Myles Borne is not losing any sleep over Grayson Waller’s mind games — in fact, he thinks Waller ended up helping him. On a recent episode of WWE NXT, Waller arrived at the Performance Center wearing a Stephanie Vaquer t-shirt, an apparent attempt to get under Borne’s skin. Speaking to Korey Smith and Tor Smith of KRON4, Borne was unbothered — and turned the whole stunt back on Waller with a simple point: if you bought the shirt, you’re a fan.
Myles Borne (Credits: Fightful)
Myles Borne on Grayson Waller wearing Stephanie Vaquer t-shirt
“He literally went out and spent his own hard-earned money on her T-shirt. All you did was put money on our table. You put food on our table that night. Thank you, I appreciate it. If you thought you got me, that’s not getting me. You’re a contributor. You’re a fan at that point,” Borne said.
It is a perfect piece of wrestling logic: a mind game only works if the target actually minds. Borne’s argument is that Waller did the opposite of getting to him — he financially supported Vaquer, drew attention to her, and made himself part of her audience in the process. “I hate to say it, but everyone took away the t-shirt. You wore a T-shirt, and no one cared about what you were saying; they cared about the T-shirt,” Borne added.
Why Borne says Vaquer is the bigger star
Borne did not stop at the economics of the shirt. “At the end of the day, like it or not, she’s a bigger star. Wear the T-shirt if you want to; I really don’t care. You can put food on our table. If you thought you got me, you didn’t get me,” he said.
That final line is the key to Borne’s whole response. Waller’s stunt was designed to suggest something about Borne and Vaquer’s relationship — to plant a seed, provoke a reaction, and control the conversation. Instead, Borne reframed it entirely: Waller did not expose anything, he advertised something. The shirt became the story, not whatever Waller was saying while wearing it.
There is also a wrinkle to the story: Waller wore an officially licensed Vaquer shirt, which is not the shirt he originally wanted to wear. That detail only strengthens Borne’s point — even the version of the stunt that made it to television ended up as a straightforward endorsement of Vaquer’s merchandise.
Mind games are a staple of wrestling storytelling, but they only land when they hit their target. By Borne’s account, this one missed — and Waller ended up paying for the privilege. In Borne’s words, Waller is not a tormentor at this point. He is a contributor. He is a fan.
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