New Level was referenced on WWE NXT this week, and the company found a clever way to do it without ever saying the name out loud. Wrestling fans who caught the New Level reference on WWE NXT are still talking about it.”
What Actually Happened
NXT closed out the show with a six-man tag match. NXT World Champion Grayson Waller joined the commentary booth alongside Vic Joseph and Booker T for the segment.
During the match, Joseph dropped two phrases that felt way too specific to be random. He called it a “new day” for Waller, then asked how Waller planned to take things to a “new level.”
Look, Grayson, it’s a new day for you in some retrospects. First singles title. How are you now going to, well, take your game to a new level so to speak?
Say those two lines back to back, and the connection becomes obvious.
Why This Actually Means Something
Grayson Waller spent time aligned with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods (known outside WWE as Austin Creed) during the closing chapter of The New Day’s run in WWE. That partnership ended when Kingston and Creed left the company.
Both men landed in AEW, where they now go by The New Level. Alongside Swerve Strickland, they currently hold two-thirds of the AEW World Trios Championship.
So when NXT commentary casually worked in “new day” and “new level” during a Waller segment, it wasn’t a coincidence. It read like a wink to anyone who’s been following the story — WWE acknowledging Waller’s past without opening the door to a direct AEW callout, which companies almost never do on live TV.
Our Take
This is the kind of detail that separates lazy commentary from commentary that actually rewards fans for paying attention. WWE could have ignored Waller’s New Day history completely. Instead, they folded it into a throwaway line that only clicks if you know the backstory.
It also quietly keeps Waller’s connection to that chapter of his career alive, without forcing a storyline around it. That’s a smart way to plant a seed. If WWE ever wants to bring Kingston and Creed’s old dynamic with Waller back into the conversation — even just for a nostalgia moment down the line — this line already did the groundwork.
Small moments like this are usually the ones casual viewers miss and hardcore fans replay. And that’s exactly the audience wrestling commentary should be writing for.
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About Gaurav Sharma
I am the founder, lead writer, and editor behind Wrestling Nightmare. I have been analyzing and following professional wrestling for years, with a deep focus on WWE, AEW, and TNA—spanning the Attitude Era, the Ruthless Aggression transition, and modern long-term booking eras like The Bloodline. My work centers on breaking down in-ring storytelling, creative booking decisions, and the business landscape of combat sports entertainment. When I am not breaking down pay-per-view match structures, I am tracking roster movements, injury reports, and backstage creative pivots to deliver grounded, hype-free pro wrestling analysis.
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