Grayson Waller may owe his A-Town Down Under partner Austin Theory his life.
On the UpUpDownDown podcast, the team explained how Theory was in the right place at the right time to save him from potentially choking to death.
The night before WrestleMania 40 and that pair’s big tag team win Waller ran into trouble at a local restaurant.
Waller began choking on his food right in front of Theory.
“I get behind him in the middle of the restaurant and I’m trying my best, the Heimlich?…I’m trying my best. I’m in the wrong area for sure but in giving it everything I got. With these arms, when you’re Austin Theory, it’s pretty easy. How many pumps, was it two?” said Theory detailing how the piece of steak that was obstructing Waller’s breathing finally came loose, flew out of his mouth.
Waller thanked his partner for his timely intervention that day.
“He legit saved my life the day before WrestleMania. I was eating steak…as I had the water, the water didn’t even go down. I like gurgled. I look at Indi Hartwell like, ‘Hey, I’m choking.’ She’s just sitting there smiling at me. Thank god this brother realizes what going on,” he said. “Because in my head, I’m going, ‘Dude, I’m going to die the day before I debut at WrestleMania. This is the worst time to die. It’s gonna be so embarrassing.’ But then my tag partner came through, saved my life. That’s why we were so motivated to win the tag titles.”
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