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Matthew Farrelly (born 21 March 1990) is an Australian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Grayson Waller. He is a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion alongside Austin Theory as A-Town Down Under.
Before signing with WWE, he previously performed on the independent circuit under the ring name Matty Wahlberg. Outside of professional wrestling, Farrelly was a contestant on season six of Australian Survivor.
On the 23 November episode of NXT, Waller berated the fans, thus turning heel. At NXT WarGames, he teamed up with Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, and Tony D'Angelo as Team 2.0, where they defeated Team Black & Gold (Johnny Gargano, LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Tommaso Ciampa) in a WarGames match. On the following episode of NXT, Waller brutally attacked Johnny Gargano during his farewell promo where he thanked his fans and friends, thus cementing his heel turn. On the 21 December episode of NXT, he attacked Dexter Lumis after the latter's match and announces that he will dismantle the old NXT one by one, and he then confronted AJ Styles, whom he had criticized on social networks a few days before. At on 4 January 2022, Styles once again confronted Waller, resulting into a brawl between the pair. The following week, Waller lost to Styles. After the match, he was attacked by the returning LA Knight. On the 1 February episode of NXT, Waller, alongside his new "insurance policy" Saurav Gurjar, interfered in Knight's match against Joe Gacy, causing Knight to lose the match. At on 8 March, Waller defeated Knight in a Last Man Standing match when he used Sanga to make it to his feet and beat the ten count.
At NXT Stand & Deliver, Waller failed to win the NXT North American Championship in a ladder match. Waller and Sanga would enter the tag team gauntlet match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship, where they were eliminated by the Creed Brothers. Waller then turned on Sanga and defeated him a week later on the 19 April episode of NXT. Waller then briefly feuded with the debuting Nathan Frazer, who he lost to at Spring Breakin'. Waller would then pursue the NXT North American Championship by tricking Carmelo Hayes into signing the contract. At on 5 July, Waller lost to Hayes due to interference from Trick Williams and Wes Lee. Despite this, Waller blamed his loss on Wes Lee and defeated him on the 26 July episode of NXT due to interference from Williams. Waller then started a rivalry with Apollo Crews, defeating him on the 30 August episode of NXT after "injuring" his eye, but lost to him at NXT Halloween Havoc in a casket match.
At NXT Deadline, Waller won the inaugural Iron Survivor Challenge to become the number one contender for Bron Breakker's NXT Championship. The match was later scheduled for on 10 January 2023, where the match ended when the middle rope snapped, causing Waller to fall out of the ring and be counted out, allowing Breakker to retain the title. A steel cage match between the two for the title was subsequently scheduled for NXT Vengeance Day on 4 February, where Waller again failed to win the title. At NXT Roadblock, Waller hosted The Grayson Waller Effect with Shawn Michaels as the special guest. Waller challenged Michaels to come out of retirement for a match at NXT Stand & Deliver, Michaels said that someone wanted a match with Waller more than him, which was revealed to be the returning Johnny Gargano. At NXT Stand and Deliver on 1 April, Waller lost to Gargano via submission in an unsanctioned match. On the 11 April episode of NXT, Waller won a fatal four-way match to earn an NXT Championship match against Carmelo Hayes at Spring Breakin', where Waller failed to win the championship from Hayes in what would be his final match in NXT. It was later revealed that Waller broke his leg towards the end of the match.
On the 15 December episode of SmackDown, both Waller and Theory lost in the first rounds of the United States Championship #1 Contender Tournament to former rival Carmelo Hayes and Owens respectively. Waller returned to NXT at on 2 January 2024 and was put into a match against Trick Williams for Williams' Iron Survivor Challenge title match opportunity by Hayes. Waller lost the match after interference from Owens. At the Royal Rumble on January 27, Waller entered his first Royal Rumble match at #3, lasting four minutes before being eliminated by Hayes. At held in his home country of Australia, Waller co-hosted The Grayson Waller Effect with Theory featuring Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins as his guests. Seth and Cody then attacked Theory and Waller did not get involved, teasing the dissolution of their tag team. On the 26 February episode of Raw, Waller, in his debut match on Raw, was defeated by Rhodes in the main event.
Waller and Theory went on to win a tag team tournament, defeating The O.C. (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) on the 22 March episode of SmackDown and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) in the finals one week later to qualify for the ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania XL. At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, Waller retrieved the SmackDown Tag Team Championship for A-Town Down Under to become the new champions, thus making it Waller's first championship win in WWE. On the 19 April episode of SmackDown, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship was renamed as the WWE Tag Team Championship and the team was presented with new title belts by WWE's chief content officer Triple H, and the general manager of SmackDown Nick Aldis. On the May 3 episode of SmackDown, Theory and Waller defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) in their first title defense. On the July 5 episode of SmackDown, Grayson Waller and Austin Theory as A-Town Down Under lost the titles to #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), ending their reign at 90 days. Grayson Waller and Austin Theory also had previously feuded with #DIY weeks before the title loss. They failed to win the titles in a rematch on the following episode of SmackDown, ending their feud.
After a promo on social media the previous week, Waller and Theory returned to WWE NXT on 24 September, challenging Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship, which they accepted. Later that night, they defeated Cedric Alexander and Je'Von Evans following a backstage confrontation. On the 8 October episode of NXT, they failed to win the titles from Fraxiom.
On the 13 December episode of SmackDown, Waller and Theory met with Braun Strowman backstage and asked him to be a guest on The Grayson Waller Effect next week, which Strowman accepted. On the 20 December episode of SmackDown, Waller hosted The Grayson Waller Effect alongside Austin Theory with Braun Strowman as the special guest, which was later interrupted by Carmelo Hayes.
On the 24 January 2025 episode of SmackDown, it was announced by SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis that A-Town Down Under would be moving to the Raw brand as part of the transfer window. On the 28 January episode of NXT, A-Town Down Under hosted a special edition of The Grayson Waller Effect with the new NXT Champion Oba Femi as guest to see if Femi was "worth the hype." Femi then offered to defend the NXT Championship in a triple threat match against A-Town Down Under at NXT Vengeance Day on 15 February, where Femi retained the title after Waller cost Theory the win.
Farrelly also made a cameo appearance on Young Rock in 2021, playing the role of Ric Flair.
Farrelly, as Grayson Waller, made his first video game appearance in WWE 2K23, also returning for WWE 2K24 and would appear again in WWE 2K25.
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