Everybody knows that in the world of professional wrestling the right look can go a long way. Roman Reigns has switched things up a few times throughout his career, and he’s managed to achieve massive success.
For years current NXT Champion Grayson Waller was wrestling in boxing shorts, but earlier this year he decided to start wearing tights instead. While talking about the transition on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Waller noted that Roman Reigns pulled him aside at the Royal Rumble and told him the tights made him look like a champion.
“I look back and I kind of understand why people would have perceived me as a joke. For me, the boxing shorts were always I was a huge boxing fan. A lot of people think it was basketball shorts, but I thought it was a different look. It made me look unique, but I think it also didn’t make me look like a serious contender for the championship. So that was something where I was like, I need to change things up. I can’t just keep giving them the same thing.
So first thing was I put the tights on, and actually the Rumble was the first time I kind of wore them in a match, and Roman came up and pulled me aside and said, ‘Hey, that’s the look. You look like a champion now.’ Hey, if Roman says that, all right, lad, whatever you need, I’m gonna keep the pants. But even coming back to NXT, I was like, I can’t walk out with the leopard shirts and all that. That vibe didn’t work. That’s an old me. So now, I am more serious. This is me. I feel comfortable now. So I think I had to change things because if you keep throwing the same thing at the wall and it’s not working, then what are you doing?”
Grayson Waller also openly admitted that he thought he was going to get released when The New Day parted ways with WWE, and you can get more on that here.