WWE NXT Champion Grayson Waller appeared on Busted Open Radio to discuss various topics, including the reasons behind the company’s decision to phase out the Grayson Waller Effect.
Waller said, “I understand maybe talk shows aren’t their thing. With what we’re doing now, realism is a real thing. We look like a sports show now. There is less differences now between WWE, NFL, and NBA. This is a professional sport that we’re doing, and that’s how it needs to be presented. A talk show where some silly Australian comes out, he says some jokes, and he gets punched in the face might not be the type of television they want to present, and I understand that. I just don’t think they knew who I am, personally. My advice was always, ‘We want you to be serious. We need you to be serious.’ I’m like, ‘Yes, let me be serious.’ ‘You’re with the New Day.’ Great. I love the New Day.”
On how much the New Day has helped him:
“I can’t explain how much those guys did for me. I have all the respect in the world for them. I never want people to think I’m derogatory towards them at all. What a chance to work with one of the best tag teams of all time. But we’re out there wearing silly hats. We’re mucking around and joking. I can’t be serious. I can’t show them what they want to see. I never got a chance to show them who I am. No one is in the wrong. I didn’t do the wrong thing. They didn’t do the wrong thing. They didn’t see what they want, I didn’t give them what they want. That’s just how the business works. Sometimes, the ships sail a different way. Now in NXT, I’m getting to show them who I am. I am serious. This isn’t a joke to me. This means something.”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
