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Xavier Woods
Xavier Woods
Information
Ring names
Austin Watson
Consequences Creed
Rasheed Lucius Creed
Xavier Woods Height
Weight
Born
Birth Place
Resides
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Trainer
Early life
Watson was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1986 and graduated from Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Georgia in2004. That same year he began studying psychology and philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Watson graduated from Furman University with two degrees a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and philosophy onMay 29,2008. At his time at Furman University, Watson had a brief stint as an accomplished cheerleader.
Career
Early career and NWA Anarchy (2005–2007)
While attending Furman University, Creed began training for a career in professional wrestling and, in2005, began wrestling part-time with Rob Adonis's Ultimate Christian Wrestling promotion. While in the Greenville, South Carolina-based World Wrestling Council, run by former NWA professional wrestler Brodie Ray Chase, he developed his current ring persona based heavily on the character Apollo Creed from theRocky series.
During his time inNWA 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) in Cornelia, Georgia onApril 7,2007. In2006, Creed won NWA's Most Popular Wrestler, voted for by the NWA fans.
Deep South Wrestling (2007)
OnJuly 12,2007 Creed defeated Murder-One to become the firstDSW Heavyweight Champion since the split fromWWE. He also worked withThe Assassin while in Deep South Wrestling.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Pursuit of the X Division Championship (2007–2008)
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. His union with Ron Killings was made to be a play on words, with Killings' nickname "The Truth" being combined with Creed's nickname "Consequences" to formTruth and Consequences, which is similar to the name of a town, (Truth or Consequences, New Mexico named for an old game show).
OnOctober 21, 2007, it was reported that Creed had signed a contract with TNA. The signing was reported when Creed appeared on the radio showTrash Talking Radio on October 23 withTommy Cairo and Sabian. His signing was also confirmed later at a NWA Anarchy show where Creed was presented the contract by TNA Booking Director Bill Behrens. Following Bound For Glory, Creed was not seen on TNA television for months after Killings asked and was later granted his release from the company.
OnFebruary 10, 2008, Creed wrestled in adark match beforeAgainst All Odds. He teamed withSonjay Dutt defeatingThe Rock 'n Rave Infection. On the March 13 edition 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 onApril 13. The following week the return date was changed toApril 10. On the April 10 edition ofImpact!, Creed made his in-ring return and defeatedJimmy Rave ofThe Rock 'n Rave Infection, thus qualifying for theXscape match at Lockdown. During the match, Creed eliminatedShark Boy, but was later eliminated by Curry Man. Creed would later wrestle in the first everTerrorDome match atSacrifice, which was won byKaz.
AtHard Justice, Creed facedPetey Williams for theTNA X Division Championship, but lost after interference fromSheik Abdul Bashir. On the September 4, 2008 edition ofTNA Impact!, he won a number one contenders match against Bashir for the right to face Williams again atNo Surrender for the X Division title. The match was changed to a triple threat after Bashir repeatedly attacked Creed. Bashir won the match and the X Division title.
Lethal Consequences (2008–2010)
On theOctober 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.
On January 8, 2009, fellow Frontline member Lethal chose Creed to cash in his Feast or Fired briefcase with, and the pair won theTNA World 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. Beer Money, Inc. regained their titles in a three-way match just three days later atGenesis. For the next few months, Creed and Lethal teamed with the Motor City Machineguns to try and unmaskSuicide. On theOctober 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 a hurricanrana driver, which caused Creed to projectile vomit as his head hit the mat.
Independent circuit (2010)
On April 4New Japan Pro Wrestling announced Watson, using his Consequences Creed ring name, as a participant in the first Super J Tag Tournament. On May 8 Creed and his partnerKota Ibushi were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by the team ofGedo and KUSHIDA. Creed returned to New Japan on June 28, 2010, teaming up withIWGP Heavyweight ChampionTogi Makabe andTomoaki Honma in the J Sports Crown 6 Man Openweight Tag Team Tournament. 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 and Tomohiro Ishii. On July 10 Creed defeated Brian Milonas,U–Gene and Tommaso Ciampa to winEast Coast Wrestling Association's2010 Super 8 Tournament.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2010-present)
Florida Championship Wrestling (2010)
On July 22, 2010, it was announced that Watson had signed a developmental contract withWorld Wrestling Entertainment. Watson, using his real name, made his debut for WWE's developmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling on July 29 in a tag team match, where he andPercy Watson were defeated byBrodus Clay andDonny Marlow. He has since been added to the company's official website under the name Xavier Woods. On November 4, Woods teamed withWes Brisco to win theFCW Florida Tag Team Championship by defeatingJohnny Curtis andDerrick Bateman.
NXT (2012-2013)
He competed for a time on NXT where he would promote himself as an appreciator of 1990s culture, such as thick cellphones.
Teaming with R-Truth (2013–2014)
On theNovember 18, 2013 episode ofRaw, Woods made his main roster debut as he teamed with fellow TNA alumnus and former tag-team partnerR-Truth to defeat3MB (Drew McIntyre andJinder Mahal) after Woods pinned McIntyre. Thefollowing week onRaw, Woods defeatedHeath Slater in his singles debut match while being accompanied by R-Truth andThe Funkadactyls (Cameron andNaomi) and usingTons of Funk's entrance music. On theNovember 29 episode ofSmackDown, Woods began afeud withBrodus Clay after Clay took offense to Woods using his entrance music and The Funkdactyls as his managers earlier in the week onRaw. Later that night, Woods suffered his first loss when he and R-Truth lost to Tons of Funk (Clay andTensai) after Clay pinned Woods. On theDecember 2 episode ofRaw, Woods and R-Truth defeated Tons of Funk in a rematch after Woods pinned Clay. On theDecember 9 episode ofRaw, Woods faced Brodus Clay in a losing effort. On theDecember 11 episode ofMain Event, Woods and R-Truth defeated Tons of Funk. On theJanuary 8 episode ofSmackDown, Woods and Truth facedThe Real Americans (Cesaro andJack Swagger) in a losing effort. On theJanuary 10 episode ofSmackDown, Woods defeatedFandango. On theJanuary 31 episode ofSmackDown, Woods facedFandango in a losing effort, Woods and R-Truth then competed sporadically in the first quarter of 2014. They started a feud with the Bulgarian newcomerRusev and were defeated by him in singles and handicap encounters. On theFebruary 3 episode of Raw, Woods, Truth andDolph Ziggler facedThe Wyatt Family in a six-man tag team match where they lost. On theMarch 21 episode of Superstars, Woods and R-Truth defeated 3MB (Mahal and McIntyre). On theApril 3 episode of NXT, Woods faced Brodus Clay in a losing effort. AtWrestleMania XXX, Woods competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but failed to win the match. On theApril 14 episode ofRaw, Woods faced Rusev in a losing effort. On theApril 28 episode ofRaw, Woods faced Rusev again which ended by disqualification when R-Truth interfered. AtExtreme Rules, Woods and R Truth faced Alexander Rusev in a 2-on-1 handicap match but lost the match. On theMay 5 episode ofRaw, Woods competed in a 20-manWWE United States ChampionshipBattle Royal which was won bySheamus. On theMay 30 episode ofSmackdown, Woods facedBo Dallas in a losing effort. On theJune 9 episode ofRaw, Woods faced Bo Dallas in another losing effort. On theJune 16 episode of Raw, Woods competed in aWWE World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match Qualifying Battle Royal but was eliminated by Rusev. On theJune 24 episode of Main Event, Woods and R-Truth facedCurtis Axel andRyback in a losing effort. AtBattleground, Woods competed in a 19-man battle royal for the vacant Intercontinental Championship but was eliminated byThe Great Khali.
The New Day (2014–present)
On theJuly 21, 2014 episode ofRaw, afterBig E andKofi Kingston suffered another loss as a team, Xavier Woods confronted them, declaring that they could not "get ahead by kissing babies and shaking hands". Instead, it would be "their time" to "take". The duo accepted Woods' offer, and on the next day'sMain Event, Woods managed Big E and Kingston to a decisive victory overHeath Slater andTitus O'Neil. On theJuly 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. However, Woods' group quickly and quietly disbanded, as on theAugust 8 episode ofSmackDown and on theAugust 12 episode ofMain Event, both Big E and then Kingston reverted to wrestling singles matches with no sign or mention of the other two members of the group. Despite being disbanded on WWE television, Big E, Kingston and Woods continued their alliance at live events.On theSeptember 26 episode of Smackdown, Woods competed in anWWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender Battle Royal which was won byCesaro
From theNovember 3, 2014 episode ofRaw, WWE began airing vignettes for Woods, along with Big E and Kingston, with the stable now being billed as "The New Day". The New Day made their in-ring debut on theNovember 28 episode ofSmackDown in a winning effort againstTitus O'Neil,Heath Slater andCurtis Axel. On theDecember 5 episode ofSmackdown, Woods and Kingston defeated Cesaro and Tyson Kidd. On theJanuary 12, 2015 episode ofRaw, Woods and Kingston defeatedCesaro &Tyson Kidd. On theJanuary 13 episode ofMain Event, New Day defeated Cesaro, Tyson Kidd &Adam Rose in a six-man tag team match,
After accompanying his New Day mates Kingston and Langston in the pre-show of the2015 Royal Rumble (they lost against Masters of the WWE Universe) Xavier tweeted support during the Rumble forCurtis Axel, saying he was never eliminated. On theFebruary 16 episode ofRaw, Woods and Kofi Kingston defeatedGold and Stardust. On theFebruary 19 episode ofSmackdown, Woods and Big E facedThe Ascension in a losing effort. On theMarch 9 episode ofRaw, Woods and Big E defeated the WWE Tag Team ChampionsCesaro & Tyson Kidd in a non-title match with Woods pinning Kidd. Woods made his WrestleMania debut atWrestleMania 31 in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal where he was eliminated byBig Show. On the April 18 episode ofMain Event, Woods facedJimmy Uso in a losing effort.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Xavier Woods
- Limit Break (Ropewalk diving elbow drop)
- Culture Shock (Diving DDT) – 2010–2011
- Lost in the Woods (Inverted stomp facebreaker) – 2013–present
- Tornado DDT – 2011–2013
- Shining Wizard
- As Austin Creed
- ACT – Austin Creed Test (Diving DDT) – 2010
- Fireman's carry cutter – 2010
- MontiFisto (Three left-handed punches followed by splits and finished with aright-handed hook)
- As Consequences Creed
- CreeDDT (Hammerlocklegsweep DDT) – 2007–2008
- Fireman's carry cutter – 2008–2009
- As Xavier Woods
- Signature moves
- Arm drag
- Military press double knee gutbuster
- Right-handed hook
- Honor Roll (Rolling thunderclothesline, with theatrics)
- Springboardone-handed bulldog
- Swinging cradle suplex
- Hadouken
- WithJay Lethal
- Finishing moves
- Fireman's carry cutter by Creed followed by adiving elbow drop by Lethal
- Signature moves
- Lethalmilitary presses the opponent in order for Creed to perform aspringboard one-handed bulldog
- Vertical suplex (Lethal) / Diving crossbody (Creed) combination
- Finishing moves
- Nicknames
- "Awesome"
- "Awesome Consequences"
- "Consequences"
- "The Valedictorian"
- Managers
- Wrestlers managed
- Entrance themes
- "Consequences" byDale Oliver (TNA)
- "Living in America" by James Brown (TNA / Independent circuit)
- "Somebody Call My Momma" byJim Johnston (WWE; November 25, 2013; January 8, 2014 - June 2014)
- "Little Jimmy" performed byRon Killings and composed by Jim Johnston (WWE;used while teaming withR-Truth) (November 18, 2013 – June, 2014)
- "Who's the Man?" by CFO$ (June 2014 – ?)
- "New Day, New Way" by Jim Johnston (WWE; used while a part ofThe New Day)
Championships and accomplishments
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Wes Brisco
- NWA Anarchy
- NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hayden Young
- Most Popular Wrestler (2006)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #93 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2009
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) - As a member ofThe New Day w/Big E &Kofi Kingston
- WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship (5 times) withBig E &Kofi Kingston (4) and Kofi Kingston (1)
- WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Kofi Kingston
- King of the Ring (2021)
