Austin Theory is undoubtedly one of the biggest future prospects of WWE who is doing a fantastic job ever joining the main roster back in 2021. He is holding the WWE United States championship for more than 250 days and he has beaten some of the biggest names in the promotion to keep his Championship on his own shoulder.
At WrestleMania 39, he got the biggest match of his career against the 16 times WWE World Champion John Cena. The Champ only came back to give a very good boost to Austin Theory to build him as a proper prospect. Theory shocked the entire world when he defeated John Cena to retain his WWE United States Championship at WrestleMania 39.
Austin Theory’s WrestleMania 39 Revelation: John Cena’s Private Words Revealed
A lot of fans were expecting to see Theory dropping his Championship to Cena. But that did not happen. It might not have been a clean when but a victory over one of the best in the business and that was also at the biggest stage of them all was a huge accomplishment without any doubt. Theory recently spoke Theory recently appeared on the “Babyfaces Podcast” where he revealed what John Cena told him after their big match at WrestleMania 39. Here is what he had to say;
On working with John Cena at WrestleMania: “That whole moment was a full circle moment because anyone who knows my past knows that John Cena was always that motivation and inspiration to become a WWE superstar. To finally have that moment in the ring with him, me being on one end and him being on the other, and leading to that match.
Austin Theory Defeated John Cena At WrestleMania 39
“There is no better place than getting to do that in front of my entire family in Los Angles, in the ring with John Cena, that was a really cool moment. Looking on, because you always have to move forward and look past that, for me, my next one, Roman Reigns. We have to get ready for Tribal Theory.”
On if he spoke with Cena after the match: “Post-match, it was a really cool moment. He told me to enjoy this day, enjoy this moment. Literally, there was no stress that day. I wasn’t nervous. Everything that prepared me for that moment and everything that prepared me to go out there and perform, I felt like I had it. That was something cool. Something that John says, you can say a lot of people say, but it’s so true, just not being afraid to fail, betting on yourself, and going for it.
“A lot of times, that’s what holds a lot of us back from things. Us worried about this or that. It might not even be you. You might believe in yourself, and just because one person has an opinion, it bothers you and can set you off. That’s the biggest thing, don’t be afraid to fail. It’s going to be a ride that goes up and down, but continue to press forward.”
Austin Theory is active on Friday Night Smackdown right now but he is not having any proper booking since getting drafted to the blue brand of WWE. But he was a top star of Monday Night RAW. WWE received a lot of criticism for not booking him properly in the recent months. We are hoping to see him becoming a top star of WWE what the promotion always intended to build him as.
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