Corey Graves On Considering In-Ring Return After Daniel Bryan Cleared

Corey Graves was a guest on CSR with Justin LaBar on the WrestlingInc YouTube channel, where he reveals his thoughts about returning to the ring.  Graves first explains that it was the news of Daniel Bryan being cleared to return to the ring that resonated with him and made him think about potentially returning to the ring.

“That day was tough for me. I didn’t know about it. Nobody gave me a heads up. For Bryan, I was stoked. He’s a friend. He’s incredible in the ring. That’s where he belongs. It caught me off guard. I started asking questions to myself, Should I? What if? I had a few conversations with few people [in WWE] who put it out there. If you want to pursue this maybe we can look into it. So I spent about a week and a half weighing the options. It was, do I become a wrestler again and what happens?”

Continuing, he explains why it would be a double-edged sword for him to return to a position where he competes in the ring as opposed to commentating.

“Exactly. Again, this is all potential of would this work out, do I end up on the sidelines. I talked to my wife, talked to some friends. I think as much as I don’t believe in fate, this all kind of worked itself out so I think this is where I belong so why step out of it?”

Finally, Graves gave listeners an idea of what his first day as a commentator for Raw in Pittsburgh was like.

“I always remember that. We stayed at the Marriott. I remember waking up looking out the window seeing Pittsburgh, where I was born and raised. The journey has been so nuts as a wrestler and weird irony the first night would be in Pittsburgh. I looked out at the city and broke down with happy tears for 5 minutes. Then it’s, ‘Okay, it’s time to go to work.’ I’ve never looked back since. Weird irony the way the world works. Then I was bummed I didn’t have an entrance, had to sneak out in the dark ’cause I thought it would be cool with hometown boy coming out and big babyface pop but it didn’t happen.”

You can find a classic NXT match from 2014 between Sami Zayn and Graves below. We suggest you check it out if you’ve never saw him compete before:

Sami Zayn vs. Corey Graves: NXT, March 6, 2014

Would you like to see Graves return? Do you enjoy him as a commentator?

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