NXT Star Pulled From WWE Raw Appearance

The ongoing feud between Grayson Waller and Johnny Gargano was set to spill over on to Raw on Monday night but the NXT star never appeared.

Grayson Waller has been a thorn in the side of NXT head honcho Shawn Michaels in recent weeks, even earning a suspension for interrupting Michaels during a press conference.

Things came to a head at NXT Roadblock as Shawn Michaels appeared on the Grayson Waller Effect. As Waller continued to vent his spleen at Michaels, the WWE Hall of Famer looked to have had enough but said there was one person who wanted to teach Waller a lesson more than him, bringing out Johnny Gargano.

Gargano waved goodbye to the brand where he made his name in WWE back in December 2021 as the developmental show went through an overhaul and NXT 2.0 came to prominence. Johnny Gargano’s emotional goodbye just so happened to be interrupted by Grayson Waller who took out Gargano in a vicious attack. That led to Gargano leaving WWE and was a way to write him off television although now that attack will be paid off in a match at NXT Stand & Deliver.

On Raw in St. Louis, Gargano was in action against Dominik Mysterio but according to reports he could have had to deal with Waller on the show. WRKD Wrestling reported the following tidbits ahead of the show:

“Owens/Zayn and The Usos will open Raw tonight to make their #WrestleMania match official.

Grayson Waller will be in the building for a segment working toward his match with Johnny Gargano.

Roman and Cody will close the show with a segment that has Solo shine. #WWERaw”

While the first and last of those things occurred as planned, there was no sign of Waller on the show. WRKD Wrestling followed up after Raw with an update of sorts on Waller:

“Plans changed throughout the day regarding Waller, sadly.”