Summerslam 2023 is inching closer and the anticipation among the WWE Universe is high given that it’s going to be another stadium show. With that, it’s safe to assume that the company will pull out all the stops to make the show a major success. One grand return is speculated to happen after we saw some miraculous returns at the grandest event of the summer in the past few editions.
According to the earlier reports from the insider source BWE, WWE is already having discussions about Stone Cold Steve Austin making a comeback and giving a major rub to a current superstar from the roster. In an update, the news is that the comeback could have been postponed and slotted to Summerslam 2023 to put over a bonafide heel of the Smackdown locker room.
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Xero News has provided an update on the situation and reported that WWE is having discussions about Steve Austin possibly appearing on The Grayson Waller Effect talk show at SummerSlam 2023 on August 5th at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
Previously, WWE’s plans called for LA Knight to have a face-off with Austin but they also plan for a babyface turn for Knight, soon. So, now they want to book an up-and-coming heel star like Waller to have the segment with Austin and possibly get the major rub.
Summerslam 2023: Grayson Waller set for big rub from Austin?
While the biggest rub for Grayson Waller could be waiting at Summerslam 2023, he’s already got a couple of those on WWE programming. At Money in the Bank 2023, he had a verbal as well as physical encounter with WWE Legend John Cena. The former WWE franchise player also planted Waller with an Attitude Adjustment in the ring.
Then on the latest episode of SmackDown, Waller had WWE Hall of Famer Edge on his talk show, The Grayson Waller Effect. Waller was then also defeated by Edge in his in-ring debut on Smackdown but ultimately Edge put him over with the mic.
Heading into Summerslam 2023, WRKD Wrestling reports that WWE Officials see big things, potential main-eventer qualities in the future of Waller,
“Grayson Waller is being set up for a big future. Many in creative feel that he has the tools, both wrestling and on the mic, to be a future main eventer for years to come.”
