Waller, who along with Austin Theory, had just won the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships, recalled feeling like things were about to get out of hand before backup showed up. “This guy was very drunk,” he said. “He starts firing back at me. He goes to push me and I’m like, ‘You know, I just won the Tag Team Championships. I’m gonna get in a fight at the bar at WrestleMania. This is gonna be the story.”

Baszler, who has a 15-11 record as a professional MMA fighter, appearing on Season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter” before a short stint in UFC, was first to step up. “All of a sudden,” Waller remembered, “the first person that walks up next to me is Shayna Baszler. She’s like, ‘Is everything all good here?’ From there, Waller said, MVP joined the conversation, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt himself. And to top it all off, up comes Barnett, a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and veteran of 43 pro MMA fights, including stints in PRIDE and Strikeforce, and the driving force today behind GCW Bloodsport. “I’ve never met Josh Barnett,” Waller said. “I know he’s a badass. He steps up next and goes, ‘Is everything alright, you guys?'”

The situation essentially took care of itself from there, with Waller casually sitting at the bar, glancing at his would-be combatant and saying to himself, “Hey, I’m good. Shayna Baszler, MVP, Josh Barnett have my back. There isn’t a man alive who, I think, can mess with this team of four.”

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