the verge of a main roster callup before his medical condition forced him to retire from in-ring competition.
During a recent interview on Chasing Glory With Lilian Garcia podcast, Graves talked about his time in the development territory and also revealed how he was given the news.
According to the Raw Commentator, he had been out for a few weeks and when asked, the WWE doctors were not giving him a straight answer. They instead told him that they were waiting for the results of a few more tests.
Then one day, Graves walked past Triple H who was working out in the performance center gym and he was unprepared to tell the truth to the former NXT Star.
However H didn’t want to lie or sugarcoat things either and so when Corey asked the WWE Vice President if he had any update on his condition, Triple H told him that he should expect the worst.
The former NXT Star explained that the news hit him hard. He felt like the whole world came crashing down on him and he couldn’t breathe.
Corey Graves then went to the locker room and broke down in front of William Regal who counselled him the best he could by hugging him.
Later in the interview, Corey talked about the following months after his retirement, how he got to spend a lot of time with Dusty Rhodes while helping him in the promo classes and how this eventually led to his commentary spot.
During a recent interview on Chasing Glory With Lilian Garcia podcast, Graves talked about his time in the development territory and also revealed how he was given the news.
According to the Raw Commentator, he had been out for a few weeks and when asked, the WWE doctors were not giving him a straight answer. They instead told him that they were waiting for the results of a few more tests.
Then one day, Graves walked past Triple H who was working out in the performance center gym and he was unprepared to tell the truth to the former NXT Star.
However H didn’t want to lie or sugarcoat things either and so when Corey asked the WWE Vice President if he had any update on his condition, Triple H told him that he should expect the worst.
The former NXT Star explained that the news hit him hard. He felt like the whole world came crashing down on him and he couldn’t breathe.
Corey Graves then went to the locker room and broke down in front of William Regal who counselled him the best he could by hugging him.
Later in the interview, Corey talked about the following months after his retirement, how he got to spend a lot of time with Dusty Rhodes while helping him in the promo classes and how this eventually led to his commentary spot.