A-Town Down Under

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 former one-time WWE Tag Team Champions.

History

Formation (2023–2024)

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. 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. On the December 15 episode of ''SmackDown'', both Waller and Theory lost in the first rounds of the United States Championship #1 Contender Tournament to Carmelo Hayes and Owens respectively.

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. 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.

WWE Tag Team Champions (2024)

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. 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. 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). 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. 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. On the July 5 episode of ''SmackDown'', A-Town Down Under lost the titles to #DIY ( Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), ending their reign at 90 days. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller also had previously feuded with #DIY weeks before the title loss. They failed to win the titles in a rematch on the following episode of ''SmackDown'', ending their feud. After a promo on twitter A town down under got a NXT tag title shot Oct 8th.

On the September 6, 2024 episode of ''SmackDown'' A-Town Down Under faced Kevin Owens in a 2-on-1 handicap match but we're unsuccessful as Theory was pinned, after the match Waller carried on the attack on Kevin Owens & the two double teamed Owens and then left. On the September 13, 2024 episode of ''SmackDown'' Austin Theory & Grayson Waller faced Kevin Owens & his mystery partner Randy Orton in a tag team match but we're unsuccessful.

Championships and accomplishments

*'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated''
** Ranked Theory No. 45 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2023
** Ranked Waller No. 261 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2024
* '' WWE''
** WWE Tag Team Championship ( 1 time)

Notes

References

External links

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A-Town Down Under's profile at Cagematch.net
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{{WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

WWE teams and stables