{"id":65938,"date":"2020-03-30T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T01:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=65938"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T01:48:16","slug":"zelina-vegas-stable-increases-to-three-adds-austin-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/30\/zelina-vegas-stable-increases-to-three-adds-austin-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelina Vega&#8217;s Stable Increases to Three, Adds Austin Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&#8217;s go-home edition of <em><strong>Raw<\/strong> <\/em>heading into this week&#8217;s WrestleMania 36, <strong>Zelina Vega<\/strong>&#8216;s tag-team duo of WWE United States Champion <strong>Andrade<\/strong> and former NXT Cruiserweight Champion <strong>Angel Garza<\/strong> was slated to team with <strong>Seth Rollins<\/strong> to face off against <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong> and <strong>The Street Profits<\/strong>. Prior to the match, Vega came out to announce that due to an injury, Andrade was not cleared to compete in the match. But she did say she had found a replacement and he was the &#8220;hottest free agent no more!&#8221; &#8211; unveiling one of NXT&#8217;s newest stars and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/12\/27\/indie-watch-austin-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former indie superstar <strong>Austin Theory<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALL DAY.<\/p>\n<p>An injury to @AndradeCienWWE means @Zelina_VegaWWE just brought in another \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 addition to her squad&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENXT<\/a>&#39;s @austintheory1! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ltSHIFr41Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ltSHIFr41Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1244797920081256450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Georgia native is a former student of <strong>EVOLVE Wrestling<\/strong> and <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> star <strong>AR Fox<\/strong> and made his professional wrestling debut in 2016. That year he made his debut for the <strong>World Wrestling Network (WWN)<\/strong> family when Austin Theory began wrestling for Florida&#8217;s <strong>Full Impact Pro (FIP)<\/strong>. The following year, he would become a major player with EVOLVE Wrestling, and the entire WWN network &#8211; Austin Theory is a former 2x WWN Champion, EVOLVE Champion, and FIP World Heavyweight Champion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rLZ6qn9mN2o<\/p>\n<p>Theory signed with WWE in early 2019 and has since worked primarily on the NXT Live Event circuit, he made his NXT television debut when he faced NXT North American Champion <strong>Roderick Strong<\/strong> in December of last year. He&#8217;s appeared several more times in recent months as well, facing <strong>Joaquin Wilde<\/strong> (formerly DJ Z), <strong>Tommaso Ciampa<\/strong>, and <strong>Tyler Breeze<\/strong>. The ill-timed injury to Andrade has created a huge opportunity for Austin Theory, who was announced on\u00a0<em>Raw\u00a0<\/em>as officially making his\u00a0<em>Raw\u00a0<\/em>debut and the newest member of Zelina Vega&#8217;s talent roster.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Austin Theory vs. Joaquin Wilde: WWE NXT, Jan. 8, 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3JdixTgi0zU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zelina Vega &#8211; formerly known as <strong>Thea Trinidad<\/strong> in <strong>TNA\/IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> and the indie circuit &#8211; joined WWE in June of 2017 and soon appeared on NXT television where she courted another new face in Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas. She soon took over managerial duties for Andrade, leading him to a reign as NXT Champion that November. She&#8217;s continued to guide Andrade upon joining\u00a0<em>SmackDown\u00a0<\/em>in the 2018 Superstar Shake-Up and again when they moved to\u00a0<em>Raw\u00a0<\/em>in 2019. She led Andrade to the WWE United States Championship, defeating arch-rival <strong>Rey Mysterio<\/strong> at a WWE Live Event at Madison Square Garden in New York City at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zelina Vega sends Aleister Black crashing into the steel ring steps: NXT TakeOver: New Orleans\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDkWk_nHy-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Angel Garza became the second &#8220;associate&#8221; in Zelina Vega&#8217;s portfolio when he joined her at the beginning of February during an absence from Andrade. She led him through a great feud against his cousin, <strong>Humberto Carillo<\/strong>, and following Andrade&#8217;s return, the two have begun teaming in tag matches as well as remaining singles competitors.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t9fp_sv-Ei0<\/p>\n<p>Now with 22-year old Austin Theory in her stable, Zelina Vega has assembled a talented trio of young stars who can collect a lot of gold in the WWE Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. WWE fan? Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0to view all the matches above!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday&#8217;s go-home edition of Raw heading into this week&#8217;s WrestleMania 36, Zelina Vega&#8216;s tag-team duo of WWE United States Champion Andrade and former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Angel Garza was slated to team with Seth Rollins to face off against Kevin Owens and The Street Profits. 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