Austin Theory

Austin White is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder signed with WWE. He is best known for his work with WWE as Austin Theory. He is currently assigned to RAW. He is the current United States Champion in his second reign and is also a former Mr. Money in the Bank and the first person to cash-in the briefcase on a Non-world championship.

Early Life

Professional Wrestling Career

Independent Circuit (2016-2019)

In 2016, White began his professional wrestling career at WWA4. He began wrestling as Austin Theory for several promotions. Theory has worked for several promotions, such as WWA4, Progress Wrestling, FIP, The Crash, and other Mexican promotions. In 2019, Theory signed with WWE.

WWE (2019-Present)

RAW (2019-2020)

In 2020, Theory was moved to the main roster and teamed up with Angel Garza and Andrade. They heavily featured the trio on RAW in tag team matches. At WrestleMania 36, Theory and Garza faced The Street Profits and lost. In May, Andrade and Garza kicked him out of the faction. Later that night, he allegedly joined Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy. By June, they sent Theory back to NXT.

NXT (2020-2021)

After wrestling two matches in NXT, Theory returned to the brand in August. He quickly aligned himself with Johnny Gargano and helped him win the North American Championship at TakeOver WarGames. Austin Theory, Candice LeRae, Indie Hartwell, and Johnny Gargano created a stable called The Way.

In 2021, Gargano and Theory entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic but lost. Theory often assisted the remaining members in their matches. In July, Theory was abducted by Dexter Lumis during their storyline. At InDex Wedding, Theory returned and reunited with the family.

Mr. McMahon mentors Austin Theory (2021-2022)

In October, Theory was drafted to RAW. After a series of losses, Theory met Vince McMahon. At Survivor Series, Theory joined Team RAW and won. Later that night, Theory stole the golden egg from the show. On RAW, Vince McMahon slapped him and became his on-screen mentor. He is currently involved in a storyline with McMahon and scheduled to enter the rumble match. At WrestleMania 38, Theory lost to Pat McAfee. He defeated Finn Balor on 18 April episode of RAW to win the United States Championship.

He sqaured off against the likes of Mustafa Ali and Bobby Lashley, and was assisted by Ciampa and The Alpha Academy. He lost the title 75 days later to Bobby Lashley at Money In The Bank. On the same event, he was added to the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, which he won.

On the 2022 SummerSlam, Theory tried to cash-in his MITB contract when the match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar was underway. He failed to cash-in his contract as Mr. MITB was ambushed by Lesnar, Reigns and the Usos, one by one. Theory recently confronted his former NXT friend Johnny Gargano, who made his return to the company after nine months.

US Championships Pursuits (2022-Present)

Theory was renamed back to Austin Theory on the RAW before Clash at the Castle. At the event, he tried to cash in his MITB briefcase in the main event match between Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns. However, he was attacked by Tyson Fury before he could do so.

On the RAW after the event, Austin was intervened by Kevin Owens, who then made fun of Theory for getting knocked out by Tyson Fury. Later, Theory faced Kevin Owens in a hard-hitting match where he lost.

On the 7th November edition of RAW, Theory cashed in his MITB contract on Seth Rollins for the U.S. Championship after Bobby Lashley ambushed him. Rollins fought back with all his energy but Austin gained the upper hand. When Theory was about to win the title, Bobby Lashley broke the pin. Lashley then attacked Austin. Seth saw the opportunity and scored a victory over Austin.

At Survivor Series 2022, Theory defeated Rollins and Lashley to become the new United States Champion. He would then go on to defend the gold against Ali, Rollins and Lashley in singles matches in January. Theory entered the 2023 Men's Royal Rumble at #25 and was eliminated by the eventual winner Cody Rhodes. Then, the United States Championship was defended for the first time in the Elimination Chamber match in the eponymous event.

At the event, Theory defeated Bronson Reed, Seth Rollins, Montez Ford, Damian Priest and Johnny Gargano to retain the title. On the March 6th episode of RAW, John Cena made his return to WWE where he was interrupted by Theory, who laid a challenge for WrestleMania Hollywood. Cena was initially reluctant, but anyways accepted for the match.

The two battled it out at the Night One of the event. While the referee was mistakenly knocked out, Cena had Theory locked in the STF where the latter tapped out, but the referee didn't saw it. Theory used the situation to give a low blow to Cena followed by A-Town Down to chalk the victory. On the April 21st episode of SmackDown, it was announced that Theory would defend his title at WWE Backlash against Bobby Lashley and Bronson Reed in a triple threat contest. He managed to stay the champion after the event after a closely-contested match.

Theory then partook in the inaugural World Heavyweight Championship tournament, where he was eliminated in the first round by Bobby Lashley. In the next two months, he defended his title against Jey Uso and against Sheamus twice. On August 11 episode of SmackDown, Theory defended his title against Rey Mysterio where his 258-day reign with the belt came to a sudden end.

He then defeated LA Knight on the next SmackDown and punched his ticket for the title opportunity at Payback 2023.

Austin Theory's Championships and Accomplishments

Austin Theory's Net Worth

Austin Theory's Girlfriend

Austin Theory has been dating fitness enthusiast Jordyn Leonard for about four years now. Leonard is an online fitness coach and has over 15K followers on Instagram She is a fitness enthusiast and also partook in a bodybuilding competition earlier. She finished second in a bodybuilding competition in 2018. Not much is known of the personal lives of Theory and Leonard. You can click here to learn further about Austin Theory's to-be wife.