Grayson Waller Explains the Influx of Australian Wrestlers in WWE, If He Believed He Could Make It to WWE

WWE Superstar and former Tag Team Champion Grayson Waller joined Insight with Chris Van Vliet, discussing his career, the growth of professional wrestling in Australia, the influx of Australian talent in WWE, and more. Below are some highlights from Insight:

On Australian Wrestlers Being Rare and Nathan Jones

“Nathan Jones, he was good. Superstar. Fell over at WrestleMania. That’s who we had for a long time. Nathan Jones getting taken out of WrestleMania. That was our hero.”

Grayson Waller on the Influx of Australian Talent in WWE

“I think from what I’ve heard, that level of talent was always there, but people hadn’t seen them. You couldn’t see them because they’re so far away, but the talent was there, and it took Tenille and TM61 and Buddy and all those, Rhea, obviously taking it to another level, getting those chances and doing really well. Oh wow, those Aussies are [great], let’s try another one. Bang, bang. I think everyone who’s come to WWE, especially as an Australian, has done extremely well. Our hit rate is 100% If we were baseball players, we’re home run after home run. Now I think what we’ve done is we’ve opened the door for more to come in. Speaking to Rhea and speaking to Bronson, that’s what we want to do. We have a lot of Aussies who will come over and stay with us, and then we help them out. Hey, stay in my house. I bought a house specifically with extra rooms, so when the boys from home come over, they stay in that room. I’ll take care of everything. Food’s taken care of, everything’s taken care of. You guys just go wrestle and train and gym and work as hard as you can, and I’ll open the door and hopefully you take advantage of it. And there are a lot of guys doing that right now, and I’m so excited for you and other fans to see these guys come up. There’s two guys in Australia called The Dropouts, who came and stayed for six weeks. They worked their ass off harder than I’ve seen anyone, and they have this, they call it the Australian yeet. I hate Yeet, so I don’t like putting it over, but they do the Chelsea Dagger song. In Perth, Otis came, and Bayley came. And when they did their entrance, Bayley’s like, ‘Oh my God, Who are these guys?’ And then on her match on Raw, she did the [Chelsea Dagger], which was awesome. So there’s these guys who, I think, once they get given a chance in the US, they’re going to take over and they’re going to get signed immediately.”

On If He Believed He Could Make It To WWE

“To be honest, no. I just loved wrestling. I loved Friday and Saturday, going out with the boys and chatting backstage and doing these matches, it was fun. I loved wrestling, and I obviously had goals. My goal was to just do an indie in America, because I used to watch American indie wrestling. I was like, that’d be sick. I remember King of Trios, and Chikara was one I used to love. I was like, if I get to do King of Trios, man, that’s a dream made. So this didn’t seem like a potential; there was no chance of it happening. Whereas now, I think the guys and the girls in Australia see the road, it’s like, oh my god, it’s possible. And even talking to a bunch of fans in Australia, they go, ‘Hey, I really want to start training. Where should I train?’ They can see there’s an opportunity there. They can make it happen, which is really, really cool that, I think myself, Rhea and Bronson and obviously Kyle Fletcher two are showing these Aussies hey, this is 100% possible for you to achieve.”

Grayson Waller last competed in the World Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Battle Royal last month on Monday Night Raw. Jey Uso won the bout to earn a shot at the vacant title at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, which was won last weekend by CM Punk.