Austin Theory Gives Honest Thoughts On Failed WWE Money In The Bank Cash In

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Austin Theory has given his honest thoughts on his failed Money In The Bank cash-in, and wanting it to be ‘more of a moment’.

Back in 2022, Austin Theory captured the Money In The Bank briefcase in what would end up being the final WWE premium live event entirely booked by Vince McMahon, who announced his initial retirement from the company less than three weeks later.

After Triple H took over as the head of creative, Theory already had the briefcase in his possession, with him then failing to cash in the briefcase on Seth Rollins’ United States Championship on the November 7 episode of Raw.

Austin Theory Gives Honest Thoughts On Failed Money In The Bank Cash-In

Speaking on Impaulsive, Theory opened up on his failed Money In The Bank cash-in, with Logan Paul asking him if he felt ‘robbed’ by it.

Theory said that he does, and that while he knew he wouldn’t end up defeating Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, he wanted to make more of a ‘moment’ out of his cash in following their in-ring promo segment.

He said:

“Yes. I’m gonna go run the play always if we really need it to be this way. I think for me I felt like, even with the moment I had with Roman, it was I believe at Barclays Center, he hit me with the ‘your daddy’s not here anymore’. In that moment I wanted to say the same thing to him, because in a way it’s like he’s a Vince guy as well. Not in a way, he was.

“I felt like there could have been a moment, I knew I wasn’t gonna get the title off Roman, but even just building it to seem like ‘oh, here we go’. I can lose to him, whatever, but just give it more of a payoff, because it felt cool man, I did a lot of cool things with it.

“It’s funny how I have it in my office hanging and it’s real dented, and people see it and go ‘you murdered people with that huh?’ I’m like ‘no, Brock Lesnar murdered me with it, and it sucked’.”

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Being Vince McMahon’s Protege

Elsewhere in the interview, Austin Theory shared his thoughts on being presented as Vince McMahon’s protege when he was called up to the main roster.

He said:

“So I remember my time in NXT, it was kinda just, I feel like I was there. Then something started to work when I was in the group The Way, I started showing more of my humor, being more funny, showing that. I feel like that’s kind of the tip of it in NXT.

“Then when I got to the main roster, I didn’t even realise Vince was pushing me, and behind me, until, I remember when I won the US Title and became the youngest US Champ, but at the end of that match, Vince wanted all the heels to come out, hold me up in the ring.

“Then as I left the ring he came out on the stage and held my arm, and I think in that moment I was like ‘whoa, something’s going on here, we’re going places’.

“I feel like I always knew I would do great things here, just not the detail of them. It’s been a crazy ride, but I guess like anything in life you have the ups and downs, and coming down a little and just reflecting and figuring out where can I be better, what can I do, maybe I need to switch the character and do something else.

“But that time period specifically, that was the end of 2021 and 2023, but crazy.”

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Is Austin Theory Still The Future Of WWE?

Despite having been on the WWE main roster for five years now, Austin Theory remains among the names often cited as the potential future of WWE, with him still only being 28 years old.

However, Theory has been the victim of up and down booking over the past few years, with him only recently getting more spotlight again as part of the Vision stable.

With Theory having a number of supporters high up in the company, and time still on his side, it’s still far from too late for Theory to reach the mountain top in WWE.

At 28 years old, Theory would even have time to leave the company and return years later, akin to the likes of Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre, should it come down to it.

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