“Shut Up Saxton” T-Shirt Pulled From WWE Shop, Charlotte Flair’s NXT In-Ring Debut vs. Bayley (Video)

By PWPIX on July 17, 2018

– WWE merchandise is generally reserved for in-ring talent, so it’s rare when the company makes a T-shirt bearing the likeness of an announcer. However, Corey Graves made it happen, at least for a short time.

Graves’ weekly banter with Byron Saxton on Smackdown LIVE turned into a marketing slogan and fans called for WWE to take advantage of it by creating some merchandise. Last week, WWE Shop began selling a T-shirt reading “Shut Up Saxton” before pulling it on Monday.

The idea for the T-shirt came after Graves tagged WWE Shop’s Twitter account last month.

Yeah, @WWEShop…🤑 https://t.co/MGRkAvrHWS

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) June 27, 2018

It didn’t take long for WWE to come up with a design.

Whoa. This is actually a thing! Thanks guys. Now buy many of them…please.

https://t.co/VCUJSff601

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) July 11, 2018

The fact that #ShutUpSaxton shirt is now available at @WWEShop has me rolling. pic.twitter.com/nhuiNruzXI

— Joe L. Hughes II (@JoeLHughesII) July 16, 2018

Graves tweeted the following last night on the T-shirt getting pulled from WWE Shop.

Sorry guys, no #ShutUpSaxton shirt.

Out of my hands. We tried.

— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) July 16, 2018

– Charlotte Flair had her first televised singles match on the July 17, 2013, episode of NXT, where she defeated Bayley. WWE posted footage of the match today.