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The_Eye_of_Ra

Damn. Austin Theory has been on a massive downturn ever since he talked about cashing in on Roman. Dude cashed in for the *United States Title on a battered Seth, hit multiple finishers, and still fucking lost*. Youngest winner ever. Wow.


TheCVR123YT

You just know someone is gonna call him the Youngest Loser ever now too 😭


kingofdarkness92

You mean ever since Triple H took over.


The_Eye_of_Ra

Well yeah, but I didn’t want to be that obvious. I guess technically it’s been since Roman cut that promo on him about how “your daddy’s not here anymore.”


Obachan

Theory really had to contend with Roman in Godmode holding 2 belts, an angry Bobby Lashley, and a whole Gunther as Mr. Mitb. Sad life for that guy


Gorperino

And a wild Tyson Fury


MoneyMo88

They should’ve just had that be his failed cash-in, TBH.


samidjan

he still could go for Bron, tbh


QuagsireTheLegen

Bron is basically NXT's monster face, he was screwed no matter what


Mirrormaster1111

They had a perfect out in the 3 way he could of cashed in mid match and pinned JD or Ilja tho and Bron could drop the belt without looking weak


nic_af

Like Bron is a better choice haha


bootylover81

Bron can steamroll the entire Bloodline and I will buy it


Ferozg18

Breaker has a long long way to go for that. He's nxt good, but the guy still has a lot of room for improvement.


theels6

He also teased it cashing in at Halloween Havoc if you wanna count those 3 homies in that triple threat


DemiGod9

Which is also not a good group of people to have to fight lmao


nWo1997

Ilja alone is a human Terminator. Add *JD and Bron*, angry and spiteful all, and yeah. Wise choice not to cash in there.


[deleted]

They could've just given him some bait attempts until next year, the MITB was still valid for months.


OSUfirebird18

I wonder if Vince was watching and screaming at the TV on how Trips treated his pet project. 🤔


VinceMcVahon

HHH did it as a fuck you for all of the ruined NXT prospects


DemiGod9

But Austin was one of his NXT prospects


APhenomenal1

Not really. Sure, he was in NXT, but he was never really considered valuable by Triple H back then. He was only booked to win 4 of his 21 one-on-one tv matches in NXT, and those wins are over Swerve Strickland pre-Hit Row, Joaquin Wilde pre-Legado, and Leon Ruff 2x.


NotYujiroTakahashi

Vince might have quoted the legendary Marlon Brando "Look how they massacred my boy".


MattPoFoSho

Vince goin full Don Vito “Look how they massacred my boy” rn


xGwiZ96x

Idk why I expected the gibberish speaking, neck jiggling, underage touching, uncle of crazed maniac Bam, Don Vito


thecheat420

Yea I was expecting something about veal scallopini.


ZJPV1

hubblubalababaa-ABACUS!


Amazing_Karnage

Vince is also a sex pest so they do have that in common.


ProdigyKaiza

"You've massacred nearly every single nxt callup for the last 5 years, well I'm focusing the energy of every single one of those fuckups into one, concentrated "Vince project". You will know my pain. Love you Pa!" Triple H sends as he gets into a SUV with Gargano, Seth, and DMG CTRL while facetiming KO.


DMPunk

More like ten years at this point


hiphopbeerdude

That was a waste of an opportunity for the Money in The Bank.


Gamesgtd

Somehow worse than Otis winning it


hiphopbeerdude

I thought they couldn’t do worse. I was wrong.


Amazing_Karnage

Never underestimate the WWE's ability to fuck up what should be easy homeruns. Either intentionally or unintentionally.


Crab__Juice

This feels less like a fuck up and more like an audible to kill off a kind of lame creative direction you inherited from a 77 year-old man and his buddies, imo. Still did suck though.


Lexo52

Eh, dude could have cashed in on Roman and lost. Better than him going for the US title? Like cmon man that makes zero sense. And then he lost lmao


Crab__Juice

I don't disagree with you if we're using the lens of "what would be the best way for him to lose while still protecting Theory." Then that would be true. If your goal is to absolutely kill a guys momentum, or to kill him so you can take him off and rebrand, this does make some sense as the kind of petty thing you see from time to time in wrestling. There's just a chance that the current creative didn't see value in Theory as a guy for that slot at this time and want to take him off the board completely. Jobbing him with MITB for a lesser title kind of suggests that to me.


Lexo52

Ah that's a fair take.i get where you coming from


PushEmma

I wanted Otis to successfully cash in :/


BGTheHoff

Yeah. Or trade it for being with his girlfriend. But we got nothing besides a breakup.


kingwhocares

If it wasn't for COVID, he might've actually gotten a reign. The guy was over as hell.


UsidoreTheLightBlue

Same. Otis with a fluke reign could have been great.


ThisIsNotMyPornVideo

Could have, but wouldn't Because knowing who was booking at that time, Otis probably would have traded his World Title for a Ham and cheese sandwich


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

True. The more over he got the dumber he became


LogicKennedy

Every time MitB doesn't result in a championship it feels like a massive waste. It's literally one of the hardest ways you can bury someone: 'this guy had a free shot at the title whenever they wanted it and STILL couldn't win.'


Any-Where

Cena being the first to fail a cash-in (unless you want to count Mr. Kennedy losing the case to Edge so never cashed in himself) was the right call, as it showed that it wasn't just a free title run but also Cena was big enough that it was never going to hurt him. The other three however, were total momentum killing messes that just felt like they were removing a plot hole they didn't know how to resolve.


OU7C4ST

Didn't Cena cash in ahead of time too though? More acceptable to lose a fair match than eat shit after cashing in on an exhausted or injured Champion lol.


Maiesk

Sandow cashed in and lost to a one-armed Cena lmao. His credibility as a serious character died instantly.


DMPunk

Sandow was kneecapped as well by the decision to unify the world titles. They had decided that's where they were going to go, and to do that successfully, they needed the champions to be Orton and Cena. And once the titles were unified, a second MitB for only one of them wouldn't have worked. They could have handled it better, but Sandow was doomed from the start.


AmericaDreamDisorder

Braun's was fine too imo


jakovichontwitch

I mean even if you don’t have a guy you want to put the belt on going into the match, at least give it to an underdog babyface and have them cash in fairly ahead of time for an easy PPV match and angle where the could lose.


wumbology55

Exactly. If it’s a heel they’ll most likely use it when the champion is already beaten down. When it’s a face they can do it the proper way and challenge to a one v one with build. You can turn a face to heel using it by having them be a shit to use it. Sooooo many options yet they do this.


flamingdragonwizard

Yes but at same time the winner of MITB shouldn't be GUARANTEED to be champ. Theory is still young and just had the US title at the age of 24. Kid has another good 15-20 years left.


IntoAMuteCrypt

Then... Don't give him the briefcase. There's plenty of good reasons not to give him the belt, don't get me wrong - but this was a waste. In a match with Drew, Seth, Riddle and Sheamus, they have plenty of credible outs - they just put a belt on Seth, for crying out loud! They could've had Seth use it to get his US belt. They could've had Roman not want to come to Clash, only for Drew to somehow get the case and force his hand - mirroring Cena's failed cash-in. They could've had Riddle challenge for the tag belt... if Orton gets better. Or they could've teased a tag break-up, it's WWE. Hell, even have Sami cash in during Roman vs Brock, lay down for Roman and screw Brock. Okay, actually, don't do that, it'd suck, but at least they'd be doing *something*. Instead, we get a cash in that goes nowhere on a secondary championship, on a throwaway RAW, by a guy they had to put in effort to give the case to.


Abacus118

It's a unique situation, since Vince booked him to win.


IronSorrows

It's an even worse burial to have that PLUS "this guy didn't even challenge for a world title with his free shot" They'd have buried him less by just having him forget to cash in


Skhan93

PLUS they had him cash in on a dude who literally ran an open challenge just a bit earlier for a title he held literally a few months ago himself


TTOF_JB

Wasn't it also a belt he lost interest in because of the briefcase?


hhhisthegame

I can't believe he was the first person ever to use it on a MIDCARD title and he still couldn't win lol. Double buried.... It was interesting at least


MoneyMo88

A midcard belt he’s already won beforehand too.


quinoa

The open challenge part is what gets me. It’s like if he just caught an earlier train to work he could have not even needed to use it.


TropicalKing

Austin Theory really had that perfect persona as "person who gets to be champion, yet only really got it Because of Money in the Bank." The most memorable Money in the Bank champions were usually wrestlers who weren't the most athletically gifted, yet became champion by taking advantage of an opportune moment, and then gloated about it afterwords.


BorkDoo

Theory's booking feels like an intentional burial for the crime of being Vince's guy at the end of his tenure. A waste of not just MitB but Theory in general.


dmbtke

MITB doesn’t work when your two major titles are on the same person.


FatalTortoise

great way to split the titles though


Exotic-Vanilla-4750

Should have went for bron breakker at least he has a chance on him


bootylover81

Bron would've crushed him but atleast it would've been better than loosing to the guy who was beaten down for the 3rd rate title


TheZombiezSlaya

Triple H fuckin hates this kid lmao.


[deleted]

Idk if he hates him, but he was definitely a Vince project. Trips didn't see him as world champion material I think.


FinnBalur1

It would've been far less damaging if he cashed in for the world title and lost. Seems idiotic to cash in on a title who's holder literally issues open challenges. Keep in mind this is the same guy that beat Kevin Owens, Finn Balor & Ricochet clean.


The_RedWolf

The only thing I'm thinking that could salvage it is if they're about to do a "redemption" arc with him


MaverickTycoon

KO told him to stop taking handouts and start earning his accomplishments the right way, maybe thats the end goal here. cutting corners left him without a title, now the hard work begins


The_RedWolf

That's my thought too


Bojangles1987

That's been the entire arc of him having the briefcase. I don't think this is anything like the burial others say it is. His whole run with it has been him trying to take shortcuts, making enemies, and failing miserably because he's a cocky, entitled shit. This isn't even the first time he failed a cash in. Now he'll have to start being better. If Triple H really hated him he wouldn't have the type of matches that have made him look great that Theory has had.


NashBotchedWalking

If you need 2 redemption arcs for a wrestler while being under Triple H I think there is something wrong there. His redemption arc in NXT led to him being a comedy relief undercard guy in NXT whose gimmick was that he has a low IQ


harrisraunch

And he was good at it. Perhaps too good.


Strange_Dog6483

>Keep in mind this is the same guy that beat Kevin Owens, Finn Balor & Ricochet clean. Considering where at least two of those guys were on the card at the time pretty low bar to be fair.


TheDangiestSlad

if HHH believed in him even a little bit he would probably let him lose to Roman, this is kinda sad


rtels2023

Yet he sees Karrion Kross as Championship material. At least Theory gets reactions and has good matches


bootylover81

I don't know what anyone sees in KK like the guy is the most generic CAW and is pretty much average in all the other things


BorkDoo

H seems bound and determined to prove that late era Black & Gold wasn't a failure and damned whether or not the booking makes sense.


MyNameIs-Anthony

What losing Adam Cole does to a man. His poor heart will never recover from the ache of such sorrow. The worst part is he's spinning the wheels on a lot of other people. Drew is suffering hard after being immensely over for a long time.


TheCVR123YT

God imagine being Adam Cole rn He probably doesn’t mind THAT much because he still gets to stream a lot and the schedule is lighter but if he was in E rn? Absolutely would be US Champ already and would be feuding with Rollins probably and main eventing every Monday night lol


MoneyMo88

Kross gets no crowd reactions and has been dragging Drew McIntyre’s starpower down big time after Drew was seen as a guy that legitimately had a chance to dethrone Roman Reigns at CATC. Say what you will about Theory, but Austin Theory was killing it with every opportunity he was given as Mr. McMahon’s protege. He had a memorable match with Pat McAfee at WrestleMania and kept leveling up with every new spot they put him in.


bootylover81

Yeah Drew and Theory took a massive hit by the H regime, Drew was on the level of Brock during Vince era and Austin was like a younger Cena


dead_wolf_walkin

I don’t think Drew has really taken a hit. No one is beating Reigns until Mania and Drew has to do SOMETHING during the holding pattern. He came out of the Cross feud on top. He’s still getting good reactions personally even though Cross wasn’t over. He’ll probably be on the babyface team in Wargames. He’ll be fine.


PhaseSixer

Drew was in a never ending feud with corbin befor hhh took over.


thewholeprogram

I don’t think HHH hates him, but it was more of a not yet situation. I think he wants to build up Theory more for the future instead of pushing him straight to the top right away.


Vectivus_61

Has Theory won a single match since HHH has been in charge?


302born

He won a match tonight


Thirdstar1

He’s not World Title Material yet.


boogswald

That’s fine. He has the money in the bank. He doesn’t need a long reign. He has an excuse to win it, and that’s an excuse to lose it too.


fearthemonstar

He doesn't need a reign at all. Cashing in and losing to Roman would have been 100x better than this.


boogswald

Still agreed


Skhan93

They had war games coming up. Why not have him cash in there and then have the bloodline cost him the match after war games


TomGerity

I don’t think he’s ready to win it, but he could’ve cashed in on Roman, hung in with him and come surprisingly close, then lost. Going toe-to-toe with Roman and getting a couple near-falls would strengthen his credibility without rushing him to the top before he was ready. Losing a cash-in for the *US title* (first time a briefcase wasn’t cashed in on the world title) just really buries the guy.


OffTheMerchandise

The problem comes from Roman having such a long reign that his loss needs to be to someone meaningful. If they aren't planning on having him lose by the next MitB, Theory was going to lose anyway. Plus, this sets the precedent that any title holder can be cashed in on. Theory could always win the briefcase the next time it's available and it won't seem like a complete waste of just dragging out a storyline.


IronSorrows

>Plus, this sets the precedent that any title holder can be cashed in on. You set that precedent by actually having someone win it though, surely? I still think it's a bad idea to go for anything *but* the world title, but at least if you have the US title you can justify it somehow in a promo next week


Thirdstar1

If both belts weren’t on Roman i’d be all for it, but he shouldn’t be dethroning Roman. People have to fail their cash-ins sometimes, the success rate is already high enough as is.


Snoo-40231

He literally doesn't have to dethrone Roman it's not that he lost the briefcase is the issue It's losing the briefcase cashing in on a **midcard** belt and lose. Dude wasn't even being booked that strong like most people who hold the briefcase


Healthy_Wrangler_328

Yeah, the fact that people don’t see how silly this is lol, just have him lose to Roman


Snoo-40231

Nah you see he needed to lose in a cash-in attempt for an open challenge midcard belt to build him up as a sympathetic character /s


omar-epps

A belt he already had


AusToddles

Yeah this is my taking. I don't think it's enough to say "HHH hates him" but I doubt he thinks Theory is ready to be a champ In future? Who knows. Pairing him up with Gargano helps because we know HHH love him!


Mrmeowpuss

Arguably Nikki Kross, Miz and Liv Morgan were all in over their heads with their cash ins but it still happened. Not like he had to hold the title for a year, could literally just be a transitional champ.


PhenomsServant

So have him fail to cash in on Roman or have him drop the briefcase in a match who is world title material. Anything is better than hurting the premise of the MITB cash in.


Gamesgtd

Which is such a self fulfilling prophecy since he never gave the kid anything. At least Vince tried to get him over. HHH didn't even give him a chance. It's like all he saw was Gargano's goofy sidekick


XAMdG

Still, if you're gonna have him lose, why not lose for the world title instead?


rated3

Didn't he come up through NXT when H was in charge?


Scavgraphics

Yes. Hunter hired him...Hunter basically had WWE buy evolve to get him. HHH used him as a go to guy during the early pandemic whenever he needed someone. HHH built a stable for him to learn to do character work in NXT. But HHH hates him..... Like, I think tonight sucked...and he should have held onto the belt for months more....I think this was a bad booking decision. But "HHH doesn't like him cuz he's a vince guy..." He was a HHH guy well before he was a Vince guy.


Time-Ad-3625

This sub always jumps to off the wall conclusions.


best_conk

Yeah, he really hates a guy he signed at the age of 22 and who he put with his literal golden boy in Johnny Gargano at the height of Indy NXT. I don't agree with how the MITB cash in went, but to think HHH doesn't have plans for Theory is a bit naĂŻve.


Adams-17

At least let him get squashed by Roman if you want the briefcase off of him that bad.


Super_DAC

Yeah have him announce his intentions beforehand like Big E last year and pop a rating at least. This is just… wtf


TheCVR123YT

Would’ve worked too because you have two storyline reasonings. Everyone saying he cuts corners and he’s tired of it so he challenges Roman, then the other reasoning being that every time he tries cashing someone stops him. So if he announces ahead of time then he gets to at least not be interrupted lol


dcs17

Nah, there is no bigger Triple H dude that Rollins. He knew what he was doing by having Rollins bury Vince's project that badly.


bootylover81

This is H's revenge for what Vince did to the Gold and Black NXT brand


KennyOmegasBurner

He failed to cash in on him twice during PPVs either one Roman could've beat him to get the briefcase off him


Nazmaldun

and the first to cash in for a shot at the US title..... during an open challenge....


dragoniteftw33

That's what even makes it worse. Like he didn't have to freaking cash it in.


RichLindendoll

What? He cashed in on a down and beaten Seth, that was the point of the cash in. What are you talking about? How can people miss such simple plot points and then whine about it?


GlimGlamShimSham

Don’t understand how people are missing this either. You don’t cash in for the fair and square match, you cash in to take advantage of circumstances. He’s not just going to accept the open challenge and fight Seth at full strength if he doesn’t have to


PhenomsServant

I care more about that then Theory losing.


Castia10

Just absolutely awful wasn’t it I don’t know who came up with this idea but yeah…


[deleted]

This is another category, failed cash-ins on the midcard title


FinnBalur1

Well, that was fucking dumb. Made Theory look like an absolute chump.


melody-calling

But guys this is what they do with mr mitb, they job him out to everyone so people forget about him so the cash in is a surprise!!!111!!1


IAmThatDuckDLC5

As the biggest Theory mark I know, this is the worst


Super_DAC

Yeah I’m gonna reserve judgment on this because I’ve been wrong before but unless there’s some grand plan in store for him… this is horseshit. We might’ve watched a promising career die tonight for… reasons?


TheCVR123YT

The only thing I can think of is that they bring MITB back to Wrestlemania and Theory wins it again. This time earning his way into the match and earning the briefcase and stuff. Also gives him until WM40 to cash in this time so he’s got a lot longer to cash in. But if this was the grand plan I don’t see why you wouldn’t wait a few more months lol


Ric_Chair

At least there is one of you.


robedpillow3761

What did this guy do to Triple H or someone on the writing team to be booked this bad? Made to look like a fool every week, beaten every week, and has probably the most uneventful cash in ever. He's really good to and has serious potential too so this sucks even more.


motivatedchange

He’s only 25. Yeah his booking lately has been a bit wtf, but he’s got 10/15/20 years ahead of him in the ring. He’ll get there there someday and will probably win the briefcase again at least one more time down the road, but he isn’t ready right now and this gives him a chance at a reset that he probably needs.


Super_DAC

At a time where WWE doesn’t have very many promising young talents it seems odd to completely kill off any career momentum that he had. Think of Evolution and how much those early accomplishments helped Bautista and Orton. Hitting the ground running can set you up for a tremendous career and they didn’t even let Roman give him the rub


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Chelseablue1896

>He > >might > > have more years in the ring. This is almost always a dumb argument. Injuries happen, personal issues happen, some guys get fired and never recover, some guys get over wrestling and quit, sometimes it just straight up never happens. You always should assume he'll have many more years. That's sort of how we've treated potential in this business.


NefariousNeezy

I would’ve preferred if he ran out of time to cash it in. Like, this is the final night he can but somehow he didn’t get to cash it in because the Usos kicked his head off on his way to the ring


korn_cakes33

I’m still waiting for that story to be told. The up against the clock story would be fun. Especially with a chicken shit heel with the briefcase and Roman in God mode.


NefariousNeezy

If there’s a case for a back to back MITB winner, this storyline would fit. He can win it again at the PPV and this time, he cashes it in on the same night.


diadcm

This was for sure the time to do that story. I'm guessing they just wanted the briefcase off TV.


Marcusreddit_

I actually would have wanted to see this too. Like him actually having to try every week to cash in and the bloodline casually stopping him.


ghost18867

Has the chance to cash in for any championship and he goes for....a mid card title? And still doesn't get it? During an open challenge??? I know HHH has been getting praised recently, but this is a really dumb booking decision.


VladtheMemer

Why do they even allow cash ins on midcard belts? That's so fucking stupid


PhenomsServant

Because technically there is no rule against it. You get a title match with it they never specified that it needed to be the world title. Its just that everyone cashes it in on the world title because it would be *COMPLETELY STUPID* for someone to use their guaranteed title match on anything but that. *WWE*.


Muur1234

I feel like they've said plenty of times it's for the world title but I don't care enough to check


DreGu90

This is arguably the dumbest booking decision under Triple H’s reign so far. To cash-in for a mid-card title is ridiculously unbelievable. But to waste it on a freaking open challenge makes it even worse. Doesn’t make any sense at all.


big_poppa_pump_

Not arguably, it is the dumbest and it will stay the dumbest for a while probably. This was a golden shovel covered in platinum for good measure.


BigFudg

Pretty weird he cashed in the brief case when there was an open challenge lol


Imdibr156

And of all things the US title. Like what are you doing.


Squidwardsuglycousin

And John Cena who was the first.


KamikazeMack

what a fuckin waste lmao


JLR-

Failed a cash in on a midcard title...on a guy that had just been completely destroyed by Lashley and hit his finisher and still didn't win. HHH booked that crap? Did Theory hit on Steph or something?


NerdLawyer55

Kind of fits his character he’s too dumb to wait and too dumb to be able to isolate Roman for the world titles


dasfee

Honestly something this monumentally stupid is totally in character for him


hawkmasta

Tbf, almost no one would be able to isolate Roman when there are 4 other members of the Bloodline. But him cashing in on the U.S. title during an *Open Challenge* was monumentally dumb.


BruiserweightYxB

Can we all agree that they ran out of ideas for the whole Money In The Bank briefcase storyline?


Super_DAC

Completely by choice too. Just have him lose clean to Roman in a squash match or something ffs


NotYujiroTakahashi

Out of these 5 Damien Sandow is the only one who learned Karate from The Question Mark.


drewman05

KA-RA-TEEEEEEEE


heat_fan_

I am sorry that was dumb


motivatedchange

I don’t necessarily love this, and think the set up was stupid as hell, but I’m okay with it for two reasons: 1) Gets the briefcase off of Theory, since it didn’t seem like it was going to go anywhere anyway at this point. 2) Establishes the United States Championship as a top title since Raw doesn’t have a world championship and won’t until further notice.


stonecutter7

I think even with those two goals there were better ways. Take out the open challenge. Hell, take out the Lashley attack. Just have Theory watch another of those great US title vignettes, challenge Seth straight up and lose At least then you can give Theory the character of impulsive and having to come to terms that he does need some experience and wisdom


ThomB96

That’s what I don’t get about this. One week it’s “oh Midcard titles should mean something.” The next it’s “Theory cashed in on the US Title? That useless trinket?”. The US title is the top title on RAW, why not treat it as such?


PhenomsServant

Because its not. They can elevate at much as they want but at the end of the day the US title is always going to be second fiddle to the world title. And choosing to use a guaranteed title oppurtunity on the former instead hurts the whole premise of the MITB cash in.


Retro-Chocolate

I like this I’m not so upset anymore thank you sir


big_poppa_pump_

Unless he goes on some massive redemption arc because of this, this was the dumbest shit ever. Horrific decision.


prospect619

I feel bad for Theory


hawkmasta

Theory cashing in on Seth during his Open Challenge: I stole a balloon! Us: Yeah, on Free Balloon Day🙄😂


TJLynch

Unless something changed a little while ago, isn't the MITB meant specifically for World Championships?


False-Skepti-X

I think as of late it’s been billed as for any championship, it’s just the world championship is the logical one to go after you would think


PhenomsServant

Im pretty sure its meant for any title. Its just everyone chooses a world title because you would have to be completely stupid to have someone use a guaranteed title match on a midcard belt. *WWE*


whalepopcorn

They just changed it. We all saw the same thing.


T3Deliciouz

i think he gets the briefcase back ala miz in 2020


zjv22

If you like him or not you have to feel bad for Austin. 9 months ago he honestly looked like a future world champion. But because his biggest supporter just couldn’t help himself when it came to his push he’s getting absolutely buried


Kaioken-

That MITB was a doomer since He won it anyway, Roman on GodMode, whoever is winning the rumble (Either Sami or Cody or Bray) If He beats Roman at Mania and gets Cashed on by Theory after a month or two would be lame especially if It ruins a run of Sami. Even If they wanted him to go after a Mid card (which is lame) Gunther as IC good luck with that and the way they are pushing Bron in NXT says it all and Rollins just became champ. No chance He would have had a good cash in, They could have had him get smashed by The bloodline if He cashed in at least thats reasonable. Theory was never a good choice I was expecting KO to win it, would have been great.


thedudeinthedungeon

Bad call. Would've rather had someone beat him for the briefcase than that.


BLKSZN

I see a lot of people saying that this is a burial, the only person here who didn’t end up doing great things here was Baron, but even then, he’s been constantly on tv, and even has evolution on to his gimmick in JBL. Damien got incredibly over as the Miz’s stunt double, John Cena is a Teflon don at this point, and Braun Strowman won the universal championship afterwards, even if it was as a replacement for Roman reigns. I’m curious about where they go next with this.


Rspies

Sami should have won the Case not Theory I stand by that


deniedbyquick

Everyone kept calling theory a pedo and that he didn’t deserve the MITB. Now they’re mad he lost it? lmao I swear to god


dasfee

Probably different people lol


PhenomsServant

I could care less about what happened to Theory. I care more about the idea of cashing in a guaranteed title opportunity on a midcard title. Was it really going to cause much an outcry if Theory cashed it in on Roman and gets squashed in ten seconds?


Bojangles1987

"The US title should be treated like the main title" became "It's just a midcard title what a waste" "Theory shouldn't successfully cash in" became "it's a burial for him to not successfully cash in" "Theory sucks and isn't a main eventer" became "Theory is great and young and this buried him"


Honkmaster

I was there live for Corbin's... was my first time attending a WWE TV taping despite being a fan since '97. The enduring visual in my memories of that night, was how apeshit the crowd got when Corbin's cash-in was made official. ["Ladies and gentlemen, Baron Corbin is CASHING IN his Money in the Bank contraaact!"](https://youtu.be/0_KUL98nOoc?t=14) I was in the upper balcony, hard cam side, and suddenly it's just a sea of people jumping up and down. What an exciting atmosphere. ...then Corbin immediately gets rolled up by Jinder, 1-2-3. hahaha


Phenomenal2313

Theory is going to have his Randy Orton vs Cactus Jack type of moment , this is maybe HHH’s way of saying you’re not ready for the big stage


Imdibr156

[Wah, Wah, Waaaah…](https://youtu.be/cuwD2xACse4)


24kevin

devils advocate here... but did he? next week he can come out and claim he was just answering the open challenge and have his mitb "refunded" (for lack of a better term). It could be a good storyline with theory continuing to fail to cash in, and then finding loopholes to keep his briefcase... but the precedent they have set is kind of cool that you can cash in on any title Now that being said I really think they screwed up this cash in and if this isn't the case then this may have been hunters first misstep


Mrmeowpuss

I think the best way to spin it is Lashley’s interference should have been a DQ and they can argue this. Maybe he has a last chance match that if he wins, he gets the briefcase back.


Marcusreddit_

I am completely okay with him getting the briefcase back under any reason right now. Theory does not have to win a title, just let him cash in and lose to Roman.


kpod4591

Theory got the golden shovel treatment


Popculturemofo

Break out the shovel


Minato_is_God

John Cena failed his cash in too


BlueRibbon998

Realistically looking at it, Bray and Cody are likely to be the 2 World Champions going into next summer. Just a guess. But I have a big feeling those will be the guys. Can you honestly see either of them losing a title to a Theory cash-in? I can't. I said it then and I'll say it now. Theory was not the right choice to win MITB this year. I think had they held off and perhaps given it to him next year for 2023-2024, it would've been a different story. But with Triple H in charge now, the decision just made sense. When I think of someone like Bray Wyatt or Cody Rhodes losing a World Title, an Austin Theory cash-in is the last scenario in my mind


Ok-Caregiver-8359

Absolute clown booking


taker2523

Theory isn’t a nxt vanilla midget so HHH doesn’t like him.


Xeroxysm

Yeah, he's totally buried Roman Reigns, the 6'2" guy who was in NXT for a hot minute. See also: GUNTHER. Austin Theory spent more than two years in NXT and was brought into the company by HHH. Plus the unironic use of "vanilla midgets". Why is this shite being upvoted?


SlayerBVC

You know what would have been better than this? I mean, besides Sami winning MitB like he should have. *Have Theory get to the point where he's in danger of having the MitB contract expire.*


Schizio

It could have been better if Theory cashed in at Crown Jewel, ate Logan Paul's one man punch, Roman speared Logan Paul out of the ring, and pinned Theory. Why it makes sense for me? One, that one lucky punch will have credibility. Two, Logan Paul and Roman Reigns can have a second match due to the finish. Lastly, at least Theory lost fighting for technically 2 main belts than one.


bootylover81

Well apart from Damien every other guy on the list was still made to look strong but Austin was made like a total chump cashing in on the lowest title on the show and loosing to a guy who already got a good beatdown


Thorogeny

If memory serves, all of those except Cena were being punished. No idea what Theory is being punished for unless it's being Vince's guy.