Grayson Waller says he is not a fan of CM Punk.
On Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Waller discussed working with Punk in NXT.
“He likes the kids to go, ‘CM Punk, can you take a photo with me? Oh my gosh!’ He loves that. He loves the kids that look up to him like they’re all fans. Fair play to him he helps out at NXT a lot and he’s helped a lot of these kids, but I’m not a fan; I’m on the same level as you. I need to hold myself that way. So I don’t know if you know the NXT hierarchy now; it goes Matt Bloom, Rob Stone, Shawn Michaels, Grayson Waller,” Waller said.
“I run NXT. I’m the champion now. So he should have texted me and asked for permission to be on the show. Chad Gable, same thing. He didn’t text me. So they’ll learn over time that if you’re going to come to my house, let me know, wipe your feet, show me the respect that I deserve. I’m the champion of that brand.”
Waller said Shawn Michaels once gave him advice about who to listen to.
“I was told by Shawn Michaels never listen to advice of someone whose shoes you don’t want to be in, and having Cena and Punk and Bayley and these people who I look up to saying positive things about it, that means something to me. They’re the only people whose opinion I really care about.”
Waller also praised AJ Styles, who has been helping out in NXT.
“AJ is a big one, especially since he’s been coming down to NXT recently and producing and working in the ring with guys, and he’s really, really fun to work with because I’m an AJ Styles fan. But he lets you go and lets you do you, and just makes everything better. He doesn’t force you to do things.”
“When I finished the match with EK Prosper the other week, I came back through the curtain and the three guys standing at the curtain were Shawn, AJ, CM Punk. That’s three generations of guys who know how much they care about the business and how much they want to give back by the way they were when EK came through.”
