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Survivor Series was a stacked card with a lot of non stop action
But if you took a look at the commentary teams then you might have noticed someone was missing
Wwe had special commentaries set up to call each match depending on which brand was competing
But one of the main commentators from nxt was no where to be found
This commentator was Mauro Ranallo
Mauro has had an amazing career and has worked all over the world
He called wrestling for many different companies and even was a commentator for the huge match
up of Floyd Mayweather vs Conor Mcgregor that took place several years ago
He signed with wwe back in 2015 and his signing was a huge deal
Wwe decided to make him the voice of Smackdown and that’s where he would end up spending
most of his time at
He also commentated for WWE 205 live with Corey Graves and Austin Aries
But his wwe run was cut short in 2017 for a mysterious reason
Wwe tried covering up the story at the time by saying he had flight issues
But once several weeks went by and he still wasn’t on Smackdown, wwe changed the story
to him being ill and that was turned out to be the truth
The reports back then claimed that it was JBL who’s constant bullying finally cause
Mauro to snap and he no longer wanted to work alongside him
After a long break from social media, Mauro returned to say that his doctors told him
to stay off social media and that his situation had nothing to do with jbl
Mauro would then take a break from wwe, he removed all mentions of wwe from his profile
and wwe did the same thing leading many to believe that their working relationship was
over
Mauro did return to wwe later on this time on NXT, with a new supporting cast and has
been calling the action on nxt for a handful of years now
Fast forward a few years to present day and it looks like we have a similar situation
happening once again
Mauro called NXT Takeover and did a phenomenal job with the show
But the very next night on one of the biggest shows of the year, survivor series, Mauro
was unfortunately missing
WWE’s story was that he blew his voice out from commenting at NXT Takeover, but if we
look on social media, we get a hint that it could be something else
At all started during nxt takeover, Corey Graves, who was obviously watching the show,
had this to say on twitter while watching the show:
“Just for the record guys, I know you wouldn’t know it, but there’s actually a WWE Hall
of Famer AND a former Ring of Honor Champion on commentary.
I’d imagine they have a lot to offer.”
What Corey was implying here was that Mauro was calling so much action that wasn’t sharing
any time for his fellow commentators to share their thoughts
When a fan asked how much Chicago rap references Mauro made Corey also replied by saying “far
too many”
This is referring to all the pop culture references Mauro uses in his commentary
When these jabs got back to Mauro, he responded by temporarily deactivating his twitter account
and obviously didn’t show up for survivor series where he would’ve likely been working
with Corey Graves
Mauro’s close friend, frank shamrock, responded to Corey’s tweet with an image that said,
“social media has made too many of you comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting
punched in the mouth for it.”
all the backlash and heat started going Corey’s way after it was discovered that he possibly
played a role in mauro’s absence at survivor series
Corey did responded to the backlash but not with an apology, he responded with a few comments
that almost made it sound like he was doubling down on his comments from before
He had this to say: “It’s far more conducive to the human condition to be mad than to be
wrong”
As well as: three things can not be hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth
So that was Corey’s official response and the comment section on his tweets and is still
filled with some backlash from fans
So it’s likely that him blowing his voice was just a cover up story for his absence
But it’s really unfortunate that Mauro is going through the same horrible situation
that almost made us lose him from wwe a few years ago
Of course everyone might not enjoy his commentating style but how about just going up to him in
person and giving him some advice on what he could improve on instead of just calling
him out on social media especially when we know his condition and what he’s already
been through in the past
Especially to be called out and just teased like that especially with someone you worked
with before just seems a little off, but there is no apology coming from Corey’s way at
all
So where does this leave Mauro’s status?
It’s likely that he’ll just resume his work at nxt
He’s a crucial part of NXT’s commentary and he never has to work with Corey Graves
over on nxt and he’s already familiar with his supporting cast over there so it should
be a smooth transition back for him
It’s just really unfortunate that he missed such a huge pay per view and such a huge night
for NXT because of these few tweets
But we wanna hear your thoughts on this situation?
Did Corey Graves go too far or you think Corey was right to say what he said?
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