Just a week after his emotional social media rant, WWE announcer Corey Graves made his return to NXT. PWInsider reported his return before the show went on the air. Graves was reportedly “booked late” on January 20, 2025, to return to WWE NXT.

A week after sharing his issues with being assigned to the third brand after Pat McAfee returned to Raw, Graves returned on Tuesday night with a wink to the controversy but no sign it will be mentioned in-story.

Tonight’s episode of NXT got things started with the new NXT Champion Oba Femi, but there was one very conspicuous absence from the set, and it may be tied to some recent critical comments. That missing presence was WWE commentator Corey Graves,

Graves was previously in the booth for WWE SmackDown, but when WWE Raw moved to Netflix, Graves moved to NXT for NXT New Year's Evil. It was not clear if the move was permanent. Michael Cole and Pat McAfee called WWE Raw while Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett called WWE SmackDown.

Corey Graves is back on WWE NXT. Graves previously moved to the NXT commentary at NXT New Year’s Evil. In a deleted tweet, he implied that he was told that he’s not famous enough for his job, seemingly referring to Pat McAfee coming back to WWE RAW and Joe Tessitore moving to SmackDown.

Unless an earlier report that says the announcer won’t be back is correct. Either way, all eyes are on the Jan. 21 episode, one week after Graves was allegedly pulled because of social media posts expressing his unhappiness at being assigned to NXT rather than Raw.