Austin Theory has opened up about the health issues and personal uncertainty that kept him out of action for several months.
Speaking on The Mark Hoke Show Pro Wrestling Show, Theory revealed he had been wrestling with a hernia for an extended period before his absence, dealing with it in a way that most fans had no idea about.
“Everything happens for a reason. I was actually wrestling with a hernia for a very long time, and as gross as it is, I was having to pop it back in after certain matches, and yeah, just stuff people don’t know about. They don’t know when somebody goes to the ring, you know, what the damage is but, I was in a good spot… and even when it was hitting a low for me, I was doing everything that 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 I wrestled, and now I’m in the E.R., and now it’s like, well, where does this go from 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, that’s a low point in your life where you get really rocked, and to me, those points… you either stay down or you pick yourself up and you 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. As you see, it’s clear vision now,” Theory said.
Theory had not wrestled since July 2025 before returning as the masked member of The Vision faction, revealed after his debut in the men’s WarGames match at Survivor Series. He has since teamed with Logan Paul to capture the WWE World Tag Team Championships, winning the titles from The Usos on Monday Night Raw at Madison Square Garden with an inadvertent assist from IShowSpeed.
Theory and Paul are scheduled to defend the titles against The Usos and LA Knight at WrestleMania 42 night one on April 18.
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