Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves will be a team not only on Monday Night RAW going forward.
As reported by Sports Illustrated, Graves will be joined on WWE podcast, After The Bell by Kevin Patrick going forward. Patrick and Graves are also the broadcast team for Monday Night Raw. That pairing is recent, with Patrick making his Raw play-by-play debut earlier this month. Graves also commented on the changes.
“Now we get an extra few hours together, and Kevin gets to learn another aspect of our business, There are a lot of different conversations on After the Bell we’ll never have on Raw, and this is another opportunity for us to succeed as a team.”
Corey Graves to SI
“Kevin has an incredible work ethic that’s earned a lot of respect from a lot of people within WWE, myself included,” Graves says. “He doesn’t come from the wrestling world, but he is doing everything in his ability to learn and embrace every aspect of this crazy industry.
“It’s going to take time, but he has the desire to learn. He types up these critiques after every Raw to get better. I’m optimistic over the work he puts in and the passion he has for this business, which can be difficult for people who come from an outside sport. And I know it’s a change—our fans are used to hearing him do backstage interviews, not calling Raw. But he’s really taken the initiative to learn every aspect. We’ve been sitting at a pub after Raw the past few weeks and go over every detail. He’s learning different aspects of the business you’ll never learn in broadcasting school.”
Corey Graves to SI
Patrick will replace NXT Commentator Vic Joseph in the role, with Vic having been Graves’ co-host for the last year.
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