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Who Is Joey Swoll & What’s His WrestleMania XL Beef With Grayson Waller & Austin Theory? Here’s All You Need To Know

Published 04/03/2024, 9:17 AM EDT

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It’s that time of the year, We are living in WrestleMania week and WWE continues to find different ways to pump up the craze by injecting even more engaging drama into the fore. Like every other year, this year’s WrestleMania also promises some guest appearances, and it already started to pop up with fitness influencer Joey Swoll teasing a huge appearance under the exaggerating nights in Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field. And his targets are Austin Theory and Grayson Waller who are currently grinding themselves to gear up for a six-pack tag team ladder match at WrestleMania. So, are there more twists awaiting us in the match?

Let’s grasp thoroughly into the scene.

Who is the social media trending Joey Swoll? 

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Joey Swoll, the newly emerged name in the WWE town, has already been an internet sensation over the years. Thanks to his numerous engaging social media posts dedicated to fitness and an overall healthy lifestyle. His chiseled physique and commendable workout routine made millions of bodybuilding enthusiasts look up to him for their daily dose of nutritional advice and tailored muscle training seasons.

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Having a massive impact on his target mass, the 40-year-old stepped into the entrepreneurship world and started a fitness brand of his own. But apart from the raw business motive of selling merchandise and supplements, Swoll has always been committed to more. He specifically advocated a balance between diet and workout, dedicated self-movement, and overall well-being rather than propagating only a rigid fitness-centric approach.

However, despite being a pro in his field, Swoll couldn’t escape criticism because of his high-standard physique promotion. However, with his global presence expanding more, the bodybuilding icon started to come up with creative ways to let his voice be heard more. One of those frequently used methods is to call out people for their bad gym etiquette. Being a self-acclaimed CEO of gym positivity, Swoll believes it’s extremely important to spread a good vibe around like confetti and hence he doesn’t bear with the opposite, even if the offender is a celebrity. The latest preys of his moral policing are none other than WWE superstars Austin Theory and Grayson Waller.

How did the TikTok famous bodybuilder get on the nerves of the WWE stars Grayson Waller and Austin Theory?

In a new clip on social media, Swoll threw shades at Grayson Waller and Austin Theory after the arrogant fighters misbehaved with a gym user who walked into a shot while they were recording their lateral raise sets.

Ripping the toxic antics of the Town Down Under, Swoll said, “Grayson Waller and Austin Theory, you think just because you’re a couple of WWE superstars that you get to treat people this way.”

Taking to TikTok, he said: “Just because you’re filming, everybody else has to stop what they’re doing just for you.

“I’m sorry, you don’t own the gym and I don’t really care who you are.”

This online jibe culminated in a back-and-forth war of words and took the internet to the storm.

In response to Swoll’s wrath, Theory had fired back saying he was “Lookin like the guy that’ll ”smack the s**t out of @joeyswoll,”

In another intrusive shot, Swoll responded with, ”Listen here, little man, you don’t want this smoke. Not from me and not from my Swoll army. If you ask me, you should be a little more concerned about training those little legs than talking smack. But if you want to keep running your mouth, I’m happy to end your career – not just on social media but in your ring. WWE, make it happen. You need to do better, mind your own business..”

From here, things really took a pearshape, and a WWE feud seemed to be inevitable.

Joey Swoll issued a massive WrestleMania challenge to his social media opponents

But it didn’t stop there with the Aussie blood, Grayson Waller took the charge to answer it.

Waller said, ”For a bunch of people who worship you (Joey Swoll) as a gym guy, your fans are a bunch of fat, ugly losers. Maybe your fans should have spent more time reading than pretending to go to the gym.”

Finally, after spending 24 hours beefing with the WWE stars, the fitness influencer dropped the much-anticipated bombshell. Taking things to a whole other level, he announced that he would be on WrestleMania to settle the score with Waller and Theory and also tagged CM Punk in the post.

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Waller and Theory’s dream to clinch Judgement Day’s tag team gold might remain a dream if Swoll makes them pay for their audacity. If CM Punk gets involved in the scene, things can get uglier than ever.

It will be really entertaining to see what the social media barbs bring to the ring at Mania nights this weekend.

What’s your take on Joey Swoll’s jaw-dropping WrestleMania announcement? Let us know in the comments.

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Shreya Nag is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. As a journalism major, Shreya has worked as both a writer and a news moderator. With over a thousand articles to her name at ES, she has developed a strong hand for the art of wrestling journalism.
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