Grayson Waller has a proverbial bag of chips on his shoulder after being selected last in the 2023 WWE Supplemental Draft.
SmackDown Superstar Grayson Waller recently sat down with Max Laughton of Fox Sports Australia to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about being the last pick on night two of WWE’s Supplemental Draft, Waller admitted that he was frustrated and that he’ll remember every NXT talent that was drafted before him.
“I’m not gonna lie, it was tough,” Grayson Waller admitted. “You know, I sat there on the Friday night for you know, four or five hours or however long it was. I saw name after name and Grayson Waller’s name wasn’t picked. And you know, not everyone was there. Not everyone was there. I got asked to be there. So I expected to be drafted. And when I wasn’t, I was frustrated.
“And I had to sit that whole weekend and think about how low I felt. And then I turn up that Monday and the same thing happens. I watched the entire episode of Raw and I’m hearing these names picked – and there’s some really talented people in NXT who got drafted, but I’m Grayson Waller. I’m the number one person here. My name should be drafted on television.
“So I was frustrated, and I really thought that I was gonna sit there for two nights and not get picked – and I thought about Tom Brady, and I thought about that, if you watch the documentary, The Brady Six about the six quarterbacks that got picked before Tom – and I know every single person drafted before me. I know every NXT person that was drafted before me.”
When Waller’s name was finally called, he wasn’t happy or elated, and he took umbrage with the fact that WWE had the nerve to pick him last.
“And when my name was called last, I wasn’t elated. I wasn’t happy,” Grayson Waller continued. “I wasn’t crying like everyone else. They’re all just happy to get drafted. That’s their goal achieved, they’re done now. This is just the beginning. I took umbrage with the fact that I was picked last.
“I took umbrage to the fact that it wasn’t on television. And I don’t think that’s the wrong thing, I think for me, that’s when I operate at my best – and I think when you saw when I talked afterwards, that was who I am, I was being real, I hold myself to a different standard. I’m not like everyone else in NXT who’s just happy to be in the Performance Center, or happy to be on Raw now.
“I see myself as one of the best and I operate best with a chip on my shoulder, so I put a whole bag of chips on my shoulder that night. I feel Smackdown got the number one pick with the last pick. This is going to go down five years from now – when you think about draft moments, there’s so many cool draft moments. I think Grayson Waller getting picked last will be a moment because I’ll be at this stage, and everyone’ll look back and go wow, how did he get picked so late?”
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