WWE Monday Night RAW Superstar Austin Theory recently spoke with TalkSPORT on the advice given to him by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels during the time he was still competing in NXT and how at first it confused him, but he figured it out and he realized that it was about letting loose and having fun as being outside of the ring and still being able to do promos, that is what makes the character and the fans get invested in that, so the advice Shawn Michaels gave him at the time really went a long way.
Austin Theory said:
“We’d go back and watch matches, and I remember something specifically he said when I first got there, when I was 22.” “This was the most confusing thing but I’m glad I figured it out.”
“He told me, ‘Hey, when you go out there,’ he was like, ‘Are you having fun?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m having fun.’ And he said, ‘You know, like hearing the people and everything?’ And I was like, I don’t really know if I hear the people and everything because I’m so focused on what I’m trying to do in the ring.”
“He said, ‘You’ve got to find who you are and be yourself,’ but at 22, I didn’t know who I was. So I’m like, ‘Wait, what? What do you mean?’ I would think about that a lot. I was still doing the same thing but I was trying to figure out his advice. Be yourself? Then I realized it was about letting a little loose. Have fun. Everybody knows being outside of the ring and being able to do promos and backstages, that’s what makes the character.”
“That’s what gets people invested. It would be like watching a movie and it’s just action the whole time, you’re not really going to relate to anybody. That little piece of funny advice he gave me at the time went a long way. But I really tried to figure it out because I was like, Shawn Michaels isn’t just going to say this to me.”
Austin Theory is set to face WWE SmackDown announcer Pat McAfee in Singles action on Night Two of WWE WrestleMania 38 or WrestleMania Sunday.
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