Jackson Drake Wants To Face Austin Theory, ‘I’d Go As Far To Say That It’s A Dream Match’
Jackson Drake wants to face Austin Theory.
Drake is clearly a name that will factor into the future of NXT, as he currently holds the WWE EVOLVE Championship. Drake won the title back in April and has since defended it against names like Timothy Thatcher and Lince Dorado.
Speaking with the Battleground podcast for a new interview, Jackson Drake recalled meeting Austin Theory for the first time before revealing that a match with the former United States Champion is one of his dream matches.
“No doubt. All day, all day right? There’s a picture on my Instagram from 2017 or something, I just started wrestling training and Austin Theory came to North Carolina for a match. He had like three belts at the time, one of them was the EVOLVE Championship. I’m not gonna lie to you, he was flexing it. Me and [Je’Von Evans] were there, he was like, ‘You guys see this belt, Seth Rollins has held this belt, this guy had held that belt, that guy has held this belt.’ I’d go as far to say that it’s a dream match, Jackson Drake vs. Austin Theory.”
Theory has been off WWE TV for months at this point, last wrestling in July 2025.
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