The OP Lance Romance

WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman explains what he sees in Austin Theory: "He's Shawn Michaels when Shawn was in The Rockers. 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 Euro-trash 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. "So 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 - Austin Theory's gonna be untouchable." (Busted Open)

AJ Styles says Austin Theory started calling him "dad" behind the scenes in WWE: "You know what I get a thrill out of? And it’s kind of funny, they call me ‘Uncle Al.’ That’s a cool thing, like ‘I trust ya, you’re family dude.’ "I will say this Austin Theory calls me dad, he’s the only one. It was my fault because I said, ‘Austin, I’m old enough to be your father.’ My fault." (What's Your Story? With Stephanie McMahon)