Last weekend was huge for WWE as WrestleMania 37 took place over two nights from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL and it was the first show in over a year to have fans in attendance.
Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair headlined Night 1, and the finish of the match saw Belair pin Sasha Banks to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. However, Michael Cole made an error when he mistakenly said that Banks had kicked out even though the referee had counted the pin that ended the match.
Corey Graves addressed the botch during an episode of After The Bell, and he noted that Michael Cole felt terrible about making the mistake.
“If there’s anybody that’s truly unshakable, it’s [Michael] Cole,” Graves said. “Cole felt bad, he felt terrible but I can relate. I almost thought the same thing, from our vantage point, it was not crystal clear. I’m not making excuses cause it was what it is, it didn’t take anything away from the amazing moment, it was reality. It was a very genuine real reaction, take into consideration, yes we have the monitor, yes we have audio in our headphones, but we’re also in a stadium full of 20,000 people.
“Any wrestler’s book that you have ever read says being in a stadium is very different than an arena because it takes a second, the sound has to leave and come back before anybody can truly register. I myself, wasn’t sure. Hey, it’s the main event of WrestleMania, people have kicked out of each others finishers 35 times already tonight, why wouldn’t this be any different? It was a genuine shock after that so everyone, leave Michael Cole alone.”
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