WWE Star Retires Move After Recent Terrifying Botch

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A WWE star has revealed that they have officially retired a move of theirs following a recent terrifying botch.

An unfortunate moment took place on the January 12 episode of WWE SmackDown, when a match between Carmelo Hayes and Austin Theory was cut short following a botched Avalanche Spanish Fly.

Theory attempted the move, with both men taking a rough landing, causing the match to be cut short.

Thankfully both men came out without injury, but the moment has led to a big change for Theory.

Speaking to the West Sport, Theory said that he has since retired the move after the scary botch on SmackDown.

He said:

“Well, all jokes aside, when it comes to inside that ring and what we do, the risk level is extremely high. It doesn’t matter how many times you wanna practice or go through the routine of a move, it’s real life, there’s danger with that. It’s two human bodies doing superhuman-like things.

“In this scenario with Carmelo Hayes, I’m going for a move I’ve did plenty of times, it just so happens as we’re going through the rotation, the back of his foot hits the top rope. So, all of the momentum of us rotating, when his foot hits, it takes us straight down. Just based off of the video, it looks insane. To be honest, after that, I seriously could’ve been paralyzed or my career could’ve been done. I could have been seriously hurt, broke my neck, there’s so many factors, but luckily as we came down, I let go to catch myself and I turn my head all the way to the left and when we landed, the back of his head hit my face pretty hard. But when we were laying there, I was fine, I didn’t feel rocked or lost or that feeling of, oh, what’s going on? I felt fine.

“But at the same time too, that’s such a scary moment, especially when you’re out there and something goes wrong and doesn’t feel right. Seeing the video footage back of myself upside down literally on the top of my head, wow. Very grateful for that and that move is retired for Austin Theory.”

Theory got into an altercation with an Australian journalist ahead of Elimination Chamber in a video that has seemingly been revealed as kayfabe.

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