Top WWE Star Replaced By Hall Of Famer On SmackDown; Injury Update Shared

A top WWE star had to be replaced on SmackDown.

Tonight, as the September 26th edition of SmackDown opened, fans noticed a major change. Taking up Corey Graves’ place on the announcer’s table was Hall of Famer Booker T.

Last week on SmackDown before Wrestlepalooza, Brock Lesnar launched an attack on Graves and dropped him in the middle of the ring with two F5s. Now, sidelined and out of action, Michael Cole tonight shared a major injury update on the former NXT star.

Cole noted that Graves would be out for “a couple of weeks” after he damaged his neck from the F5s. Graves’ replacement, Booker T, normally sits behind the desk alongside Vic Joseph during NXT.

We at ITR Wrestling wish Corey Graves a speedy recovery.

Legendary WWE Referee Was Hospitalized For 12-Days After A Nasty Bump

Recently, speaking in an interview with Chris Van Vliet, veteran referee Charles Robinson opened up about how he was once hospitalized following a nasty bump.

“Randy Savage elbow. But it wasnâ€t a ref bump. I was a worker then, but that was the worst bump Iâ€ve taken the elbow from Randy Savage. He put me in the hospital for 12 days. It was Ric [Flair] and I against Medusa and Savage, and he came off the top with the elbow and Ric Flair wasnâ€t going to take the elbow from Savage, so they let Little Naitch. Cracked my sternum, collapsed my lung.

So two hours later, I went to my room and I said, Oh, man, I just canâ€t breathe. Went to my room, two hours later, still canâ€t breathe. I called Jimmy Hart lifesaver. He called the EMTs. They came to my room, took me to the hospital, said, ‘Hey, we need to put you in the hospital.†So that hospital, I wonâ€t say what city, they released me the next day to fly home to Charlotte, which with a collapsed lung youâ€re not supposed to do that. So I went straight to the hospital for 12 days. But Randy Savage called me every day just to check on me.â€

In other news: Cody Rhodes officially makes a new rival on SmackDown.

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