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A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory (left, in 2017) and Grayson Waller (right, in 2023))
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| Tag team | |
| Members | Austin Theory Grayson Waller |
| Name(s) | A-Town Down Under Grayson Waller and Austin Theory |
| Billed heights | Theory: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Waller 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Debut | September 22, 2023 |
| Years active | 2023–present |
A-Town Down Under is a villainous professional wrestling tag team consisting of Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. The team is currently performing in WWE on the SmackDown brand, where they are the current WWE Tag Team Champions in their first reign.
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.[1] 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.[2] On the December 15 episode of SmackDown, both Waller and Theory lost in the first rounds of the United States Championship #1 Contender TournamenttoCarmelo Hayes and Owens respectively.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5][6]
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.[7] 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.[8][9] 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).[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]
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