Changes Made By Triple H To WWE Commentary Revealed

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The changes Triple H has made to WWE’s commentary teams have now been revealed by a current name in the company.

SmackDown lead announcer Corey Graves recently opened up regarding his relationship with Triple H throughout his career, as well as explaining how The Game’s approach to commentary differs to his former boss Vince McMahon.

Speaking on the Short and to the Point podcast, Graves described Triple H’s approach to commentary as “refreshing” allowing for far more freedom for those at the desk.

Graves explained:

“Triple H is another guy that I owe a great deal, if not everything in my career, to. He was the one that took a chance on me as a wrestler in NXT.

“And I know that we’ve had a few conversations since – that him having to shut me down broke his heart as much as it broke mine. He’s always been sort of silently supportive.

“If I need something, I’ve never hesitated to go to him and ask. He also is really cool and sort of refreshing in a sense that he gives us (announcers) space.

“When he’s in Gorilla (position) right where the old boss sat, instead of being told and prompted, ‘Hey, you’ve got to say this, you have to do it this way, you have to use this verbiage,’ He, I think, understands that we’re all fans and we all love this in different ways. And as the business grows and evolves, you kind of have to let go of the reins a little bit.

“I still have my guide rails, I just feel like they’re a little bit wider on each side now where rather than trying to stay on a particular path and walk in a certain rhythm and do things a certain way, I have a little bit more leeway to be me and develop my own style.

“As long as all the boxes that need checked continue to be checked, I don’t have to do them the same way that the six guys before me have done or that Michael Cole does or etcetera.”

Graves then revealed how it is having The Game in his headset, to which he said it’s as “quiet” as it’s been throughout his entire seven-year run on Raw and SmackDown:

“I’ve been on TV for, I think, seven years on Raw and SmackDown. And in the last few months, I think my headsets have been as quiet and lucid as they have been ever.

“I only hear from him if I’m doing something terribly wrong, which knock on wood doesn’t happen too frequently, or the other time I hear from him pretty regularly is if a joke lands. If I say something and it gets him, ‘Oh, that was really good.’

“Or he’ll double down. He’ll follow up on my joke in my headset. And sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh man I wish I could tell the people this but it just doesn’t fit.'”

Graves recently earned praise from Triple H on social media following his transition from a WWE color commentator to SmackDown’s lead announcer – a role he had not previously ever held.

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