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| Born | Austin Watson[2] (1986-09-04)September 4, 1986 (age 39) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.[2] |
| Alma mater | Furman University Capella University |
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| Ring name(s) | The Batman[1] Austin Creed[2][3] Consequences Creed[2] Rasheed Lucius Creed[4] King Woods Xavier Woods[5] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[5] |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg)[5] |
| Billed from | Angel Grove, California[6] Atlanta, Georgia[5] Marietta, Georgia |
| Trained by | Rob Adonis[2] |
| Debut | 2005[2] |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Followers | 100K |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Subscribers | 2.44 million |
| Views | 529.0 million |
| Last updated: November 24, 2025 | |
Austin Watson[7] (born September 4, 1986) is an Americanprofessional wrestler andYouTuber. He is signed toWWE, where he performs on theRawbrand under thering nameXavier Woods and is a member ofThe New Day. Watson also makes public appearances outside of wrestling under the nameAustin Creed.[8][9][10]
Watson previously worked forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) asConsequences Creed, and was aone-timeTNA World Tag Team Champion withJay Lethal asLethal Consequences. After signing with WWE in 2010, he was assigned to its developmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and adopted the ring name Xavier Woods. FCW was later closed and rebranded asNXT, where Woods worked until he was called up to the main roster in 2013. In 2014, Woods formed The New Day alongsideBig E andKofi Kingston, and has since become a recordseven-timeSmackDown Tag Team Champion,five-timeWorld Tag Team Champion, andone-timeNXT Tag Team Champion, making him an overall 13-time tag team champion in WWE. New Day's second reign with the Raw Tag Team Championship was the longest tag team title reign of any male tag team championship in WWE history until that record was broken in February 2021. In October 2021, Woods became the 22nd winner of theKing of the Ring tournament and briefly went by the name of King Woods. With his NXT Tag Team Championship win in 2022, Woods also became aTag Team Triple Crown Champion.
Since 2015, Watson, as Austin Creed, has hosted agaming YouTube channel titledUpUpDownDown, where he invites fellow WWE performers, gaming personalities, friends, and guests to play games. He was also a host on theG4 television network, which covers video games, following its revival in 2020 until its end in 2022.
Watson was born inColumbus, Georgia. He graduated fromPebblebrook High School.[11] Later that year, he began studying psychology and philosophy atFurman University inGreenville, South Carolina. He graduated in 2008 with a master's degree in psychology and a bachelor's degree in philosophy.[12]
While attending Furman University, Watson began training for a career in professional wrestling and, in 2005, began wrestling part-time with Rob Adonis' Ultimate Christian Wrestling promotion. While in the Greenville, South Carolina-based World Wrestling Council, he developed his Austin Creedgimmick, which is based heavily on the characterApollo Creed from theRocky series.[13]
During his time in NWA Anarchy, Creed was part of a tag team called Awesome Attraction with Hayden Young. The pair had one of the longest title reigns in the promotion's history after defeating Justice Served (Jason Justice and Mike Free) inCornelia, Georgia on April 7, 2007.[14] In 2006, Creed won NWA's Most Popular Wrestler, voted for by the NWA fans.
In 2007, Watson took a day off from college to show up unannounced at the main building ofDeep South Wrestling (DSW), then adevelopmental territory ofWWE, and apply for a job as a wrestler; coincidentally, his futureNew Day partnerKofi Kingston (then using the ringname "Kofi Nahaje Kingston") was working in the ring the exact moment he arrived, marking the first meeting between the two.[15] DSW accepted to give Creed a tryout, although WWE would officially cut ties with DSW shortly before he received a contract. On July 12, 2007, Creed defeated Murder-One in a tournament finals to win the vacantDSW Heavyweight Champion, becoming the first wrestler to hold the title without the company being affiliated with WWE; the company closed its doors the following October 11, making Creed the final DSW Heavyweight Champion.[13]
Creed appeared atTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling'sBound For Glorypay-per-viewevent, teaming withRon Killings as the replacement forAdam "Pacman" Jones. Creed wrestled under the name Rasheed Lucius "Consequences" Creed.[4] His union with Ron Killings was dubbed Truth and Consequences, which was a combination of Killings' nickname "The Truth" and Creed's nickname "Consequences" as well as a play on words on thegame show of a similar name.
On October 21, 2007, it was reported that Creed had signed a contract with TNA.[13] The signing was reported when Creed appeared on the radio showTrash Talking Radio on October 23 withTommy Cairo and Sabian.[16] His signing was also confirmed later at a NWA Anarchy show where Creed was presented with the contract by TNA Booking Director Bill Behrens.[17] Following Bound For Glory, Creed was not seen on TNA television for months after Killings asked for and was later granted his release from the company.
On February 10, 2008, Creed wrestled in adark match beforeAgainst All Odds. He teamed withSonjay Dutt defeatingThe Rock 'n Rave Infection. On the March 13 episode ofImpact!, a promo video with the words "prepare to face the consequences" showed Creed training and announced that he would make his return at theLockdownpay-per-view on April 13. The following week, the return date was changed to April 10. On the April 10 episode ofImpact!, Creed made his in-ring return and defeatedJimmy Rave ofThe Rock 'n Rave Infection, thus qualifying for theXscape match at Lockdown.[18] During the match, Creed eliminatedShark Boy, but was later eliminated by Curry Man.[19] Creed later wrestled in the first everTerrorDome match atSacrifice, which was won byKaz.[20]
AtHard Justice, Creed facedPetey Williams for theX Division Championship, but lost after interference fromSheik Abdul Bashir. On the September 4, 2008, episode ofImpact!, he won a number one contenders match against Bashir for the right to face Williams again atNo Surrender for the X Division Title.[21] However, the match was later changed to a triple threat after Bashir repeatedly attacked Creed and ultimately, Bashir won the match and the X Division title.[22] AtBound for Glory IV on October 12, 2008, Creed was defeated by Bashir in another match for the X Division Championship.
On the October 30, 2008, episode ofImpact!, Creed, along withSamoa Joe,A.J. Styles,Jay Lethal,Petey Williams,Eric Young,ODB andThe Motor City Machineguns formed a faction of younger wrestlers, known asThe Frontline, to opposeThe Main Event Mafia.[23]
On January 8, 2009 (taped December 16, 2008), fellow Frontline member Lethal chose Creed to cash in his Feast or Fired briefcase with, and the pair won theWorld Tag Team Championship from the championsBeer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode andJames Storm). Creed and Lethal went on to be namedLethal Consequences, a combination of their respective names.[24] Beer Money, Inc. regained their titles in a three-way match atGenesis. AtAgainst All Odds, Creed and Lethal got their rematch but failed to regain the titles.
For the next few months, Creed and Lethal teamed with the Motor City Machineguns to try and unmaskSuicide. AtAgainst All Odds, Lethal Consequences lost to Beer Money, Inc., AtDestination X, Creed competed in anUltimate X match for theTNA X Division Championship which was won by Suicide. AtLockdown, Creed competed in aXscape match for the X Division Championship which was won by Suicide. AtSacrifice, Lethal Consequences andEric Young defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and Sheik Abdul Bashir. AtSlammiversary, Creed competed in aKing of the Mountain match for the X Division Championship which was won by Suicide. AtHard Justice, Creed competed in a Steel Asylum match which was won byDaniels.
On the October 1, 2009, episode ofImpact!, Creed and Lethal were part of a 5-man ladder match for a future X Division Title match. During the match,Amazing Red, who ended up winning the match, performed ahurricanrana driver, which caused Creed to projectile vomit after his head hit the mat.[25]
AtBound for Glory, Lethal Consequences (Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal) lost to The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) on the preshow. atFinal Resolution, Creed competed in aFeast or Fired match but failed to win the match.
Watson was released from TNA on March 29, 2010.[26]
On April 4,New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced Watson, under his Consequences Creed ring name, as a participant in the first Super J Tag Tournament.[27] On May 8, Creed and his partnerKota Ibushi were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by the team ofGedo andKushida.[28] Creed returned to New Japan on June 28, 2010, teaming up withIWGP Heavyweight ChampionTogi Makabe andTomoaki Honma in the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament.[29] After defeatingTamon Honda,Kentaro Shiga andMakoto Hashi in the opening round, the trio was eliminated from the tournament in the second round byShinsuke Nakamura,Masato Tanaka andTomohiro Ishii.[29][30]
On July 10, Creed defeated Brian Milonas,U-Gene andTommaso Ciampa to winEast Coast Wrestling Association's2010 Super 8 Tournament.[31][32]
On July 22, 2010, it was announced that Watson had signed a developmental contract withWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[33][34] In a 2016 interview, Watson revealed that he got hired by showing up unannounced toFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW), adevelopmental territory of WWE, to apply for a job as wrestler;[35][36] his futureNew Day partnerKofi Kingston, who had coincidentally met him on the day Watson had similarly showed up in DSW in 2007, happened to be in the room yet again when Watson entered.[15] WWE had originally wanted to sign Watson full-time, but as he had six months left before finishing college, he turned down the offer; instead, they agreed to let him work part-time until he graduated from college, and gave him a full-time contract afterwards.[15]
Watson, using his real name, made his debut for FCW on July 29, 2010, in a tag team match, where he andPercy Watson were defeated byBrodus Clay andDonny Marlow.[3] Following his debut, he was then added to FCW's official website under the name Xavier Woods.[5] In October, Woods began to team up withWes Brisco and they took part in a tag team turmoil match on October 14, where they defeated three other teams.[37] On November 4, Woods and Brisco defeatedJohnny Curtis andDerrick Bateman to become theFlorida Tag Team Champions.[38][39] On December 1, Woods and Brisco vacated the Tag Team Championship after Brisco was sidelined with an injury.[40][41] With Brisco sidelined with an injury, Woods teamed up with Marcus Owens to take onDamien Sandow andTitus O'Neil for the vacant Florida Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful.[37] Following this, Woods began performing as a singles competitor throughout 2011 and 2012, though without much success.[37]
After WWErebranded its developmental territory, FCW, intoNXT,[42] Woods made his televised debut on the October 31, 2012, episode ofNXT with a loss toLeo Kruger.[43] While picking up wins on NXT over the likes ofEl Local andJake Carter, Woods began using the gimmick of a fanboy of1990s popular culture[44][45][46] that saw him implement hislegitimate fandom ofMighty Morphin Power Rangers,Dragon Ball Z, and other 1990s pop culture into his matches and attire.[47] He stopped using this gimmick once he was called up to WWE's main roster.
On the November 18, 2013, episode ofRaw, Woods made his main roster debut as he teamed with fellow TNA alumnus and former tag-team partnerR-Truth to defeat 3MB (Drew McIntyre andJinder Mahal).[48] The following week onRaw, Woods defeatedHeath Slater in his singles debut match while being accompanied by R-Truth andThe Funkadactyls (Naomi andCameron).[49] On the November 29 episode ofSmackDown, Woods began afeud with Brodus Clay, after Clay took offense to Woods using his entrance music and The Funkdactyls as his valets.[50][51] Later that night, Woods suffered his first loss when he and R-Truth lost to Tons of Funk (Clay andTensai).[52] On the December 2 episode ofRaw, Woods and Truth defeated Tons of Funk in a rematch. On the December 9 episode ofRaw, Woods lost to Clay. On the December 11 episode ofMain Event, Woods and Truth defeated Tons of Funk to end the feud.[53]
On April 6, 2014, Woods made hisWrestleMania debut atWrestleMania XXX, where he competed in theAndré the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but failed to win the match.[54] Woods and Truth then began a feud with the debutingAlexander Rusev, and were defeated by him in singles encounters.[55] AtExtreme Rules, Woods and Truth was defeated by Rusev in ahandicap match.[56] After that loss, Woods and Truth's team quietly disbanded.
On the July 21 episode ofRaw, afterBig E andKofi Kingston suffered another loss as a team in what had been a recent string of defeats, Woods came down to address them by stating that they could not "move ahead by kissing babies, shaking hands, and singing and dancing like a puppet", and that now is their time to "find purpose" and that they "do not ask any longer", but "take", and offered to form astable. The duo accepted Woods' offer,[57] and on the next day'sMain Event, Woods managed Big E and Kingston to a decisive victory overHeath Slater andTitus O'Neil (Slater-Gator).[58] On the July 29 episode ofMain Event, Woods filled a commentary role while he and his group observed a match wrestled by theWWE Tag Team Champions,The Usos.[59] The trio then temporarily separated as on the August 8 episode ofSmackDown, both Big E and Kingston reverted to wrestling singles matches with no sign or mention of the other two members of the group.[60] Woods also joined the broadcast team alongside Rich Brennan on August 28 episode ofSuperstars.[61] Despite being separated on WWE television; Woods, Big E, and Kingston continued their alliance athouse shows.[62][63] On the September 26 episode ofSmackDown, Woods competed in an Intercontinental Championship No. 1 contender battle royal, which was won byCesaro.
From the November 3 episode ofRaw, WWE began airingvignettes for Woods, Big E, and Kingston, with the stable billed as The New Day, and presented as overly-positive-minded babyface characters.[64] They made their in-ring debut as a stable on the November 28 episode ofSmackDown in a winning effort againstCurtis Axel, Heath Slater, and Titus O'Neil.[65] They started a brief feud withGold and Stardust, which Kingston and Big E defeated Gold and Stardust at theTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pre-show on December 14.[66] AtWrestleMania 31, Woods competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where he was eliminated by eventual winner,Big Show.
On the April 6, 2015, episode ofRaw, The New Day turnedheel, after fans responded negatively to the group.[67] During this time, Woods especially wouldtrash-talk with their opponents and the crowd during matches.[68] On the April 20 episode ofRaw, The New Day defeated The Lucha Dragons viacountout to become the number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship, after Woods held ontoSin Cara's feet to prevent him from re-entering the ring.[69] AtExtreme Rules, Big E and Kingston defeatedTyson Kidd and Cesaro to win theWWE Tag Team Championship, after a distraction from Woods.[70] Woods was then given a share of the title and the trio defended the titles under theFreebird Rule. Big E and Kingston retained titles against Kidd and Cesaro onSmackDown and atPayback, with Woods interfering in both matches.[71] AtElimination Chamber, The New Day retained the title in the first ever tag teamElimination Chamber match, where all three members were allowed to compete.[72] AtMoney in the Bank, Woods and Big E lost the titles toThe Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil andDarren Young),[73] but regain the titles atSummerSlam for the second time.[74] The next night onRaw, The New Day were attacked by returningThe Dudley Boyz, which ended with Woods being put through a table with a 3D.[75] The New Day retained the titles against The Dudley Boyz atNight of Champions[76] andLive from Madison Square Garden[77] events by disqualification, and atHell in a Cell by pinfall.[78] The New Day retained the championship atTLC in atriple threattag teamladder match againstThe Lucha Dragons and The Usos.[79][80] They retained their title against The Usos atRoyal Rumble.[81]
Despite portraying heels, New Day's strong in-ring performances and entertaining segments garnered positive reactions from critics and live audiences and the trio turnedface after mockingThe League of Nations (Sheamus,Alberto Del Rio,King Barrett, and Rusev), as the crowd was starting to get behind them.[82] The New Day retained the titles atRoadblock, after defeating Sheamus and King Barrett,[83] but lost against them atWrestleMania 32 in asix-man tag team match.[84] The New Day then retained their championship atExtreme Rules againstThe Vaudevillains[85] and at theMoney in the Bank against The Vaudevillains,Enzo Amore and Big Cass andLuke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a fatal four-way tag team match.[86] On July 19, Woods, along with his fellow The New Day teammates, was drafted toRawbrand as part ofWWE draft.[87] On July 22, The New Day became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions in history, breaking the record of 478 days previously set byDemolition.[88] AfterSmackDown established theSmackDown Tag Team Championship after the brand split, the titles held by The New Day were renamed the Raw Tag Team Championship.[89] They retained the titles against Gallows and Anderson atSummerSlam[90] andClash of Champions.[91] On the October 31 episode ofRaw, The New Day revealed that they were made captain of Team Raw for theSurvivor Series tag team elimination match atSurvivor Series.[92] At the event, they were the first team eliminated although Team Raw still went on to win the match.[93] On the November 21 episode ofRaw, The New Day successfully retained their titles against Team Raw's sole survivors,Cesaro and Sheamus.[94] AtRoadblock: End of the Line, The New Day lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to Cesaro and Sheamus, ending their record-breaking championship reign at 483 days.[95] The New Day then received a rematch, but failed to reclaim the championships.[96] The New Day would then go on to hostWrestleMania 33.[97]
On April 11, 2017, The New Day were moved to theSmackDown brand as part of theSuperstar Shake-up.[98] They started a feud with The Usos, facing them for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship atMoney in the Bank, which they won by countout.[99] AtBattleground, Woods and Kingston defeated The Usos to win theSmackDown Tag Team Championship for the first time,[100] but lost the titles back to The Usos atSummerSlam.[101] On the September 12 episode ofSmackDown Live, The New Day defeated The Usos to win back the championship in a Sin City Street Fight,[102] but lost them again to The Usos atHell in a Cell.[103] The New Day failed to regain the titles from The Usos atClash of Champions in a fatal four-way tag team match also involving the team ofChad Gable andShelton Benjamin, andAiden English and Rusev.[104] On the December 26 episode ofSmackDown Live, general managerDaniel Bryan revealed a tournament for the vacantUnited States Championship.[105] In this tournament, Woods defeated Aiden English in the first round,[105] but lost toJinder Mahal in the semi-finals.[106] On January 28, 2018, Woods entered theRoyal Rumble match at number 12, but was eliminated by Mahal.[107] AtFastlane, The New Day faced The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship, but went to a no contest after inference fromThe Bludgeon Brothers.[108] AtWrestleMania 34, The New Day would face The Usos and The Bludgeon Brothers in a triple threat tag team match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships, but failed to capture the titles.[109] On July 21, general managerPaige scheduled a tag team title tournament, with the winning team earning the right to challenge The Bludgeon Brothers for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship atSummerSlam.[110] The New Day defeatedSAnitY in the semi-finals[111] and Cesaro and Sheamus in the finals.[112] At SummerSlam, The New Day won the match by disqualification, meaning The Bludgeon Brothers retained their titles,[113] but two days later onSmackDown Live, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a no disqualification match to capture the titles for a third time.[114] On October 16, Woods and Big E lost the titles againstThe Bar onSmackDown 1000.[115]
On January 27, 2019, atRoyal Rumble, Woods entered the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated byDrew McIntyre.[116] In the lead-up toWrestleMania 35, Woods's teammate Kofi Kingston was attempting to earn a shot at theWWE Championship and after many attempts,Mr. McMahon granted him the title shot after Woods and Big E defeated Gallows and Anderson, Rusev andShinsuke Nakamura, The Bar, The Usos, and Daniel Bryan andRowan in a tag team gauntlet match.[117] Following WrestleMania, Woods and Big E later earned another SmackDown Tag Team Championship opportunity atExtreme Rules.[118] At the event, Woods and Big E defeated Daniel Bryan and Rowan, and Heavy Machinery to win the titles.[119] Woods and Big E lost the titles toThe Revival atClash of Champions.[120] During a WWE live event on October 21, Woods suffered a legitimate achilles injury and it was reported that the injury would sideline him for six months to a year.[121][122]
On the October 9, 2020, episode ofSmackDown, Woods returned from injury, where he teamed with Kingston to defeat Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura, winning their seventh SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[123] After the match, as part of the2020 Draft, Kingston and Woods were drafted to theRawbrand, splitting them from Big E, who remained on the SmackDown brand.[124] On the October 12 episode ofRaw, New Day would exchange tag team titles with Raw Tag Team Championship holdersThe Street Profits, who were drafted to SmackDown. This would mark Kingston and Woods' third reign with the Raw titles as a team (fifth for Kingston individually), New Day's 10th tag team championship reign in WWE as a team, and Woods' 10th tag team championship reign individually.[125] On December 20, atTLC, Kingston and Woods lost the Raw Tag Team Championship toThe Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander andShelton Benjamin).[126] Woods and Kingston then would win back the titles from Alexander and Benjamin on March 15, 2021, during the live broadcast ofRaw, marking Woods' fourth reign with the Raw Tag Titles, and overall 11th Tag Team Championship reign in WWE.[127] They would hold the championship untilWrestleMania 37 where they lost the titles toAJ Styles andOmos.[128]
As part of the2021 Draft, Woods – along with his tag team partner Kingston – were drafted to the SmackDown brand, which took effect on October 22.[129] Before that, Woods entered the2021 King of the Ring tournament, representing Raw, where he defeatedRicochet in the first round andJinder Mahal in the semi-finals.[130][131] AtCrown Jewel on October 21, Woods defeated SmackDown'sFinn Bálor in the final to win the tournament and become "King of the Ring"; his first individual accolade in WWE.[132] On the following episode ofSmackDown, with the team now officially members of the SmackDown brand, The New Day had a coronation for Woods. Kingston introduced Woods and adorned him with a cape, crown, and scepter, and Woods' ring name was changed to King Woods.[133] On January 14, 2022, edition ofSmackDown, Woods was diagnosed with a torn plantaris, rendering him unable to compete for 4–6 weeks.
On the March 25, 2022, edition of SmackDown, Woods returned, reverting to Xavier Woods, defeating Ridge Holland in a match. Kingston & Woods then challenged Sheamus & Ridge Holland to a match atWrestleMania, but lost. On December 10, atDeadline, Woods and Kingston defeatedPretty Deadly (Elton Prince andKit Wilson) to winNXT Tag Team Championship for the first time and also the third WWE Tag Team Triple Crown winners by winning NXT Tag Titles.[134]
As part of the2023 WWE Draft, Woods, along with teammate Kingston were drafted to the Raw brand.[135] As part of the2024 WWE Draft, The New Day remained onRaw. Woods and Kingston began feuding withKarrion Kross and his stableThe Final Testament. Kross attempted to form a wedge between the two tag team competitors, claiming that Kingston was holding Woods back from having a successful singles career, leading to several on-screen and backstage bouts between the two factions. The feud concluded on the August 19 episode of Raw when The New Day andOdyssey Jones defeated The Final Testament in a Six-Man Tag Team Match. On the September 16 episode ofRaw, Woods and Kingston failed to defeatThe Judgment Day (Finn Bálor andJD McDonagh) for theWorld Tag Team Championship after the referee was distracted with the remainder of The Judgment Day ("Dirty" Dominik Mysterio andCarlito withWomen's World ChampionLiv Morgan) brawling withLatino World Order (LWO;Dragon Lee,Cruz Del Toro andJoaquin Wilde) at ringside. After the match, Woods was livid that Kingston had approached LWO without being consulted, driving a bigger wedge between the two.[136] On the November 25 episode ofRaw, after losing toAlpha Academy (Otis andAkira Tozawa) and many weeks of disagreements, the pair had an extremely heated argument, attacking each other's achievements in WWE.[137] On the December 2, 2024 episode ofRaw during the 10-year anniversary celebration of the formation of The New Day, Big E made an in-ring reunion with Woods and Kingston for the first time since his injury. Due to the dissension between the two throughout the year, Big E announced that he will return to manage them. However, Woods and Kingston lashed out at Big E for abandoning them after his injury in March 2022 and kicked him out of the stable, turning heel for the first time since 2016, and reconciling with one another in the process.[138]
On Night 1 of WrestleMania 41, Kingston and Woods defeated The War Raiders to win the World Tag Team Championship.[139] On the June 30 episode ofRaw, Kingston and Woods lost their titles to The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh), ending their reign at 72 days.[140]
Woods's wrestling persona is playable in eleven video games:TNA Impact!: Cross the Line as Consequences Creed, and inWWE 2K15,WWE 2K16,WWE 2K17,WWE 2K18,WWE 2K19,WWE 2K20,WWE 2K Battlegrounds,WWE 2K22,WWE 2K23,WWE 2K24 and as a crossover character inBrawlhalla,[141] as Xavier Woods. In addition, Woods appears inSuper Bomberman R and as a costume inFall Guys. Under the Xavier Woods moniker, he playedMortal Kombat'sRaiden inNetherRealm Studio's mobile game,WWE Immortals.[142]
Woods's life was spotlighted, along withAdam Rose andCorey Graves, onESPN'sE:60 special on WWE titled "Behind the Curtain", which aired May 5, 2015. He made an appearance in fellow wrestlerEmma's short-lived YouTubecooking channel Taste of Tenille in 2015.[143] Woods was featured playing tambourine and trombone on thePostmodern Jukebox cover of "What is Love" music video.[144]
In 2017, Woods made his voice acting debut as the character Vincent Mensah in the video game2064: Read Only Memories.[145] He also publishedThe Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It with fellow New Day members Big E and Kofi Kingston.[146]
In 2015, Woods, under his Austin Creed moniker, started a YouTube channel calledUpUpDownDown, where he invites fellow WWE performers, gaming personalities, friends, and guests to play games.[147] In August 2018, it won aGuinness World Record for Most Subscribed-to Celebrity Video Gaming Channel, with 1.6 million subscribers.[148]
Woods is a recurring cast member ofPenny Arcade's liveDungeons & Dragons campaign Acquisitions Incorporated as of 2019. He performs at variousPAX conventions playing the role of Bobby Zimmeruski, a Goliath Barbarian with an obsession for violence and a deep love of cheese.[149][150]Watson, along with Big E and Kofi Kingston, appeared in an episode ofAdam Ruins Everything where they did a rendition of their catchphrase during a segment aboutMount Rushmore.[151]
Woods and Kingston appeared on an episode ofSmosh Pit'sTry Not to Laugh YouTube series.[152]
In February 2020, Woods announced his partnership withRiot Games to create Esports experiences.[153]
In November 2020, Woods, alongside fellow The New Day members Big E and Kingston, was added as playableDLC characters in the video gameGears 5, sporting custom armour in the colors of The New Day's ring attires; the three recorded dialogue specifically for the game.[154]
On November 24, 2020, Woods was announced as one of the new hosts for the revival ofG4.[155]
In 2023, Creed featured onMega Ran's song "The Sunset Flip" as part of the "Wrestling is Real, People Are Fake" album.[156]
In 2024, he appeared as a background extra inSeason 6 ofCobra Kai.[157][158]
In 2025, Woods and Kingston appeared inDropout'sDimension 20 seriesTitan Takedown, along withBayley andChelsea Green.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2021 | Escape the Undertaker | Himself | Main star[159] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2025 | Dimension 20 | Julius Mortem | Cast member,Titan Takedown[160] |
Watson has two bachelor's degrees in psychology and philosophy, a master's in psychology, and as of 2015, announced that he is currently working towards earning a PhD ineducational psychology fromCapella University.[5][161][162]
Watson is an avid fan of video games. He has a tattoo of the Wingcrest fromThe Legend of Zelda series on his left forearm.[163] He also has aTwitch account under the username AustinCreed.[164] He won the annual WWE 2K tournament in 2015.[165]
Watson married his girlfriend Jess in 2015[166] and their son was born in 2017.[167]
WWE's Austin Creed, aka Xavier Woods, invites us ...
WWE superstar Xavier Woods (real name Austin Watson, or 'Austin Creed' in gaming circles)
Xavier Woods, who also goes by Austin Creed when he's not on tour or in the ring ...
He says it's "morphing time" to play up his "stuck in the '90s" character.
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