Theory: I Wanted To Tell The World That Papa John Is My Daddy, But Now I’ll Show Him The Way

Theory wants to show “Papa John” the way.

Theory wants to show “Papa John” the way.

Before Theory became a breakout star on WWE Raw, he was featured as a member of The Way on NXT. The stable also included Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, and Indi Hartwell. Gargano and LeRae were Theory and Hartwell’s parental figures, and they often tried to stop Indi from dating Dexter Lumis. Likewise, Gargano and Theory got into plenty of shenanigans as well.

“Johnny Wrestling” left WWE in December 2021, but he returned on the August 22 episode of WWE Raw, where he was confronted by Theory. After a brief exchange, Gargano dropped the young star with a superkick.

In an interview with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, Theory discussed Gargano’s return. Even before the former NXT Champion appeared on Raw, Mr. Money in the Bank noted that he was tempted to answer the “Who’s your daddy?” chants with “Papa John”, a reference to his connection with Gargano when they were both in The Way. Once Gargano arrived on the red brand, Theory pointed out that he has already accomplished several of Gargano’s dreams, so he’ll have to show his mentor the way.

“You know what, when the crowd was chanting ‘Who’s your daddy’ like they always do, part of me wanted to say, ‘Papa John’, but something just didn’t seem right. I think we all seen what it was. The thing is that a guy that took me under his wing and showed me the ropes and helped me out, and I admitted that, I admitted that to the world. Then, he shows up on my show though, somewhere where I’ve been paving the road. Somewhere where I’ve done things that he hasn’t done. We all heard on Raw all of the achievements and all of the dreams he [has], [well] I’ve already done them. Why would you not wanna learn from me now? Is it because of the age? It’s very rude and as we seen how it turned out, you said it yourself, it’s jealousy. It clearly is. He already knows that the mountain that Theory is on, he’ll never be able to climb it. That’s just reality. I guess I’m going to have to show him the way,” Theory said.

Drew McIntyre recently commented on Gargano’s return. You can check out his comments here.

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