On this week’s episode of the After The Bell podcast, Corey Graves spoke about when RAW had to be cancelled back in 2015 due to a bad snow storm. This was relevant because RAW this week had some very bad weather and there were questions about if the show would be canceled.
Corey revealed that the 2015 RAW cancellation was the first time that he spoke to Brock Lesnar. Here is what Graves says happened (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“That night stands out to me because it was the first time I encountered Brock Lesnar in person. I found myself in a conference room sitting beside him, and there was an awkward silence. Neither of us knew each other or what to make of one another other than the fact that I was as terrified of him in person as I had been for years on television. So did what any reasonable human would do in that situation: I complimented ‘The Beast’ on his jacket which surprisingly led to a fun little exchange. A conversation with Brock Lesnar, who at that particular juncture, did not decide to tear me limb from limb. Lucky me.”
Graves also revealed that Brock paid a good amount of money to keep the bar open for the WWE locker room that night:
“The show was very interesting. They re-aired the Royal Rumble match from the night before [and aired] a few backstage interviews with Roman, Brock and many others, and allegedly, [the] now WWE Champion paid a significant amount of money to keep the bar wide open for everybody to make sure they made the best of a crappy situation. I, of course, stayed in a completely different hotel, but it led to me finding the only open establishment in the scenic Stamford, CT where myself and two-thirds of The Shield made sure that none of the beers at said establishment went unattended.
“What a day. Not all bad things came from that snow storm: fun memories, fun times but let’s hope RAW doesn’t get cancelled ever again.”
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