WWE Star Reflects On ‘Surreal’ & ‘History Making’ Week

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Grayson Waller had quite the week in WWE recently, encountering Logan Paul, John Cena and Edge in the space of seven days.

On May 1 2023, Waller made his main roster call-up moving from NXT to SmackDown.

He would make his debut on the May 19 episode of SmackDown, bringing the Grayson Waller Effect to the blue brand and interviewing AJ Styles.

His in-ring debut wouldn’t happen until June 7 and he would be facing the WWE Hall of Famer Edge at the end of a “history-making” week.

Speaking about the week that took him around the world on WWE’s The Bump, Waller said:

“I’m not surprised, to be honest. When I got drafted to SmackDown, this is what I knew was gonna happen.

“If you talk about a one-week period in WWE history? I have Logan Paul on the show, global superstar Logan Paul. I’m then in The O2 Arena in London, sold-out arena with John Cena, and then a week later, my main roster debut is in the main event at Madison Square Garden against Hall of Famer Edge.

“I think that might be the biggest week in the history of WWE for one performer, and as Edge said, I swam, too. I’m real good at what I do, lad. I keep telling people.”

Discussing his match against Edge on the July 7 episode of WWE SmackDown, Waller added:

“I gotta be honest, it’s surreal. You think about these things for a long time, and then all of a sudden, it’s happening.

“You’re talking about him going out, not being in the ring for a few months.

“What about Grayson Waller? Last time I was in a ring, I broke my leg against Carmelo Hayes. So this performance in the main event at Madison Square Garden, I did barely two months after breaking my leg.

“So congrats, Edge, you beat 60% Grayson Waller. I’d love to see what you could do against 100% Grayson Waller because I guarantee [you], that Spear isn’t enough.

“He wasn’t ready for what was in my arsenal. You could even see the look on his face a few times. He was surprised. I don’t think he was ready for what I had.”

Edge saying that Waller “swam” wasn’t the only praise that the star received for his main roster debut match.

Waller would be asked what Edge’s praise meant to him, revealing:

“I’m sure as a ten-year-old, when I was a fan, that would have been a huge moment, but for me, I’m not a fan anymore.

“Personally, I think a lot of people say a lot about Grayson Waller because I talk, because I have the talk show. I talk a big game, but the thing is, every time I get in the ring, I back it up.

“For someone like Edge to basically tell the world, ‘Hey, he’s as good as he says he is,’ that meant a lot. It wasn’t from a fan perspective that it was a cool moment.

“It was from a professional perspective, that someone that’s done so much in this business recognized that yeah, I talk a lot, but I back it up every time.”

Waller recently reacted to his Madison Square Garden debut with WWE referring The Rock in a less than complimentary way.

This brought its own reaction from The Rock himself, who revealed the origins his debut outfit.

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