Corey Graves Reveals Why Brock Lesnar Destroyed Him on WWE SmackDown

TLDR

Corey Graves revealed on the February 9, 2026 episode of Steel City Sunday that he volunteered to take two F5s from Brock Lesnar on the September 19, 2025 edition of SmackDown as a way to write him off TV for paternity leave. The spot was improvised the day of the show after Graves pitched the idea to Triple H, with the original plan only calling for Lesnar to destroy the announce table. Graves admitted he was stiff for a couple days afterward, particularly his hip after the second F5, and returned to WWE programming in October 2025.