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With WWE NXT returning to the airwaves tonight, here is a transcript of the excellent Grayson Waller promo from last week:
"Hey WWE, you want to get unreal? Let's get unreal, cause Grayson Waller has a live microphone finally!
I think it's about time that I started rattling some cages.
I made my main roster debut in the main event of Madison Square Garden, six weeks after I broke my leg on that announce table. Six weeks!
And most people would have drowned under the lights, but lad, I swam! WrestleMania 40, Lincoln Financial Field, 60,000 people. I stood on top of a ladder and I brought home the SmackDown Tag Team Titles.
I felt on top of the world. Everything was going like I had planned. And then, something changed.
And... I don't know what it was, cause it's not my work ethic, it's not my talent. Maybe I was too honest? Maybe I didn't politic? Maybe I didn't kiss the right ass? But either way, the last two years of my career have been an absolute embarrassment, and I'm man enough to admit it.
I spent a year carrying 240 pounds of idiot on my back making him relevant again! So much so that these people actually chanted his name! Never before, never since, but I don't care how many bells and whistles you give him... at the end of the day, that Marty Jannetty is still allergic to the microphone!
It gets worse! The last year of my career... I pretended I was at a funeral. And I committed to the bit! I wore the silly hat, I climbed to the top of every arena in this country, and on a live microphone, I told the world just how good someone else was!
And the ironic thing is, I was dressed for a funeral, but the only thing dying was my career!
But, it's a new day!
And I could sit at home, cash a check, eat some salt and pepper chicken at catering once a week, but that ain't me. What did I do? I got in the best shape of my life, lad! I'm hungrier than I've ever been! Every day I go to war with myself mentally and physically, because when I say I mean it, I need to feel like I mean it.
And I got demons.
And in order to get where I should be, I need to conquer some demons. And the one that's been keeping me awake at night for a very long time is the NXT Championship.
'Cause you guys know it—that championship used to mean something! It used to represent the best wrestler in the world: Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Finn Bálor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Seth Rollins., Johnny Gargano.
Even recently: Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Trick Williams... they get to the main roster and the red carpet gets rolled out. They get treated like gods. Because that title represents the future of the industry. But I never had it, so I get treated like a Netflix ad-break comedy act!
But not anymore. I'm ready to conquer my demon, and I'm announcing, right in front of the world right now. I'm here to take the NXT Title.
'Cause, honestly, who's gonna stop me? Cruz Montana? I love the new name, by the way, it's great! You walk in here last week like you're someone, man of the people... I know these people, Cruz, and the secret is, in about six weeks, they're gonna have a shiny new toy and they're not gonna care about you.
But what really frustrates me is Cruz walks in like he's gonna challenge for the NXT Title straight away because he was the top guy in TNA! It ain't 2005, lad! Being the top guy in TNA is like being the best basketball player at the local YMCA. I'm not impressed!
And speaking of not impressed, what about the champ? Hey, Tony D, why don't you come do something? You finally got a chance to show the world what you can do because there was no one left! So I'm gonna do you a favor, Tony. I'm gonna send you home to that ugly newborn baby of yours, go be a dad, this top guy stuff's not for you.
What's wrong? Shawn? Shawn wants me to... yeah? You tell Shawn to tune up the band if he has a problem with what I'm saying! You can go tell him himself! Huh? You gonna stop me? You gonna go to commercial? It's too early! Hey, you know what? Shawn, why don't you send out one of your guys?
'Cause Shawn has guys! I used to be one, but he's moved on.
In fact, I have a message for the NXT roster: Hey guys, get off your phone—I know you're probably filming a TikTok—maybe watch the show and learn something!
Because I just walked in your house, I didn't even wipe my feet, and everything I'm about to say, I mean with the utmost disrespect!
The NXT male roster is soft! You're lazy! You're complacent! You're happy to be here!
I know you fat flops will love this one: The women of NXT are running laps around you! Yet still, 90% of you think you should get called up tomorrow. But here's the secret, ladies and gentlemen: I look at that roster, maybe 10% is ready, and they're all women!
'Cause you got world-class athletes back there. I see it at the tryout, all the passion and energy, and then you come here and you're fine with putting "WWE Superstar" in your Instagram bio so you can play wrestler for six months, impress some mediocre girls in downtown Orlando, and spend all your time in medical!
And then, you have the independent talent, my people! I love independent wrestlers, and you come here, and you do things in this ring that no one else can do. How good are they? But then you put a microphone in their hands, and all the energy gets sucked out of the room cause you're a bunch of charisma vacuums!
Hey, hey! And I know you're all kind of looking over at Shawn right now, seeing how he's freaking out in the headset, but deep down inside, HBK is smiling because I'm finally telling the truth!
This men's division has been for the taking for months! Hey, shut up! I don't need your support. I'm cooking right now, let me cook!
This men's division has been for the taking for months, and none of you have done a thing about it, but I will! I'm gonna walk in, take the title, take the division, I'm gonna take every opportunity that any of you were supposed to have. Because unfortunately for that embarrassment of a roster, I'm starting to remember who Grayson Waller is!
I'm the most underrated guy on this roster! I'm the all-around, pound-for-pound best in WWE...
[Mic audio gets cut off...screaming without mic...] I don't need a mic! You don't wanna give me an opportunity, WWE? I just took one! Consider your cages rattled!"
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