Grayson Waller just had a stressful week, to say the least. After spending two years on NXT, he was drafted to SmackDown back in May and over the past seven days he has shared the ring with two of WWE’s biggest semi-active legends in John Cena and Edge.
After confronting Cena at Money In The Bank, Waller ended up getting beaten up by the 20-year veteran. And this past week on SmackDown, Waller had a promo segment with Edge, which then led to a 15-minute singles match.
Waller lost despite putting in plenty of effort, but this hasn’t dampened his spirits. In fact, he remains optimistic about his career despite losing to a wrestler in his forties with a badly broken body who is quickly approaching retirement.
Grayson Waller still optimistic despite getting beaten up by John Cena and losing to Edge in the span of seven days
In an exclusive interview after SmackDown went off the air, Waller told fans that this was only the beginning for him and that he survived two major tests in dealing with Cena and Edge.
“I guess you could say this was a pretty crazy week for Grayson Waller. A week ago, I have global megastar Logan Paul on my show. Then I’m the O2 Arena, sold-out, with John Cena, and then I cap it off with my debut on the main roster, on Friday Night SmackDown, and I wrestle Hall of Famer Edge.
For any other wrestler, they could retire happy. This is as good as it heels. How is Grayson Waller feeling right now? I’m feeling pretty damn bad. Because whether or not I hung with Edge, it doesn’t matter because I just lost.
But that’s okay because what was that he said to me? He said, ‘Sink of swim.’ Well, I’m pretty damn sure Grayson Waller just swam, and this is just the beginning.”
h/t Fightful for the transcription