Grayson Waller recalls a bar fight that almost was.
At WWE WrestleMania 40, Grayson Waller retrieved the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships from up above to claim them for himself and Austin Theory. What was supposed to be a time for celebration afterward, however, nearly turned violent.
While appearing on No-Contest Wrestling, Waller revealed that he almost got into a bar fight at the talent hotel in the hours following WrestleMania in Philadelphia. Luckily for him, three tough stars stepped in to help him before things got too physical.
According to Waller, a man roamed around the hotel bar with the intention talking to and touching women amongst the NXT roster. Some of those women later voiced their concerns with Waller, who then volunteered to play peacemaker.
“I went up to the bar to talk to him. I was like, ‘Hey, can you leave the girls alone? They’re trying to have a good night.’ This guy was very drunk,” Waller recalled. “He starts firing back at me. He goes to push me and I’m like, ‘Man, I just won the Tag Team Championships. I’m going to get in a fight at the bar at Wrestlemania. This is going to be the story.’ All of a sudden, first person that walks up next to me, Shayna Baszler. She’s like, ‘Is everything all good here?’ Then as she’s talking to me, MVP walks up next. Okay, now I’m feeling I’m feeling pretty good. Then Josh Barnett, who I must admit, I’ve never met Josh Barnett. I know of him. I know he’s a badass. He steps up next and goes, ‘Is everything all right here, guys?’
Waller Feels He Had A Real Life WarGames Team
“I sat down at the bar and I just looked at the guy like, ‘Hey, I’m good.’ Shayna Baszler, MVP, Josh Barnett, had my back,” Waller continued. “There isn’t a man alive who I think can mess with this team before. So I almost had like my own super team at the bar at WrestleMania. That guy, he disappeared real quickly, which was nice. I actually had a real life team of four WarGames bar team.”
While he considered himself “cool” with Shayna Baszler, Waller admittedly hadn’t been as close with former United States Champion MVP at the time. Moreover, he had never met MMA fighter Josh Barnett. Still, Waller knew they’d have his back.
“They saw a wrestler who was getting involved in a situation and they’re handling it with you,” he said. “I love that about the brother and the sisterhood that wrestlers have together. Even if you don’t know the person, if someone’s going to stand up, they’re going to.”
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