It's still real to Grayson Waller, dammit

[ben:friendship frog]

I actually love him for this, I can't stand when these hosts act like this, so disrespectful.

[Defrebel - White Pony]

My king. My prince. My sweet boo boo bear.

[jackswagz]

I love this guy.

He has everything needed to be a breakout star

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

in a perfect world Waller would be the biggest chickenshit heel champion of all time and hold the title for years, just getting more cowardly as he goes until people are throwing trash into the ring

[chronocross]

I'd like to see Waller as U.S Champ sometime this year.

[Chiral]

Waller in that interview:



LA Knight in that interview:

[Cyno]

It wasn't caught on mic, but between the way Waller and one of the hosts acted, it looked like the floor manager was shit-talking Waller.

[Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000]

Jan 17, 2024 16:02:14 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Waller in that interview:



LA Knight in that interview:

[Defrebel - White Pony]

Also literally such a full circle moment from Waller first breaking out with a promo talking about how dudes killing themselves for years to get in to this dumbass business were stupid as hell and he did it just existing on Aussie Survivor.

HE RLY DOES CARE ABOUT THIS BUSINESS 😭

[MrElijah]

Thankfully, we didn't get any Dr. D esque insanity.

[Hunch back of Notredomus]

New found respect for the dude.

[Legion]

Given he was just ringside for that scary Austin Theory bump, I could see why he'd be short tempered over this sort of shit

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Another memorable news show interview like this happened with Edge a while back (before his first retirement). The hostess said something like, “We all know wrestling is a fake sport, but tell me how this year’s event will be different from last year’s,” and Edge shot back, “I missed last year’s show because I broke my neck in this fake sport.”

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

The irony is, pro wrestlers are better entertainers than actors and better athletes than competitive ones because they’re combining the two. The workload on a physical, emotional, and mental level is insane. Not to mention the schedule. Anyway, big ups to Waller and knight for clowning on this BS.

[Dave the Dave]

It’s weird how this kind of thing still happens. Even if you don’t respect wrestling, it’s weird how news/talk show hosts just belittle the living human that is their guest.

[cosmo]

Jan 18, 2024 13:12:29 GMT -5 Dave the Dave said:

It’s weird how this kind of thing still happens. Even if you don’t respect wrestling, it’s weird how news/talk show hosts just belittle the living human that is their guest.

No joke! The cat has been out of the bag for years that wrestling is rigged, but continuing to mock the actual performers despite the fact that so many of them are open and honest about the horrendous injuries they've suffered is akin to making fun of a movie stuntman for being burned in a stunt gone wrong because movies are just make-believe.

[ben:friendship frog]

Jan 18, 2024 13:25:41 GMT -5 cosmo said:

Jan 18, 2024 13:12:29 GMT -5 Dave the Dave said:

It’s weird how this kind of thing still happens. Even if you don’t respect wrestling, it’s weird how news/talk show hosts just belittle the living human that is their guest.

No joke! The cat has been out of the bag for years that wrestling is rigged, but continuing to mock the actual performers despite the fact that so many of them are open and honest about the horrendous injuries they've suffered is akin to making fun of a movie stuntman for being burned in a stunt gone wrong because movies are just make-believe.

It's always people who were probably bullied growing up desperate to show everyone how above 'all this' they are

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jeremy Allen White when being interviewed by Kimmel said the in-ring bumps he had to take when filming The Iron Claw were painful as f***

And that wasn't even REAL wrestling, it was acting, for a film, but they used an authentic wrestling ring, and it wasn't easy

I remember he asked if they could use like a soft ring but they were told "This is how they all do it", and it felt like a statement to the people who still continue to belittle what they go through multiple times a week for peoples entertainment. I feel like some people are desensitized and think wrestlers are magically ok and never bruised or banged up after matches because of how superhuman some of them can actually be... but it's a very real sport, and it's why not everyone, even pro athletes, can just walk in and do it.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

'So Bruce Willis, I hear you haven't actually ever killed *any* terrorists, you absolute pussy' - a thing that never happens