Paul Heyman To Current WWE Champion: “Don’t F This Up”

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Austin Theory has shown a lot of promise ever since he made his NXT debut. He has the size and look to be one of the top stars in the company.

After making it to the main roster, Vince McMahon took a liking to Theory and constantly tried to push him by placing him in situations where he could shine. However, his booking took a major hit after Triple H took over creative control of WWE. Last year, Theory’s booking has been back on track ever since he joined The Vision. Along this journey, Austin has always had the support of Paul Heyman.

Austin Theory reveals advice Paul Heyman gave him

During an appearance on The Early Bird Special, Austin Theory revealed that he and Paul Heyman go way back to his time in Evolve. He recalled his first meeting with the WWE Hall of Famer. He recalled Heyman telling him that he was a big fan and would be introducing him for his match.

“Me and Paul Heyman actually go way back. My whole time on the main roster, I’ve always spoken to him. He’s always given me great advice. He’s always had my back. He took me under his wing. The first time I met Paul Heyman was when I was on the Indies, it was the first time Evolve and the WWE did a show together in the ECW arena. Gabe Sapolsky – that’s my guy – and pretty much told me, ‘Hey, you’re the main event tonight. I got a surprise for you.’ I was like, ‘All right, I don’t know what that is.’ Then Paul Heyman walks in. The time I met Paul Heyman, I went up to him and said, ‘Hey, how you doing, sir? I’m Austin.’ The first thing he said was, ‘I’m a big fan of your work.’ I was like, ‘Holy shit.’ So that was cool.’  He comes up to me a little later, like in the night as the show’s going on. He goes, ‘Hey, if I’m going to introduce you tonight, what are things that I call you?’ I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ So he ended up doing the introduction for the match and the rest there is history.”

Austin Theory continued to say that when he got to RAW, Paul Heyman was still behind him. In fact, it was Heyman who wanted him to join The Vision. The WWE Hall of Famer even gave him a piece of advice before he could join the group.

“I got to WWE and even the pandemic era of Raw, when I left NXT and went to Raw to do Seth’s group, that was all Paul Heyman as well. But I’d have to say, man, he’s always had my back. Even The Vision group, he wanted me in that. I was like, ‘Absolutely.’ I’d say when it comes to advice, there’s a lot of advice, but one of my favorite things he said to me when I first got with the group was ‘Don’t F this up.’ ‘All right, you got it.’” [H/T Fightful]

Austin Theory is currently one-half of the World Tag Team Champions on RAW.

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