Austin Theory Reveals He Was The One Who Pitched Taking A Chokeslam At SummerSlam From Jelly Roll

A-Town was down on its back after Jelly Roll came around.

While talking to Tim & Battle on Battleground about the crazy moment when Jelly Roll stepped in the ring at WWE SummerSlam and hit Austin Theory with a chokeslam, Theory would reveal that he was the one who pitched the idea to the WWE to make it happen.

“On the Jelly Roll situation, it wasn’t going to be a chokeslam. I heard ideas of ‘maybe a chokeslam,’ but a scoopslam is what it was (going to be). Being in the ring with everybody and going to Triple H, ‘Hey, trust me on this. Let him give me a chokeslam. I’ll make it look amazing. All he has to do is put his arm up.’ Sure enough, we went out there, it looked amazing, it trended like crazy. It was all over the place. It’s just understanding that job of what you need to do that night and always understanding why I’m doing something. ‘Is this going to help this? Is this what we’re trying to do for the company right now and the position they’re putting me in?’ I’m all in. I’m never disappointed. I have a huge opportunity. I have a moment; it’s the WWE, and it’s the place I wanted to be my entire life. There is not one other place I wanted to go, this is it. I’m locked in. Whatever the opportunity is, the moment, whoever the guy is, it doesn’t matter if it’s The Rock or Jelly Roll, I’m all in,” Theory said.

Theory and Grayson Waller were unsuccessful on the October 8 edition of WWE NXT against the NXT Tag Team Champions, Nathan Frazer and Axion.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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