Why WWE’s Grayson Waller Makes John Cena Want He’d Accomplished One Factor Otherwise

Backed by his robust talking abilities and heel-ish angle, Grayson Waller has obtained a number of comparisons to former WWE Champion The Miz — a theme that Waller fortunately embraces. On WWE’s “The Bump,” 16-time world champion John Cena continued that development, explaining how Waller’s confidence is much like that of The Miz, whom Cena has labored extensively with previously. It is the identical self-assurance that Cena needs he possessed through the early levels of his WWE profession.

“Grayson jogs my memory an entire lot of Miz, lots. For all of Miz’s confidence-slash-arrogance, he is been right here for 19 years and he is one of the dependable, adorned, elite performers in WWE historical past. The truth that he is been right here 19 years, and continued to crush it, I feel that claims good issues about Grayson Waller, and I wish to see anyone are available in with confidence,” Cena stated. “Wanting again on my existence, I want I had extra confidence. I want I had Grayson Waller’s swagger again in 2002 after I slapped Kurt Angle. As a substitute, I timidly shook the Undertaker’s hand after I ought to have slapped him too. I did not have that ruthless aggression. He is received it, and I like that.”

Whereas Cena acknowledges that Waller nonetheless has a number of parts to hone in on, he believes that the Australian performer has laid out a agency basis for himself, which significantly advantages him. Now, per the steering of Cena, Waller should proceed constructing. “He is received a number of issues to be taught, in order anyone who’s received plenty of in-ring knowledge, I wanna shake him and be like ‘You do not know that is in your future,” however he’ll discover all that stuff out,” Cena stated. “He is received the primary ingredient — he believes in who he’s.”

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