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Grave and Phillips Are My New Favorite Commentary Team

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#1 ·
Seriously. These guys can be funny. They can be insightful. They play well off each other. They don’t have Vince in their ear the entire show. Makes the show that much better.

And when you look at their competition, you’ve got the 3 stooges on Raw with Vince in their ear for 3 hours. Mauro and Lawler are good together but they also have Saxton on their team so that drags them down. TNA? Josh Matthews sucks, end of story. Lucha Underground? I like Striker and Vampiro but Vampiro is pretty much there for the LOL’s rather than great calls. I haven’t watched enough of NJPW or ROH to comment on those.

So again, for me, best duo in wrestling right now.
 
#2 ·
I agree, if Corey would lay off the Eva Marie love just a tad. Tom trolling the hell out of him during her matches is hilarious though :lol

Also Corey's dislike of Elias Samson always makes me laugh.
 
#4 ·
I really like them too.

Asuka vs. Eva Marie on this last NXT, Eva does that awful move where they pull the other girl's hair and slam them to the ground and Graves just JIZZES all over going "WHAT GREAT WHEREWITHAL! WHAT TECHNICAL PROWESS BY EVA MARIE!" in the most dead serious, genuinely impressed tone he could muster :lmao

I don't think Phillips is that great, but he's nowhere near unpleasant to listen to and he certainly doesn't detract from the actual wrestling going on like the Raw stooges. He does, however, share some pretty nice chemistry with Graves, so I end up quite enjoying both.
 
#18 ·
Tom & Corey getting dat well deserved love.


Welcome on the bandwagon, my previous thread didn't get that much of attention and it's nice to see people are starting to appreciate this duo.
 
#14 · (Edited)
I love Graves and Phillips they remind me of a Vince/Ventura type of commentary. They are great as a team, I think they have a genuine friendship backstage which also helps on stage.

Both have great wit and great timing in comedy, but are both very different, its the type of chemistry I been looking for from a commentary team.
 
#16 ·
Graves as a commentator is absolutely magnificent. Some of his off handed comments towards the talent are hilarious, especially when he's talking about the likes of Enzo. His hatred of Becky was hilarious when she was down there too. But at the same time he knows what he's talking about, he does a great job of putting people over even when he 'doesn't like them' so to speak. He's excellent at what he does.

Phillips has also surprised me, he's a perfect face commentator to play off of Graves.
 
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#17 ·
I love them. I like how Graves puts people over without sounding like an annoying brat like JBL does, his heel work is awesome and actually knows the moves and calls the matches. I also like Tom, he's the perfect face counterpart for someone like him.

My dream announce table right now would be Graves, Mauro and Tom on RAW without that old fart Vince yelling at them every second, even though I'm not a fan of 3-way announce team, fuck if I care.
 
#20 ·
Corey Graves is awesome. Definitely best color commentator to come around in a long time. He has those Heenan/Ventura/King classic heel vibes, and not only that, but he executes those traits very well. He would be welcome with open arms to the main roster any time in my book. But I'm also not bothered keeping him in NXT for a long time as he really helps shape the mood there as well. And the more I think about it, yeah, keep it that way, because Vince would ruin him.
 
#23 ·
Potential to be an amazing team.

Hell, even if you leave Cole for Phillips, I'd love to Listen to Graves owning Cole every week :trips9
 
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#21 · (Edited)
On paper with Mauro would be a lot better but Phillips is the perfect dweeby wet company guy for Graves to pick on.

I love that Graves isn't a straight heel /colour commentator. He's a workrate mark heel commentator and his appreciation impacts his calls.

Evident in his commentary,
Hates Enzo and Hype Bros more than other faces
Hates Sampson despite both being heel.
Still likes Bayley, Asuka, Balor and American Alpha

Shame he presumably has been told not to do it with pet project Eva.
 
#19 ·
Graves is the best commentator in wrestling.

I love when he calls the Hype Bros matches. Reminds me of Ventura/Heenan.

Graves is so good he actually makes Byron Saxton entertaining. His insults to Saxton are hilarious
 
#24 ·
What I love about Graves is how he manages to put EVERYONE over, while at the same time never breaking his character. As others have said, his character is consistent in hating some workers and liking overs, even when their face/heel alignment doesn't quite match up, and that just makes you believe him as a character so much more, so you actually listen to his opinions. And even when he shits all over someone, he does it in a way that doesn't diminish them but helps them get their character over - calling out Samson for being a phony, or the Hype Bros for being obnoxious air-headed jocks.
 
#26 ·
Graves doesn't do JBL flip flopping- he's being consistent with his character. It makes sense that Graves, the loner, tattooed punk "rage against the machine" kinda guy can't stand an arrogant busker (Samson), a "poser" rock chick (Becky- Graves' opinion not mine!) and the frat boy douches (Hype Bros). Oh, and he likes Eva because no one else does, so he's being non-conformist. Or he really wants to fuck her.

Corey Graves seems to have a real personality, rather than sticking to the tired heel commentator formula of, "I love the bad guys and hate the good guys."

And Tom Phillips complements that well by being more straight laced and by the book, while still being quick witted enough to be a smartass/troll towards Graves.
 
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