I'm not saying Graves is on the level of Heenan or Ventura(who for my money is the GOAT of wrestling announcers) but he does things those guys did, and that makes for a far better announcer than the cliche soundbite machines on Raw, who seem to only care about hashtags.
Admittedly, I don't remember a thing about the announcing during Zayn-Nakamura. I'm surprised you were even able to hear it, all I had was the crowd going nuts for everything. Maybe they weren't great during that match, but they were outstanding during Balor-Joe. Absolutely on fire during the ref stoppages, with Graves going on about how the stoppages were just making Joe madder and more focused, and how it gave Balor time to recover from Joe's onslaught, so Joe felt he had to be even more aggressive to try to get back to where he was before the ref stepped in. It took what could have really killed the momentum and turned it into a big part of the match's story.
One of the best of recent memory. Don't know if it's in the cards, but would love to see him as a figurehead or some sort in the business.
