News regarding Corey Graves’ contractual status with WWE following his return to the NXT brand

Last week, WWE announcer Corey Graves issued a public statement about his status with the company following his move back to the NXT brand. After missing a week of television, Graves returned to his commentary position for the January 21st 2025 show.

In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com reiterated that Graves was legitimately unhappy about being moved from the main roster to NXT. At this time, it’s unknown if Graves will move back to RAW when Pat McAfee leaves during football season.

Meltzer stated that Graves has two years left on his contract and wasn’t looking to leave WWE although some people in the company thought his Twitter/X posts indicated otherwise. According to Meltzer, people within WWE have insisted that the company “wasn’t in on his posts and noted his taking them down as proof.”