Austin Theory reveals details about why he gone from WWE for several months in 2025
While speaking to The Mark Hoke Show, Austin Theory revealed details about why he gone from WWE for several months in 2025…
“Everything happens for a reason, but I was actually wrestling with a hernia for a very long time. As gross as it is, man, I was having to pop it back in after certain matches—just stuff people don’t know about. They don’t know when somebody goes to the ring what the damage is.
But I was in a good spot. Even when it was hitting a low for me, I was doing everything I could to just stay and keep the wheels turning on the car. And it reached a point—I had a match on Main Event—and it would not go back in.
So that night, I went to the emergency room, and it blew my mind because I was like, ‘Wow, I just had my gear on and I went out there and wrestled, and now I’m in the ER.’ And now it’s like, well, where does this go now? Because now I’m out of the picture.
My contract was actually coming up, so a lot of things were hitting me personally. And that’s kind of one of those things—a low point in your life where you get really rocked. And to me, those points are where you either stay down or you pick yourself up and become a version of yourself that’s always been in you, but it takes you to that next level.
And it helped me reframe my mindset and everything. And coming back, I just knew—this is my value and this is what I need to be doing. And as you see, it’s clear vision now.”