Grayson Waller discusses having to explain what a shoey is to Shawn Michaels.
For those unaware, a shoey is a custom made famous by Australian athletes in which they drink an alcoholic beverage from their shoe, usually as a celebration. Rhea Ripley and Grayson Waller have both done shoey's in WWE, with both of them doing one each when WWE held their pre-Elimination Chamber media event before te Australian Premium Live Event.
While speaking to Bodyslam.net's Mark O'Brien in an interview ahead of WWE Backlash, Waller was asked about how he got approval to do a shoey on WWE television.
"I guess approval is a difficult word, but having to explain it to Shawn Michaels, who was the first guy that I had to talk to about it, was incredibly difficult, just because it sounds like such a crazy thing, but obviously it is such a popular thing in Australia, such a popular thing with Australian athletes, it's kind of become a part of our celebration so Shawn was very confused but full credit to him he trusted me when I said that this is a thing I promise you he's like you're not messing with me I was like 'Shawn I'm telling you the shoey it's a big thing in Australia they'll enjoy it!', and I think it kind of got proven when we were in Australia and we kind of saw the popularity of it. So now I think I need to do it more on the main roster and now with the championship, I might. I feel like I'm on a winning streak. Yeah, I'm going to have to go with some red wine. It's going to be interesting having red wine in my shoe. But that's it. We're in France. Oui, oui."
Waller is currently scheduled to defend the WWE Tag Team Championships alongside Austin Theory tonight against The Street Profits on WWE SmackDown.
Elsewhere in the same interview, Waller once again expressed his belief WWE should not have a WrestleMania in the UK. You can read more about that here.
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