WWE RAW commentator and WWE After The Bell host Corey Graves recently took to an episode of WWE After The Bell, where he discussed WWE legend John Cena being announced as the host for WWE Evil, a new WWE Network on Peacock show. Graves talks about being personally intrigued with Cena's involvement as the 16-time World Champion transcended the WWE world. Graves also talked about how this is something he's looking forward to as Cena is a bonafide celebrity and he is still willing to give his time for this.
Corey Graves said, “I saw that blurb and you need not see much more than John Cena, WWE, Peacock all working together.” “Anything new and fresh and different behind the scenes is always refreshing to me. I know there are a lot of things, not to give any secrets away, being worked on right now that I am personally intrigued about and you attach John Cena, at this status in his career, has transcended the WWE world."
“He’s a bonafide celebrity and for Cena to be willing to lend his time and efforts to a new WWE project is exciting. From what I gather, the focus is going to be on some of the most villainous characters in WWE history, I could be dead wrong on that but based on the little news blurb I read, that’s exciting. As a villain at heart I always look forward to understanding the psychology and why we had such disdain or loved to hate some of the best bad guys ever in the business. Definitely something to look forward to.”
Corey Graves then talked about how excited he is that some of the bad guys in company history will be focused on as one thing that has changed in the industry today is the lack of focus on the characters in wrestling.
Graves said, “The one way that the industry has changed as a whole is I feel like there’s a lot less focus on characters these days.” “Right, wrong, or indifferent, everybody’s got their flavor of ice cream, what they prefer, I always missed and loved being invested in the characters we see on RAW and on SmackDown and on NXT. I’ve said I would like to see more character pieces, however, it’s almost more of an incentive to subscribe to WWE Network on Peacock to really dive into these specials, whether it be WWE 24 or Chronicles, to really get to know the person behind what you see on screen for a fraction of the show."
“There are so many awesome documentaries that our teams put together about all the superstars and beyond the superstars, the behind the scenes of some of the WrestleManias. I honestly don’t think our documentary department gets enough love because what they put out, almost on a weekly basis at this point, is such an important, valuable companion to what we’re seeing on RAW and SmackDown, and again, everyones got their own opinion. I would like to see more character driven content in the shows themselves, but now you just have to look a little bit further and expand it.”
