Corey Graves has highlighted a simple habit shared by some of WWE’s biggest stars: speaking to the commentary team before stepping into the ring.

During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Graves named John Cena, AJ Styles and Roman Reigns as wrestlers who make a point of discussing their matches with him. He explained that those conversations help commentators understand the story being told and bring it to life for viewers.

“I cannot overstate how important it is for talent. Hopefully some of them are listening to this right now. I know that I sort of appear to be kind of a grumpy guy. I’m really not hard to get along with, especially when I’m sitting at the commentary desk all day while rehearsals are happening or walkthroughs, etc.

“If you tell me what you want your story to be, I will tell it for you, and I will most likely enhance it for you. I will put my spin on things and maybe do it my own way, but I will make sure that what you want conveyed is conveyed,” Graves shared.

Despite the benefits, Graves said surprisingly few wrestlers seek out the commentary team. He also pointed out that those who do are often the performers at the top of the card.

“With that said, there’s a remarkably low number of talents who make sure they seek out myself or Michael Cole or Wade Barrett or Joe Tess or even Vic and Booker. And it’s funny because those are always the stars that populate the top of the card. Off the top of my head, I will tell you every match of his I ever called: John Cena found me, AJ Styles found me, Roman Reigns finds me. They make sure it, obviously it’s pro wrestling, right? It’s not rocket science. There likely isn’t something that’s going to be totally missed, but better safe than sorry.”

Graves explained that knowing a wrestler’s intentions can also help the announcers react when a match does not go to plan. While commentary cannot fix everything, it can help keep the audience following the story.

“And if you arm us as the commentators with the information that you want the audience to know, we’re sort of that last line of defense. If something doesn’t go right, which God knows happens all the time, if I know where you’re trying to go or what your goal was, nine times out of ten, I can spin something to get the train back on the track. It’s not necessarily going to clean up all the mess as a whole, but it will, you know, smooth down some of the sharp edges of what’s going wrong at the moment,” he finished.