Grayson Waller isn\u2019t a fan of how social media influencers mimic WWE tactics to promote their boxing fights.<\/p>\n
While appearing on the Battleground Podcast, Waller \u2014 a WWE heel who mostly stays in character while doing interviews \u2014 was asked if he believes just getting any kind of reaction is good or if he feels there is a bad type of heat. Waller pointed to influencer boxing as an example of negative heat, feeling the competitors take things too far and are being fake in an attempt to sell fights.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I necessarily think about it, but I do think you do see now \u2014 especially because I think wrestling has become everything. I think you watch almost any sport, and I think influencer boxing is a great example of what I would say is bad heat,\u201d Waller said. \u201cEvery influencer boxing, if you ever see those social media guys, they [take] things way too far. They\u2019re always pretending to fight each other. Like, you can just feel how fake it is the whole time. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith me, I\u2019m just being realistic. When I say these things about people \u2014 when I say things about Penta or people in the crowd \u2014 I mean it. It\u2019s just me being allowed to say whatever I want, which is fun. But I do think there is definitely a line where it goes from entertaining to something different. And with the WWE, that\u2019s not something that we do. But I see a lot of people try and mimic what we do in other arenas, other sports. And they can\u2019t do what we do. We\u2019re very good at what we do. Of like making sure, you know, at the end of the day, we\u2019ve got families coming to the show. So we got to make sure we\u2019re having fun with it and the fans are having fun. Well, I don\u2019t really care if the fans are having fun, but my boss is going to be upset if they\u2019re not. So, you know, you kind of got to think about those things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Influencer boxing has become a big trend ever since the Paul brothers and KSI had success with it. Waller did not criticize any boxers by name during the Battleground Podcast appearance \u2014 and he spoke highly of how well Logan Paul has done in pro wrestling.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe genuinely cares about what we do and he\u2019s very passionate,\u201d Waller said about Paul. \u201cHe genuinely cares, and he\u2019s very good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Waller is a member of the Raw roster in WWE, aligned with Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods as a trio after his old tag team with Austin Theory split up.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n