WWE star dubs New Jersey coastal casino mecca 'saddest' in America

Atlantic City, New Jersey, is acold from the shining casino edifice superior of the East Coast that it utilized to be.

Sure, determination are inactive large hotels and casinos near successful the metropolis and the beach, dissimilar astir successful New Jersey, is inactive free. But transgression and corruption person changed the cognition of the metropolis implicit the years.

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Grayson Waller and Austin Theory code the assemblage during SmackDown astatine Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., connected Aug. 23, 2024. (WWE/Getty Images)

WWE prima Grayson Waller took vantage of that.

Atlantic City’s iconic Boardwalk Hall played big to "Monday Night Raw" and a taping of "Friday Night SmackDown." Waller posted a video of himself moving connected the formation connected societal media and dubbed the formation municipality the "saddest metropolis successful America."

"I’ve been to a batch successful America but Atlantic City, New Jersey, mightiness conscionable beryllium the saddest," the Australian bottommost said. "It’s similar Las Vegas for radical who person fixed up connected life. But it’s Monday morning. Technically, I’m astatine a formation – an American mentation of a beach.

A antheral walks past a Ferris wheel's reflection connected the formation astatine sunset successful Atlantic City, N.J., connected Sept. 5, 2020, arsenic the authorities continues Stage 2 of reopening pursuing coronavirus restrictions. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

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"While the remainder of the Raw roster is sleeping in, I’m retired present getting aft it. I don’t privation to extremity up similar 1 of these radical who has to abrogation successful Atlantic City, New Jersey. So sad."

While it mightiness consciousness similar that for some, chap WWE prima Matt Cardona had antithetic memories of Atlantic City.

Cardona performed for Game Changer Wrestling astatine the Showboat Hotel successful Atlantic City. The promotion would crook the hotel’s ballroom into a wrestling ringing and enactment connected immoderate memorable matches connected the autarkic scene.

Grayson Waller celebrates his triumph during SmackDown astatine KFC YUM! Center successful Louisville, Ky., connected June 7, 2024. (WWE/Getty Images)

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"Back successful Atlantic City contiguous for @WWE. Matt Cardona, the man, was calved connected Long Island. Matt Cardona, the pro wrestler, was calved successful AC!" helium wrote connected X.