Grayson Waller is a former golden gloves amateur boxer. He can throw
quick jabs when his opponents least expects it. He's very swift and can
casually dodge strikes and quickly counter punch.
He's also very adept at predicting feint attacks from his opponents.
He can also bait people into slugging it out with him so he can get the upper hand.
As for Waller's finisher, that's probably his best bet here.
He can hit it when his opponents least expect it, or
he can catch people in mid air and hit it.
Waller's biggest advantage in his fights is his intelligence. Whatever he can think of at the moment, he'll use it to get an upper hand on his opponent.
He's willing to use his finisher early on in the match to gain an advantage,
he'll rake the eyes of his opponent to temporarily blind them,
he'll poke his opponents eye if they're about to counter his finisher and even using the most mundane of weapons such as a
pen in order to gain an advantage.
Waller has held his against Dexter Lumis, who has a "sixth sense"
which allows him to fight while blindfolded.
Waller has fought on par with the likes of Johnny Gargano, a guy who mixes three different styles of wrestling into a wrestling style he calls "Lucharesu" (
British chain wrestling,
lucha libre and
puroresu).
Waller fought on par with Nathan Frazer, the same guy who
fought on par with Axiom on numerous occasions.
Thanks to his gift for mathematics, Axiom believes that
anything can be broken down into a formula. He states that he can
quickly analyze and react to anything. He uses his gift for mathematics, as well as his natural technical skill to
quickly counter submission maneuvers,
pinning positions, and
grapple maneuvers. His natural athleticism, mixed in with his technical ring prowess,
allows him to be creative with his submissions. He also makes his speed to good use by
quickly dodging countering his opponents offense. He’s also shown to have really good timing, as he can
catch with people with his offense while they're in mid-air.
Grayson Waller is comparable to Austin Theory.
Austin Theory made quick work of Shelton Benjamin,
who has an extensive background in amateur wrestling.
After a hard-hitting, physical match,
Theory was able to defeat Dolph Ziggler clean. Ziggler has a great amateur wrestling background. Ziggler set the record for most pins in St. Edward High School with
82 pins. When he was a wrestler at Kent State University, he at one point, held the record for most career wins in the team's history, earning
121 wins.
Along with being a great amateur wrestler,
Ziggler was neck-and-neck with John Morrison. John Morrison is knowledgeable about multiple martial arts. He stated in an interview that
he was a former amateur collegiate wrestler and gymnastic, and he's studied kung fu, boxing, capoeira, and parkour, and that he applies all of these forms of martial arts in his fighting style. He uses his parkour to pull
extremely acrobatic maneuvers, as well as to use
the environment around him to execute his moves as well. He can switch to
capoeira kicks and feint kicks to stun and throw his opponents off game. Efficient enough with amateur wrestling to the point where
he can hold his own against the likes of Dolph Ziggler in that respective discipline.
Theory was able to outwrestle the likes of Bobby Lashley. Bobby Lashley has a very good
mixed martial arts background, having a record of
15-2, defeating the likes of Joshua Franklin in 41 seconds (TKO), and Mike Cook in 24 seconds (Submission). He even defeated
James Thompson, who at that point, had over a decade of experience in mixed martial arts. Lashley defeated him in 54 seconds via TKO.
Lashley also has a extensive background in amateur wrestling starting from the seventh grade all the way into his service in the US Army.
