WWE NXT Superstar Grayson Waller recently sat down with Corey Graves on his ‘After The Bell‘ podcast to discuss numerous topics. Check out the highlights below.
On working a full-time job while wrestling in New Zealand:
If you see the PC, you have people coming in who are supreme athletes who walk in day one and are more athletic than anyone I’ve ever seen in an indie training school. It’s wild. It is like an insane place to be here. So you need to find a way to differentiate yourself and that’s what I did. But I was on the Indies for five years and I loved it. I had a full time job at the same time because there is absolutely no money in the Australian scene. You can’t be a full time wrestler. So I think that shows how much I love this too because I did this for fun basically, and was hoping maybe, hey, one day I’m gonna make this happen. So I think that shows that wrestling is in my blood.
On making a name for himself to prove that he belonged:
I’m going out and making these things happen for myself because I’m not supposed to be the guy. I’m not supposed to be the guy wrestling Bron Breakker. I’m not second generation. I didn’t have a huge indie name. I was the biggest guy in Australia, but like the Australian indie scene hasn’t really translated over to here as much as it should. I didn’t finish seventh in the shot put in college. So like, I’m not the kind of guy that NXT wants.
On going after the NXT Championship and Bron Breakker:
I think I have so much talent that I don’t need a championship. If I wanted to wrestle for the NXT Championship, I could have done it already, but I didn’t need to. My face is everywhere and I’ve never been a champion here. I’ve got a talk show. I’m on RAW. I’m hanging out with reality stars. I’m literally all over the place and I’ve never held a championship. So I don’t necessarily agree that you have to have a championship to be someone. But now I’m at a stage where I want it because I want to take it from Bron.
Thanks to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the interview that you can listen to below.
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