The 2023 WWE Draft wrapped up on Tuesday [AEST] with two Australians chosen as Uncooked and SmackDown accomplished their respective rosters.
SmackDown Girls’s Champion Rhea Ripley was taken with the primary decide in Spherical 1 by Uncooked however fellow Australian Grayson Waller needed to wait for much longer to have his identify referred to as.
In truth, the NXT star was introduced because the final member of the SmackDown roster.
However Sydney’s Waller made positive he left fairly the impression when he was handed the microphone, delivering a pointed message about how his doubters solely hearth him up.
“You understand, I’d love to return on right here and say I can’t consider it,” Waller mentioned, talking to McKenzie Mitchell.
“I might like to let you know that I’ve thought of this second since I used to be a bit of child, and I by no means thought I’d be right here. However the fact is, I’m not stunned. I used to be born to do that.
“What I’m stunned by is the truth that it took this lengthy for RAW or SmackDown to draft me. You’ve acquired these folks cheering me behind me, like they’re my associates. You assume you bought me right here? I acquired me right here.
“And I’m a really harmful man and the one harmful man than that’s Grayson Waller with a chip on his shoulder and proper now, I’ve acquired the largest chip that exists, however we’ve acquired to rejoice, proper? And as an Australian, there’s just one approach to rejoice correctly, cheers.”
At that time Waller then poured a whole beer into his shoe earlier than celebrating by downing the drink, with Mitchell visibly stunned by the sight.