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.

The commentator was reportedly seen going through airport security in Orlando, Florida, where NXT is filmed. Graves had returned to the developmental announce team last week, sitting alongside Booker T and Vic Joseph, as WWE dissolved his partnership with Michael Cole.

After missing last week's episode of NXT, Corey Graves was back on commentary Tuesday night. Graves was once again alongside Vic Joseph and Booker T, despite s

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.