Vince Russo can see why Corey Graves has been frustrated with WWE, but believes the commentator’s ego has gotten the better of him.
Last week, Graves missed WWE NXT after taking issue with being moved to the silver brand as part of a recent commentary reshuffle.
On a recent edition of the “Wrestling Outlaws” podcast, Russo argued that WWE picking Pat McAfee over Graves just makes sense. He said,
“Here we go again: the ego of the wrestler. Bro, they are on Netflix. This is huge for them. Pat McAfee has a huge reach. People know who Pat McAfee is. I would dare say a minimum of five times the amount of people know who McAfee is compared to Corey Graves. So, the WWE wants to do a big splash, ‘We’re going on Netflix, let’s put McAfee on there to get his audience and to get his following.'”
While Russo understands why Graves would be annoyed, he argued that it’s a WWE business decision and it was a smart one to make. He said,
“It’s a business decision. It’s not that Corey Graves is bad at his job. This is a business decision. I totally understand it. But, because Corey Graves has an ego, he’s taking it personally when it wasn’t personal at all. It was freaking business, bro. Period.”
Graves returned to WWE NXT this week. His outburst was not directly addressed and Graves instead said that he was “right where I want to be.”