Paul Heyman says Austin Theory “is Shawn Michaels when Shawn was in the Rockers”
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Paul Heyman commented on the potential of Austin Theory in WWE…
“He’s Shawn Michaels when Shawn was in the Rockers. [Bully Ray: ‘You just compared Austin Theory to Shawn Michaels.’] My apologies to Austin Theory if that’s too low of a bar to set for him. Why not?
If that kid can’t figure out the things that he’s doing wrong and accentuate all the things that he’s already doing right, then please tell me who can. What doesn’t he have? He has decent size and he’s only getting bigger. He has tremendous discipline. He’s not one of these guys that is out all night in Europe at the Eurotrash rave in Paris at 4:30 in the morning. He’s in the gym at 4:30 in the morning and he’s back in the gym as soon as the matches are over. He’s highly intelligent. He speaks to the youth. He looks great and he can work his balls off.
Once he figures out the difference between a really good match and a money match, once he understands that being out of character while in character and relaxing within the skin of that character, he’s going to, Austin Theory is going to be untouchable.”
Paul Heyman on what he sees in Austin Theory
“He’s Shawn Michaels when Shawn was in The Rockers.”
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