Leon Slater has heard enough of Grayson Waller trashing TNA from a distance. The TNA star says Waller’s insults mean absolutely nothing until the NXT Champion actually crosses the line, steps into a TNA ring and says it directly to the people he’s been disrespecting.
While speaking to Counted Out, Slater was asked about Waller’s recent shots at TNA. Waller had mocked the company’s talent as “TNA good,” called members of the roster “little dweebs” and told them to put down their action figures instead of complaining online. Slater isn’t buying any of it until Waller shows up.
“I’ve seen it. I’ve seen it, and until that brother comes over and tests himself against some TNA talent, it’s all just talk to me. He can say, ‘Oh, you’re TNA good.’ What was the other lyric he said? ‘It’s like being the best in a high school gym,’ or something like that, right? To me, it’s all talk. To me, it’s just all talk.”
Slater then made the distinction pretty clear. In his eyes, TNA wrestlers don’t need to sit around talking about what they’re capable of because they go out and prove it.
“In TNA, excuse the pun, it’s Total Nonstop Action. We don’t do all of that talking. If we say something, we go out and do it. If I say I’m gonna become the youngest X Division Champion of all time, I’m gonna do it. Say I’m gonna become the World Champion, I’m gonna do it.”
Then Slater put Waller on the spot. If Waller really believes TNA talent is beneath him, Slater wants him to come say it while standing across from him, Frankie Kazarian or Nic Nemeth. Slater was then asked whether he would personally want Waller to come to TNA. There was no hesitation.
“So until he comes and crosses the line, and maybe looks me in the face, looks Frankie Kazarian in the face, looks Nic Nemeth in the face and tells us to our face that we are less than, I don’t believe a single word that he says. That guy can do it for the clicks, he can do it for the views, but until he steps over the line and proves it, it’s a whole bunch of bullshit to me.”
“Absolutely, absolutely. I’ve been over to his side. I’ve been very successful on his side. Tag Team Title matches, NXT Title matches, WWE Title matches, U.S. Title matches. I’ve done a lot to say that I’ve never worked there.”
Slater finished by challenging Waller to bring that exact same attitude into a TNA ring and see whether he still feels like running his mouth face-to-face.
“So I would be very, very interested if Grayson would have that same talk and that same attitude if he was looking at me face-to-face in a TNA ring. That’s for sure.”
Waller wanted a reaction from the TNA locker room, and now he has one. Slater isn’t interested in another social-media argument or trading insults from different companies. He wants Waller to walk into TNA, look him in the eye and repeat every word.
Should Grayson Waller actually cross the line and confront Leon Slater in TNA, or is Slater giving Waller exactly the attention he wanted? Let us know what you think in the comments.
