WWE star Grayson Waller has revealed that the powers that be were not impressed with one spot in a recent match.
Currently aligned with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods of The New Day, Waller has been regularly competing against Penta and has joined The New Day in calling for his Mexican Destroyer finisher to be banned.
On the September 22 edition of Raw, Waller took an even more extreme version of the move as he was on the receiving end of a top rope Destroyer to the shock of the crowd and announce team. While the move was used more as a transitional move over the past few years, Penta has adopted it as one of his finishers since arriving in WWE at the start of the year, along with the Penta Driver.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, the former Tag Team Champion first stated that as the move has been watered down, fans forget how dangerous it can be:
“For some reason I think people forget how dangerous that move is. Legitimately, because everyone does it. If you watch an indie show, they’ll do it four or five times.”
“Some People Weren’t Happy With Me”: Grayson Waller On Scary WWE Landing
Continuing, Waller spoke about what happened after he took the top rope Destroyer, and how he was told to never take the manoeuvre again:
“I got backstage, and some people weren’t happy with me. They were like, don’t do that. Someone pulled me aside and said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ It was just like, I understand the risks involved, and obviously I don’t want to take a move like that, but Penta is very good at what he does, but it’s very dangerous and it’s scary to be in that position.”
Waller also admitted that the impact is still scary and that there is a legitimate moment of concern following the landing:
“And I think sometimes we do so much wild stuff that sometimes we forget to put in perspective how wild that would be for someone off the street to be in that position, that high up, taking something like that. So that was a stressful thing. I think sometimes you go into, I don’t want to say go into shock, because that seems super scary. But when that impact happens and it’s like, Am I okay? Am I okay? You do legitimately check yourself. Am I okay? Do I feel okay? Obviously, adrenaline is a crazy thing too, so sometimes you don’t feel stuff, and then a couple hours later you do. So it’s like, sometimes it’s a real, you say sell, but it’s real. I’m like, Am I okay? Am I okay? And thank God I was.”
Also in the interview, Waller stated that he was a fan of the move and that he wanted former TNA star and current WWE producer Petey Williams, who invented the move, to be a part of the storyline.
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