WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray (f.k.a. Bubba Ray Dudley) recently shared his thoughts on the angle between WWE Chairman Vince McMahon teaching Austin Theory how to be the heir to his throne. The WWE Chairman appeared in several teacher-student segments with Theory on the latest episode of RAW. The segments saw McMahon teaching Austin Theory and told him to always “expect the unexpected.” At the end of their final segment, McMahon unexpectedly slapped Theory in the face. Vince McMahon Threatened In Dressing Room By ECW Star
Bully Ray says Austin Theory could succeed Vince McMahon
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray speculated that Vince might think that Shane McMahon and Triple H are not competent in replacing him. As part of the new storyline, he questioned whether Theory is being booked as the 76-year-old’s long-term successor:
“Shane has never been the heir to the throne of Zamunda. It’s always been Hunter [Triple H], but what happened recently with Hunter? [Vince McMahon impression] ‘My son is a failure! My son-in-law is a failure! But you won’t be, Austin, I’m gonna make you in my image.’ Imagine he’s building Austin up to be the heir to the throne that he does not believe he has anymore…” Ray said.
Back in 2007, Hornswoggle was revealed to be the illegitimate son of Vince. The role was originally supposed to be played by another former WWE star, Ken Anderson (f.k.a. Mr. Kennedy). Bully Ray said that it does not necessarily mean Austin Theory will become McMahon’s latest on-screen son, he believes the storylines have similarities:
“Back in the day, they were supposed to kind of do this with Ken Anderson and it didn’t work out. Anderson was supposed to be the son, Vince’s son, and then that got botched there and they went with Hornswoggle, and ha ha ha, it worked out, it was funny, it was entertaining,” he said.
