5 Things you didn't know about Corey Graves 

WWE Announcer Corey Graves
WWE Announcer Corey Graves

#1 Seth Rollins has Corey Graves' full support

NXT Days: Seth Rollins and Corey Graves
NXT Days: Seth Rollins and Corey Graves

Former Universal Champion Seth Rollins recently came under fire after exchanging Twitter barbs with indie wrestling star Will Ospreay. Rollins, proud of his company and his own efforts, made the claim that WWE featured the best professional wrestling on the planet and that no one on earth could ever do what he does. Will Ospreay reminded Rollins that he actually still existed and the conflict inevitably devolved to the point where Rollins suggested he and Ospreay compare bank accounts. Yep, he went there.

Since then, Rollins has mended fences and apologized, but he doesn't need to make any concessions to Corey Graves.

Graves fully supports Rollins and told Two Man Power Trip,

"He stood up on behalf of everybody. That's our champion. That's our guy. Everybody in the company I guarantee you was going, 'Hell yeah, that's our guy standing up for all of us.'"

Graves gave Rollins high props as WWE's locker room leader and resident flag bearer,

"It was morale. He's a locker room leader. It's the same as in generations past. Somebody always wants to wave the flag on behalf of the boys (I also include the girls and everybody). It's even bigger than that because you don't realize (because they're not on TV) the incredible crew we have that travels just as much as we do, just as frequently as we do, and they're at the building before the talent arrives, and they're there breaking down afterwards. They care as much as we do. They happen to not be on-screen."

One thing is clearly evident, Rollins has earned Graves' respect and admiration,

"He was standing up for everybody, man, and I respect the sh*t out of that. I think everybody does and I think we need more people like that who are willing to wave the flag and just go, 'You know what? Is it perfect? No, but we're going to do our best and we still do our best night after night despite some circumstances and problems that are obvious.'"

(Please give SportsKeeda transcription credits on using the quotes).

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