WWE Quickly Approved Grayson Waller's Return To PWA, LA Knight Pitched Cult-Like Faction

01/03/2025 06:12 PM

LA Knight says he pitched a cult-like faction that would have been akin to the Saviors in The Walking Dead during his time in WWE NXT.

While speaking with WittyWhitter for a new interview, LA Knight talked about his idea for the faction. He said,

"I had thought about this before, actually. I pitched this a few years ago, where i was like, I kind of want guys who are almost downtrodden, who have a lot of potential, but haven't really been used necessarily to the top of the potential. I don't know who those would be now, I think I had names years ago when I was in NXT because I almost wanted to have this… you could say cult.

"But I was almost thinking of, this was back thinking about like The Walking Dead, like The Saviors or something. One guy at the front, and then there's a lot of guys who are just like, 'all right, wait, this guy is going to be able to get me what I want. I will do anything for him.' Kind of an idea. Other than that, I haven't really put much thought into it, but I mean, if you were going to do like a big three, Miami Heat LeBron super team or something like that, you know, probably, I don't know, me and Cody and Roman or something."

During a recent interview with The West Sport, WWE Superstar Grayson Waller says WWE quickly approved his return to Pro Wrestling Australia (PWA) for a match. Waller competed for the independent promotion on December 10th.

You can check out some highlights from the interview below:

On WWE approving his appearance: "I think for WWE, it was a quick yes. I had a big presentation planned but I didn't need any of it. I think right now, WWE is very big on giving back and getting involved with the independents. You see Judgment Day going back to OTT in Ireland, you had me, you have Nakamura going back to Japan. It's not always possible to have shows in those places, but you can send your talent back who are from those places and still represent which I think is a great idea. I think it's one of the best things that they've done."

On being happy to give back to the Australian wrestling scene: "For me personally, I'm never going to forget where I came from. If it wasn't for PWA, I'm not in the WWE and I'm very realistic about that. So if there's ever opportunities for me to give back to PWA, I'm always going to do that. I know there's a lot of talent in Australia, I'm always watching, I'm always keeping track of who that is and if there's opportunities for me to give back — You know, I trained Jimmy Towns and I wanted to see where he was at and the best way to do that is to get in the ring with him. Not only did he hang with me, I think he pushed me a little bit in that match, which was really cool to see.

"Anything I can do for the Australian scene because I think the bigger and better the Australian scene is, then the bigger and better WWE is because you're getting better talent, you're getting talent that's already ready for TV. You see Zaria right now in NXT, the reason she's doing so good is cause she was doing so well in Australia. They pick her up and they're like, 'Wow, you're already ready for TV.' So, the more we do for the scene here, the better it pays off later on in the WWE."

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