Grayson Waller has high praise for his fellow Australian wrestlers and has hyped up a young tag team as the next breakout stars.
Speaking on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast, former WWE Tag Team Champion Grayson Waller addressed the influx of Australian talent taking over the main wrestling scenes in the US compared to a few years ago. Waller noted that the talents were always there, but didn’t get enough attention.
He then credited stars like Tenille Dashwood (Emma), Buddy Matthews, Rhea Ripley, and the TM-61 tag team (Nick Miller & Shane Thorne) for taking things to the next level.
“I think from what I’ve heard, that level of talent was always there, but people hadn’t seen them. You couldn’t see them because they’re so far away, but the talent was there, and it took Tenille and TM61 and Buddy and all those, Rhea, obviously taking it to another level, getting those chances and doing really well. Oh wow, those Aussies are [great], let’s try another one. Bang, bang.
“I think everyone who’s come to WWE, especially as an Australian, has done extremely well. Our hit rate is 100% If we were baseball players, we’re home run after home run. Now I think what we’ve done is we’ve opened the door for more to come in. Speaking to Rhea and speaking to Bronson, that’s what we want to do.”
Grayson Waller Hyped Up Two Young Australian Talents
Speaking further, Grayson Waller stated that he and other stars have opened their doors to help young Australian talent train. He then put over Scott Green and The Tuckman, two upcoming wrestlers working the Australian independent scenes as a tag team named The Dropouts.
“We have a lot of Aussies who will come over and stay with us, and then we help them out. Hey, stay in my house. I bought a house specifically with extra rooms, so when the boys from home come over, they stay in that room. I’ll take care of everything. Food’s taken care of, everything’s taken care of. You guys just go wrestle and train and gym and work as hard as you can, and I’ll open the door and hopefully you take advantage of it. And there are a lot of guys doing that right now, and I’m so excited for you and other fans to see these guys come up.
“There’s two guys in Australia called The Dropouts, who came and stayed for six weeks. They worked their a** off harder than I’ve seen anyone, and they have this, they call it the Australian yeet. I hate Yeet, so I don’t like putting it over, but they do the Chelsea Dagger song. In Perth, Otis came, and Bayley came. And when they did their entrance, Bayley’s like, ‘Oh my God, Who are these guys?’ And then on her match on Raw, she did the [Chelsea Dagger], which was awesome. So there’s these guys who, I think, once they get given a chance in the US, they’re going to take over and they’re going to get signed immediately.”
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