A-Town Down Under
American professional wrestling tag team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A-Town Down Under is a villainous professional wrestling tag team consisting of Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. They are signed to WWE and perform on the Raw brand, when part of the SmackDown brand they became one-time WWE Tag Team Champions.
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A-Town Down Under: Grayson Waller (left) and Austin Theory (right) in August 2024 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Austin Theory Grayson Waller |
| Name(s) | A-Town Down Under Austin Theory and Grayson Waller |
| Billed heights | Theory: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Waller: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 424 lb (192 kg) Theory: 220 lb (100 kg) Waller: 204 lb (93 kg) |
| Debut | September 1, 2023 |
| Years active | 2023–present |
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The team's name is a reference to both wrestlers originating from countries with a name starting with an "A": America for Theory and Australia for Waller.
History
Summarize
Perspective
Formation, SmackDown! roster and WWE Tag Team Champions (2023–2024)
As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, both Waller & Theory were drafted to the SmackDown brand.[1][2] On the September 22, 2023 episode of SmackDown, Theory and Waller teamed up to defeat The Brawling Brutes (Butch and Ridge Holland) in a match. On the October 13 episode of SmackDown, Theory and Waller challenged Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.[3] On the November 10 episode of SmackDown, Waller and Theory provoked the newest member of the SmackDown roster Kevin Owens, resulting in Owens attacking both of them and being kayfabe suspended by the WWE.[4] On the December 15 episode of SmackDown, both Waller and Theory lost in the first rounds of the United States Championship #1 Contender Tournament to Carmelo Hayes and Owens respectively.[5] On the January 12, 2024 episode of SmackDown, Theory faced Hayes, but their match ended in a shoot no-contest after both of them landed on their heads from the top rope.[6] WWE later announced that they only suffered face contusions and Theory proceeded to defeat Hayes in their rematch on the January 26 episode of SmackDown after interference from Waller.[7][8]
On February 24 at Elimination Chamber: Perth, Theory and Waller co-hosted The Grayson Waller Effect featuring Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. After imitating The Rock, Rhodes and Rollins attacked Theory while Waller did not get involved, teasing the dissolution of A-Town Down Under.[9] Nevertheless, Theory and Waller entered a tag team tournament, defeating The O.C. (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) on the March 22 episode of SmackDown and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) in the finals a week later to qualify for the six-pack ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania XL.[10][11] At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, Waller retrieved the SmackDown Tag Team Championship for A-Town Down Under to become the new champions, although they failed to win the Raw Tag Team Championship as that was won by The Awesome Truth (R-Truth and The Miz).[12] On the April 19 episode of SmackDown, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship was renamed as the WWE Tag Team Championship and the team was presented with new title belts by WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque and SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis.[13] On the May 3 episode of SmackDown, A-Town Down Under defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) in their first title defense.[14] On the July 5 episode of SmackDown, A-Town Down Under lost the titles to #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), ending their reign at 90 days.[15] Austin Theory and Grayson Waller also had previously feuded with #DIY weeks before the title loss.[16][17][18] They failed to win the titles in a rematch on the following episode of SmackDown, ending their feud. After a promo on twitter A-Town Down Under got a NXT tag title shot Oct 8th.[19]
Championship pursuits (2024–present)
On the September 6, 2024 episode of SmackDown A-Town Down Under faced Kevin Owens in a 2-on-1 handicap match but were unsuccessful as Theory was pinned, after the match Waller carried on the attack on Kevin Owens and the two double teamed Owens and then left.[20] On the September 13, 2024 episode of SmackDown Austin Theory and Grayson Waller faced Kevin Owens & his mystery partner Randy Orton in a tag team match but were unsuccessful.[21]
After a promo on social media the previous week, Theory and Waller returned to NXT on September 24, challenging Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer and Axiom) for the NXT Tag Team Championship, which they accepted. Later that night, they defeated Cedric Alexander and Je'Von Evans following a backstage confrontation.[22] On the October 8 episode of NXT, they failed to win the titles from Fraxiom.[23]
RAW roster (2025–present)
On the January 24 episode of SmackDown, it was announced by SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis that A-Town Down Under would be moving to the Raw brand as part of the transfer window.[24] On the January 28 episode of NXT, A-Town Down Under hosted a special edition of The Grayson Waller Effect with the new NXT Champion Oba Femi as guest to see if Femi was "worth the hype." Femi then offered to defend the NXT Championship in a triple threat match against A-Town Down Under at NXT Vengeance Day on February 15, where Femi retained the title after Waller costed Theory the win.[25]
Other media
Championships and accomplishments
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Notes
- Austin Theory and Grayson Waller won the WWE Tag Team Championships as the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The title was renamed on the April 19, 2024, episode of SmackDown.
References
External links
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