Michael Cole and Corey Graves will reunite on WWE SmackDown.
On the August 26th episode of WWE Raw, Corey Graves joined commentator Michael Cole, as Pat McAfee previously announced that he would be taking some time away from WWE due to his obligations with ESPN College GameDay. Cole announced that he and Graves will be the SmackDown commentary team when the show moves to USA Network on September 13th.
Corey Graves and Michael Cole will be the Smackdown broadcast team on USA pic.twitter.com/jNpbZiBuoN
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) August 27, 2024
Joe Tessitore is set to join the Raw commentary team on the September 2nd episode, alongside Cole's move to SmackDown. As previously announced, McAfee will return to Raw when the show moves to Netflix in January 2025.
Fightful will provide more information about the changes to WWE commentary as they become available.
Cole and Graves have worked together often on commentary in recent years. Most recently, Graves has been part of the WWE SmackDown commentary team with Wade Barrett.
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