Grayson Waller Confronts Shawn Michaels After WWE NXT Vengeance Day 2023

Waller had some stern words for the Heartbreak Kid after Vengeance Day.

by Andrew Pollard
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With WWE nowadays running press conferences and media calls after their Premium Live Events and specials, the fallout of last night's NXT Vengeance Day saw Grayson Waller confront Shawn Michaels.

For Waller, he came up short in the Vengeance Day main event, where he lost to NXT Champion Bron Breakker in a steel cage match. Following that, the Australian took his frustrations out on the Heartbreak Kid, who these days serves as the Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative for WWE.

As Michaels was fielding questions from the wrestling press, Waller entered the room and questioned what he needs to do to become Shawn's "guy", making mention of whether he needs to start wearing hearts on his tights or dressing like Diesel.

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Many have speculated that Grayson Waller may be one of the NXT names who'll be moving to the main roster sooner rather than later, and likewise some had speculated that the charismatic star could be the one to dethrone Bron Breakker as NXT Champion.

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Where things go from here for Waller remains to be seen, but one has to imagine there'll be some fallout from this Shawn Michaels confrontation on this coming Tuesday's episode of NXT television.

 
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