Austin Theory Details His First Meeting With Paul Heyman

Austin Theory opens up about his history with Paul Heyman.

Heyman may have distanced himself from Theory and The Vision in recent weeks, but he, according to Theory, has been his longtime supporter.

During a recent appearance on The Early Bird Special, the former US Champion detailed his first-ever meeting with the WWE Hall of Famer.

Theory revealed that he first met Heyman at an Evolve show, which was scheduled to be the main event. Theory noted that he approached Heyman and introduced himself and was shocked to hear that the legendary manager was a huge fan of his work. Heyman would eventually introduce Theory during the main event.

Here’s what Austin Theory said:

“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 pretty much told me, ‘Hey, you’re the main event tonight. I got a surprise for you.’

I was like, ‘Alright, 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 sh*t!’ 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 the things I call you?’ I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ So he ended up doing the introduction for the match, and the rest is history.”

Listen to his comments below:

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