WWE SmackDown star Grayson Waller has now issued an open invitation to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson following their recent social media interaction.
Since joining the main roster in April, the rising star has had several run-ins with WWE legends, with Waller confronting John Cena at Money in the Bank 2023, and facing off against Edge on the July 7 edition of SmackDown.
Waller recently shared a video on Twitter (X) mocking The Rock’s WWE debut ring gear, leading The Rock to publicly reply to Waller.
Speaking with Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour, Waller officially issued a challenge to the Great One, ahead of SummerSlam:
“SummerSlam is always a big show, and next week we’re in Detroit for SummerSlam. It’s a big show and I think all of a sudden people are starting to see what I can do to these legends.
“I think like Waller’s on the WWE legend rehabilitation program right now. If you’re a WWE legend, it’s hard, you know, Twitter, Instagram, you don’t know how to go about the socials.
“Come and talk to me and I’ll make you relevant again. I think he saw me do that with John Cena, he saw me do it with Edge and he’s out of work right now.
“Technically he’s unemployed (referencing the Hollywood strikes). I think he needs some work, who better to help the Rock than Grayson Waller? I just sent out a little video, I didn’t even tag him, so to the people who think I’m clout chasing, I didn’t even tag him.
“All of a sudden he’s coming back with the same insults he’s been using for 15 years. It was funny because I was like ‘I remember when I was 15 and thought you were funny’ so that was really really cool.
“But there’s now an open invitation for the Grayson Waller Effect. If he wants to come on the show, I know his daughter’s in a cult right now on NXT and his family is in shambles on the main show, but he seems to be worried about Grayson Waller.
“So I think we have to do something about it. I’m hearing all of these names being thrown around (for SummerSlam), and for some reason they all want to fight me so if there’s a legend in town who wants to talk with Grayson Waller I’m open for it.
When asked if he thinks there’s a genuine chance that The Rock shows up to confront him at SummerSlam, Waller said:
“It’s not up to me, I think that’s up to The Rock. He can make any claims about a busy schedule, but I know you don’t have a busy schedule now lad.
“You wake up at about 4am to work out, you’re done by 6am, you’ve got a whole day free. I’m open the whole day, you can get your workout in, I’m open.
“He can say whatever he wants to me and I think that would be a lot of fun, but we’ll see of Dwayne has anything to say.
Waller’s comments about ‘unemployment’ are in reference to the Hollywood strikes, in which members of the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America have halted work on upcoming projects while attempting to negotiate fairer pay deals, following the rises of streaming and AI.
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