Grayson Waller Ruled Out Of WWE Royal Rumble

Grayson Waller will have to wait at least one more year to compete in his second Royal Rumble match.

Waller was in Saudi Arabia in late 2025 as part of a WWE contingent promoting Beast Land, a temporary theme park opened by MrBeast. Waller won't be back in the Middle East for the Royal Rumble, however, as PWInsider has reported the former WWE Tag Team Champion is scheduled to work this coming weekend's NXT live events in the United States.

WWE NXT will hold house shows between January 29 and January 31, with the first show scheduled for Knoxville, Tennessee before NXT heads to Nashville, Tennessee on January 30 and then Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday night.

Grayson Waller has not wrestled on WWE programming outside of Main Event since October, but he spent a large portion of 2025 connected to Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods of The New Day.

The Street Profits are also scheduled for the NXT live events, which means they seemingly won't be involved at the WWE Royal Rumble either. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins have been off WWE TV since a WWE Tag Team Title match loss to the Wyatt Sicks in October.