Austin Matelson

Austin Matelson was a houseguest on Big Brother 17 (US).

For a majority of the game, he aligned with his showmance Liz Nolan and her sister Julia Nolan and was a part of The Sixth Sense and Scamper Squad alliances. Austin was a huge target in the first few weeks because he made a big mistake about telling Jason about the Twin Twist. However, he was later forgiven. He actually made it farther than any other houseguest in terms of nominations, not even touching the block until week 11, where he was finally nominated by HoH Steve Moses.

When he was re-nominated by Vanessa Rousso in Week 12, he was blindsided and evicted by her with a tied vote. He placed 5th and was the 7th member of the jury.

He was extremely bitter at Vanessa for betraying and evicting him. After she evicted him, he told her that she will not win, and after reaching the jury house he said he will make sure that Vanessa does not win and told the other jury members that her game was flawed. On finale night, he was still bitter at Vanessa and hoped she would get evicted. Ultimately, he got his wish as Vanessa became the 9th and final member of the jury.

He received criticism for being bitter about his eviction and for proceeding ahead with a showmance with Liz, without officially ending his relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend prior to entering the house.

Biography[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Age: 30
Hometown: Woodland Hills, California
Current City: Woodland Hills, California
Occupation: Professional wrestler
Three adjectives that describe you: Taut, equivocal, and passionate.
Favorite Activities: Gymnastics, cheerleading, yoga, Pilates, reading, writing, and people watching.
What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house: Being cut off from my routine and from my family.
Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most: I liked Dr. Will and Howie the most. They are complete opposites, Will being the player I would study and try to emulate, but Howie I found hilarious and fun.
What are you afraid of: Scissors, train tracks, truth claims, and living an average life.
Finish this sentence: My life’s motto is… Silence makes losers of us all. What would you take into the house and why: Three Color Me Badd CDs, in case the first two broke.

Austin grew up with four younger siblings, all girls. His parents were hippies who let him stop going to school before eighth grade! Although he was never pushed to study, he was always self-disciplined and got up at 6 AM to read and exercise. It paid off, as he later received a Masters degree in Medieval History and fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a pro wrestler. He is known as the wrestler Judas. His looks are deceiving, as he is a flower child who does a yoga stance as opposed to beating down his opponent.^[1]

Competition History[]

Week 1	HOH	Loss
	BOTB	Ineligible
	POV	Not Picked
Week 2	HOH	Loss
	BOTB	Ineligible
	POV	Not Picked
Week 3	HOH	Win
	BOTB	Dethroned
	POV	Loss
	Luxury	Loss
Week 4	HOH	Loss
	BOTB	Ineligible
	POV	Not Picked
Week 5	HOH	Loss
	BOTB	Ineligible
	POV	Not Picked
Week 6	HOH	Loss
Week 6	POV	Not Picked
Week 7	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 8	HOH	Loss
Week 8	POV	Loss
Week 9	HOH	Win
Week 9	POV	Loss
Week 10	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 11	HOH	Loss
Week 11	POV	Win
Week 12	HOH/Luxury	Loss
Week 12	POV	Loss

Have/Have-Not History[]

Week 1	Have-Not
Week 2	Have
Week 3	Have
Week 4	Have
Week 5	Have
Week 6	Have-Not
Week 7	Have
Week 8	Have
Week 9	Have
Week 10	Have
Week 11	Have/Have-Not Phase Over
Week 12	Have/Have-Not Phase Over

Voting History[]

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	Immune	Jace Agolli	Yes
2	–	Da'Vonne Rogers	Yes
3	Dethroned HOH	Jeff Weldon	Yes
4	–	John McGuire	No
5	–	Jason Roy	Yes
6	–	Clay Honeycutt	Yes
7	–	Shelli Poole	Yes
7	–	Jackie Ibarra	Yes
8	–	Becky Burgess	Yes
9	HOH	–	–
10	–	Meg Maley	Yes
10	–	James Huling	Yes
11	Used POV on Self	Julia Nolan	Yes
12	Post-POV Nominee	–	–
Finale	Jury Member	Liz Nolan	No

HOH History[]

	Original Nominees		Post-Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Week 3 (Dethroned)	Jason	Meg	Dethroned		Jeff
Week 9	John	Steve	Evicted John	Steve	John	OR	Vanessa

Post Big Brother[]

Austin and Liz have ended their relationship, as revealed on February 10, 2016.^[2]
Austin attended the Big Brother Primetime Special of The Price is Right that aired on May 24, 2016. However, Austin did not compete himself.^[3]
On May 29, 2019, it was announced that Austin was signed to the All Elite Wrestling promotion under the ring name Luchasaurus. He was a member of the "Jurassic Express" tag team with Jack "Jungle Boy" Perry (son of late actor Luke Perry).^[4]
- On January 5, 2022, he won the AEW World Tag Team Championship with Perry on an episode of AEW Dynamite. They held the title for 161 days before losing a ladder match to The Young Bucks on June 15, 2022.^[5]
- On September 5, 2022, he became a singles competitor when he turned on Perry during the All Out pay-per-view event.^[6]
- On June 17, 2023, he defeated Wardlow to become AEW TNT Champion on an episode of AEW Collision.^[7] He would eventually lose the title to Christian Cage on the September 23, 2023 episode of AEW Collision after holding it for 98 days.^[8]
- On November 22, 2023, Christian Cage “rechristened” Austin and changed his name to Killswitch on an episode of AEW Dynamite.^[9]

Trivia[]

Austin was supposed to be a contestant on Big Brother 16 but had to drop out due to the fact that his girlfriend was nervous.
Of all the Houseguests in Big Brother 17 (US), Austin went the longest without being nominated, being first put on the block on Day 79.
- Austin is the second houseguest in Big Brother history to make it past Day 78 without ever being nominated, the first being Derrick on BB16. The third and fourth are James and Nicole on BB18. The fifth is JC on BB20. The sixth and seventh are Holly and Tommy on BB21. The eighth and ninth are Enzo and Cody on BB22. The tenth and eleventh are Bowie Jane and Matt on BB25.
He is the first person to be evicted by a tie-breaker since Amanda Zuckerman and the first male to be evicted by a tie-breaker since Jeff Schroeder.
Despite asking Julie Chen to be on The Bold & The Beautiful after his eviction, he was not put on the show, while his rivals Jason Roy, Meg Maley, James Huling and John McGuire did appear on the show.
At the live finale, when Dr. Will Kirby was with the jury, Austin told Will that he would consider voting for Steve to win if he evicted Vanessa. However, he ended up voting for Liz because he was in a relationship with her at the time. Regardless, he was very happy that Steve won.
Austin is tied with Andy Herren, Cody Calafiore, Nicole Franzel, James Huling, JC Mounduix and Kaycee Clark for the most eviction votes cast in a season, with 12.
Austin is the third houseguest to be a permanent and a dethroned HOH in Big Brother 17, following Becky Burgess and Liz Nolan respectively.
Austin is the second professional wrestler to play Big Brother in the United States following Jessie Godderz. He was followed by Natalie Eva Marie. He is also fourth overall behind Khali Singh Rana (who wrestled in WWE under the name The Great Khali) and Faye Palmer.
- Austin met Jessie during a competition in Big Brother 16. The two wrestled as a tag team called "Team Big Brother" in a 2017 match for independent promotion Bar Wrestling. The two appeared together as Dan Gheesling's undead minions during The Revengers sketch for the BB Comics competition in Big Brother 19 (US). They also appeared on the series Lucha Underground with Big Brother 5 alum Holly King, albeit not together.