Newly crowned WWE champion claims he has not been demoted

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This is The Aussie Icon’s second run in the Stamford-based promotion’s developmental brand. After being a part of the main roster for about three years, Waller returned to NXT on July 28. In an intense promo, the 36-year-old called out the men’s roster and expressed his desire to go after the NXT Championship.

Moments ago, the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of WWE NXT posted a video of Grayson Waller making his way back to the gorilla position after winning the NXT Championship. Looking straight into the camera, the former WWE Tag Team Champion stated that he took the risk of coming back to NXT. Waller claimed that it was not a demotion.

“I’m not surprised. Are you? I didn’t come back here to be another number. I didn’t get demoted. I took the risk. I came back. You’re welcome,” Waller said.

You can check the video below:

Grayson Waller fired shots at the newest member of the WWE NXT roster

Zilla Fatu made his WWE NXT debut on August 11, as he interrupted the number-one contendership match for the NXT Championship between Grayson Waller and Cruz Montana. Later the same week, Grayson Waller delivered another intense promo during a house show.

While addressing Fatu’s attack, he fired brutal shots at the son of the late Umaga. Waller stated that none of the members of The Bloodline would show up on NXT to save Zilla Fatu from him. He further advised the latter to go to Monday Night RAW and carry Jacob Fatu’s bags.

“Hey Zilla, I was hoping to say this to your face, but I guess the benefit of being a Nepo Uce is you don’t have to turn up all the time. But I will be there Tuesday night, and I have a lot to say to you, but I’m going to give you an opportunity. You’ve got a few days. If I were you, I wouldn’t turn up,” Waller said. “Because if you keep turning up Tuesdays in my house, trying to take my opportunities, you will be on your own. No brothers, cousins, aunties, uncles, to save you from Grayson Waller taking you out in the deep waters and drowning you. So you know what you can do, Sheriff, is you can acknowledge these n*ts, lad. Skip Tuesdays, go to Monday Night RAW and carry Jacob’s bags like you were born to do. You know what I mean?”

It will be interesting to see if Grayson Waller and Zilla Fatu continue to cross paths on WWE NXT following The Aussie Icon’s title win at Heatwave.