Corey Graves Blasts CM Punk On Twitter, Explains Rant

Dissing your friends is a bad idea.

Following CM Punk’s defeat at the hands of Mike Jackson at UFC 225 this past weekend, Corey Graves took to social media to take some shots at his ‘former’ friend. He said that Punk disowned the business that made him, and that he disowned his colleagues that stayed with WWE following his departure.

Below are a series of tweets that occurred:

Maybe abandoning everybody who stood by your side, even when we weren’t supposed to, only to have you turn your back on us wasn’t the right move after all? No anger. Only sadness.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

Awww. Seems the “fans” are disappointed. Maybe you guys should know that “That Dude” held my first son before I did because I was on tour and I trusted him.

I had dinner with him the week after he quit.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

Don’t worry, hey @VinceMcMahon this has nothing to do with you.

You either @TripleH

This isn’t corporate. This is real life.

Calm down internerds.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/WWEGraves/status/1005713529473830912

Hey @CMPunk, call me tomorrow. I still love you.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

Oh, and sorry @KennyOmegamanX, for dropping your name in a negative manner. You’re rad. Congrats on your new hardware. ?

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

Don’t forget ya’ll, I actually knew how to fight BEFORE I got to TV. ?

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/WWEGraves/status/1005722893647536128

https://twitter.com/WWEGraves/status/1005730266718130176

Following this exchange, Graves gave an exclusive interview to Fightful, in which he explains his comments and Twitter rant.

Below are some highlights from the interview:

Fightful: I’d heard through the grapevine (although far from solid enough to report) that Punk had offered several of his friends an ultimatum to leave WWE or lose him as a friend as a result. Graves, said it was the first he’d heard of such a claim, and offered up his experience.

“Well, to be honest, I’d never heard or been given that ultimatum,” said Graves. “It kinda shocked me when I texted him about grabbing dinner because we were in Chicago and he told me he no longer had any interest in being friends with me or anybody related to WWE.”

“I respected his drive, and him doing his own thing,” said Graves. “He sent me the text shortly before his first fight. Part of me just thought he was in a zone and I didn’t take offense. I texted him the day of his FIRST fight something along the lines of “I know life is nuts, I still love you good luck” Probably not verbatim, but you get the idea.”

The 34-year old Graves said that he had no contact with Punk after the exchange in 2016. Shortly after Punk left WWE in January of 2014, Graves experienced his own exit from in-ring competition. He was forced from the ring due to concussion-related issues, and has since served as a color commentator and host across multiple shows. Graves indicated that Punk’s disdain for not just the wrestling business, but the people in it is what affected him.

“What really set me off was this week when he essentially disowned the business that made him,” Graves said. “My only issue with him was that he turned off people that actually loved and supported him. Beyond “the business” and he never wanted anything to do with us…yet continued to present himself as this “Punk” hero.”

I asked for a little clarification when Graves mentioned that he was set off ‘this week.’ Punk emerged victorious over a WWE doctor in a multimillion dollar lawsuit just days ago. Graves said that testimony, nor the result, inspired the tweet.

“Dude, this has ZERO to do with court, or testimony or any of the above. Nothing that I tweeted was corporate,” said Graves. “I’m simply hurt/pissed off that a guy that I looked like as a big brother-type has turned his back on me and everyone that loved and supported him only because of the name on my paycheck. I’m definitely not the only one. I won’t name names, but there is a large group of us to this day that inexplicably lost a solid friend because of where we work.”

"Cult of Personality!" CM Punk walks out in front of his home crowd at UFC 225 in Chicago

Editor’s Opinion:

Graves hit the nail on the head. I have been saying this about Punk for years; that badmouthing and simply walking out on the company that made you a star is absolutely ridiculous. Punk is the type of guy that whines simply for the sake of whining, not because he believes in or can back up any of the crap that he spews.

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