Grayson Waller is the face of NXT 2.0. Or at least he says he is. It’s his Twitter bio and everything. Born in Sydney, Waller is one of a new breed of Australian performers making their mark across the wrestling world; the 32-year-old rising to become a regular star player on NXT 2.0 – doing his bit to show the old NXT guard the door as he did so – and even engaging in a series of pitched battles with the phenomenal AJ Styles across NXT 2.0 and WWE Raw. Speaking with ESPN’s Adam Santarossa, the product of Sydney’s Pro Wrestling Australia promotion talked about his rise through the independents while juggling teaching and reality TV, just how a bombastic Aussie catches the eye of the WWE, what happens when you get to the Performance Centre in Orlando, and how Grayson Waller came to be.
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