Corey Graves Explains How He Called AAA Noche de Los Grandes From Italy

Corey Graves discusses being in the moment for mask vs. mask.

AAA Noche de Los Grandes was headlined by the mask vs. mask match featuring the Original El Grande Americano against El Grande Americano.

Corey Graves was on the call for the match, but he was not in the arena for what played out.

“I called that match live as it happened from Turin, Italy. We went live at 4 AM in Italy. In the middle of the night, I was in a conference room calling that match as it took place. That speaks volumes as to how magical it truly was because here I am on the other side of the globe, at four in the morning; I barely know which way is up, and I got so captivated and so caught up in that matchup. What those two did was absolute magic. I think it will live on as one of the greatest lucha matches in history, as well as one of the most important matches as it pertains to WWE’s partnership with AAA,” Graves told Mark Hoke on the Mark Hoke Show.

Asked how he was able to call it from Italy, Graves said, “It’s tricky. For logistical purposes, we can call any show any place on Earth at any given time. I have a setup in my house. I was on the road, I was already booked for Clash in Italy. The mask vs. mask event is happening, and somebody said to me, ‘How do you plan on doing this?’ I made a few phone calls to our production team, which is world-class, and they got me all set up. I call a lot of these lucha events remotely so there is a lot of ‘how should this feel? How would it feel if I were in the arena?’ Kudos to both Americanos because what played out, I didn’t have to pretend, ‘What would I be feeling in this moment?’ I felt it.”

Graves will be on the call for AAA TripleMania in Las Vegas on Friday.

Fans can check out the lineup for the event here.

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