Main Roster Star Shares Honest Thoughts On WWE NXT Men’s Roster After Grayson Waller Comments

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A main roster WWE star has shared their honest thoughts on the men’s roster in NXT after comments made by Grayson Waller.

In July 28, Grayson Waller returned to NXT, calling the past two years of his main roster career an ‘embarrassment‘, looking back on his time with Austin Theory in A-Town Down Under, along with his work with The New Day.

Waller’s insight wouldn’t stop with himself, though, turning his attention to the men’s NXT roster and calling them ‘soft’ before asserting that their female counterparts were ‘running laps’ around them.

It was a statement that Kevin Owens echoed in a recent interview with FACES Magazine, although he would concede that there are a few male stars to keep an eye on, saying:

“It’s very hard to nail one down, and you know, I’m going to echo what Grayson Waller said on NXT a few weeks ago. There’s a lot of very talented people in NXT, but the women of NXT are kind of whipping the dude’s asses right now as far as in-ring work and performance, so I don’t want to just single out one, but there’s a few guys to keep an eye on for sure.

“I think the people that go see that NXT show, what they’ll walk away from talking about is going to be the women on the show because they’re all pretty excellent. The future is bright for the women’s division in WWE when you see the girls that are in NXT and their work.”

Prior to his return at SummerSlam on August 2, Kevin Owens was training at the WWE Performance Center, with AJ Styles commenting that he figured ‘something must be going on‘.

Questioning Whether The Men’s NXT Roster Can Make It

Grayson Waller’s words certainly had an impact on some members of the men’s NXT roster, with John Cena commenting that the star ‘has found his why‘ when it comes to his current direction.

Upon his return, Waller’s focus was on Cruz Montana, although the recently signed Zilla Fatu also found himself on the receiving end of the star’s comments following an attack that left both competitors on the mat.

Whether Waller’s assertions will play into anything other than a “breaking all the toys” storyline for the star, the thorny issue of the prominence of the women’s roster in NXT is a pertinent one.

This year, NXT has lost Sol Ruca, Blake Monroe and all of Fatal Influence to the main roster. That’s not to say that male stars aren’t represented when it comes to main roster call-ups, but there are substantially more male stars in NXT than their female counterparts. It’s a similar picture up on the main roster, too, with limited opportunities for NXT stars to make the cut on Raw or SmackDown.

Perhaps the opportunity exists for Waller’s presence to be the litmus test for potential call-ups. Perhaps NXT creative will see what he’s saying and set out to prove him wrong, leading to a shuffling of the deck.

Moving rosters has become a two-way street for some stars, with Waller and Nattie both finding new opportunities on NXT. It would be quite the move if more main roster stars made the move to NXT, following the unrelenting intensity of Nattie and the unbridled in words and actions Waller to prove that some of the stars just won’t make it on Raw and SmackDown.

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