A WWE Hall of Famer doesn’t care that Austin Theory lost the Money In The Bank briefcase when he was having good matches.
On November 7 edition of WWE Raw, Austin Theory cashed in the Money In The Bank contract for a shot at Seth Rollins’ United States Championship and lost the match.
This followed Theory suffered a series of losses while holding the briefcase. Many fans and WWE themselves called it “the worst Money In The Bank cash-in of all time”.
However, a WWE Hall of Famer and creative team member feels differently about it.
On the latest “Oh You Didn’t Know” podcast, “Road Dogg” Brian James defended all the losing that Theory suffered as the briefcase holder and put over his match quality.
He said:
“Sometimes, people get over through defeats. If you think about Austin Theory, working a bunch, having great matches, hadn’t won any of them. I don’t think about that. This is where I’m going to anger more people. Austin Theory is putting on some bangers. Don’t you get over by having great matches?”
On if Theory’s match quality is actually getting him over, James stated:
“If wrestling is so good and profitable and marketable, then why isn’t his ability to wrestle greatly getting him over? I would argue that it is getting him over.
“The kid is a stud athlete, good looking, and can go. Sure, he’s losing some matches, so has Seth Rollins, so has everybody,”
The D-Generation X member continued on to further discuss Austin Theory as a character, saying:
“His character is getting established. He’s going to put on great wrestling matches. He lost the briefcase, to me, that was the thing that kept his heat.”
“Now, I don’t want to see him lose so much. When you have that briefcase, you can beat me every day until Sunday, but at the right time, when that champion is down on his luck just enough, here I come, and that’s all you have to say in every promo.”
Road Dogg concluded by stating what Theory would have to say in every promo to make up for his losses.
He said:
“‘You got beat last week, how do you feel?’ ‘I feel I’m the youngest ever Money in the Bank winner and I’m going to cash this in and become the champion, how do you feel?'”
“My point was, he’s putting on great matches. I will watch next week when he has a great one, I probably know he’s going to lose, but I don’t care because he’s going to have a great match.”
Austin Theory defeated Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley in a triple threat match to regain the United States Championship at Survivor Series War Games this past Saturday.
For the full results for the Survivor Series event, click here.
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