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Austin Watson (born September 4, 1986) is an American
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. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the
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under the
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Xavier Woods. He appeared on WWE's
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brand as one-half of the current NXT Tag Team Champions with Kofi Kingston in their first reign. Watson also makes public appearances outside of wrestling under the name Austin Creed. Watson previously worked for
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(TNA) as Consequences Creed, and was a one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Jay Lethal as The Lethal Consequences. After signing with WWE in 2010, he was assigned to its developmental territory
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(FCW) under the ring name Xavier Woods. FCW was later closed and rebranded as
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, where Woods worked until he was called up to the main roster in 2013. In 2014, Woods formed The New Day alongside Big E and Kofi Kingston, and has since become a record seven-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion, four-time Raw Tag Team Champion, and one-time NXT Tag Team Champion, making him an overall 12-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 the
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and briefly went by the name of King Woods. With his NXT Tag Team Championship win in 2022, Woods also became a Tag Team Triple Crown Champion. Since 2015, Watson, as Austin Creed, has hosted a
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channel titled ''UpUpDownDown'', where he invites fellow WWE performers, gaming personalities, friends, and guests to play games. He is also a host on the G4 television network, which covers video games, following its revival in 2020 until its end in 2022.


Early life

Watson was born in
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. He graduated from Sprayberry High School but their are also rumors that he graduated at
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instead in 2004. Later that year, he began studying psychology and philosophy at
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in
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. He graduated with a master's degree in psychology and a bachelor's degree in philosophy.


Professional wrestling career


Early years (2005–2007)

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 Creed
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, which is based heavily on the character
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from the ''
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'' series. 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) in Cornelia, Georgia on April 7, 2007. 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 of
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(DSW), then a
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of WWE, and apply for a job as a wrestler; coincidentally, his future New Day partner Kofi 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. 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 vacant DSW 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.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2010)


X Division (2007–2008)

Creed appeared at
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's Bound For Glory
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, teaming with Ron Killings as the replacement for
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. Creed wrestled under the name Rasheed Lucius "Consequences" Creed. 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 the game show of a similar name. On October 21, 2007, it was reported that Creed had signed a contract with TNA. The signing was reported when Creed appeared on the radio show ''Trash Talking Radio'' on October 23 with Tommy Cairo and Sabian. His signing was also confirmed later at a NWA Anarchy show where Creed was presented with the contract by TNA Booking Director Bill Behrens. 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 a dark match before Against All Odds. He teamed with Sonjay Dutt defeating
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. On the March 13 episode of '' Impact!'', a promo video with the words "prepare to face the consequences" showed Creed training and announced that he would make his return at the
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on April 13. The following week, the return date was changed to April 10. On the April 10 episode of ''Impact!'', Creed made his in-ring return and defeated Jimmy Rave of
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, thus qualifying for the
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at Lockdown. During the match, Creed eliminated Shark Boy, but was later eliminated by Curry Man. Creed later wrestled in the first ever TerrorDome match at
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, which was won by Kaz. At Hard Justice, Creed faced
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for the
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, but lost after interference from Sheik Abdul Bashir. On the September 4, 2008, episode of '' Impact!'', he won a number one contenders match against Bashir for the right to face Williams again at No Surrender for the X Division Title. 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. At Bound for Glory IV on October 12, 2008, Creed was defeated by Bashir in another match for the X Division Championship.


Lethal Consequences (2008–2010)

On the October 30, 2008, episode of ''Impact!'', Creed, along with
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, A.J. Styles, Jay Lethal,
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, Eric Young,
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and
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formed a faction of younger wrestlers, known as
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, to oppose
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. 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 the
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from the champions
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( Robert Roode and
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). Creed and Lethal went on to be named
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, a combination of their respective names. Beer Money, Inc. regained their titles in a three-way match at
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. at Against 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 unmask
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. At Against All Odds, Lethal Consequences lost to Beer Money, Inc., At Destination X, Creed competed in an Ultimate X match for the
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which was won by Suicide. At
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, Creed competed in a
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for the X Division Championship which was won by Suicide. At
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, Lethal Consequences and Eric Young defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and Sheik Abdul Bashir. At
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, Creed competed in a
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for the X Division Championship which was won by Suicide. At Hard Justice, Creed competed in a Steel Asylum match which was won by Daniels. On the October 1, 2009, episode of ''Impact!'', 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 after his head hit the mat. At Bound for Glory, Lethal Consequences (Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal) lost to The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) on the preshow. at
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, Creed competed in a Feast or Fired match but failed to win the match. Watson was released from TNA on March 29, 2010.


New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2010)

On April 4,
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(NJPW) announced Watson, under his Consequences Creed ring name, as a participant in the first Super J Tag Tournament. On May 8, Creed and his partner Kota Ibushi were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by the team of
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and Kushida. Creed returned to New Japan on June 28, 2010, teaming up with IWGP Heavyweight Champion Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma in the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament. After defeating Tamon Honda, Kentaro Shiga and
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in the opening round, the trio was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by
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,
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and Tomohiro Ishii. On July 10, Creed defeated Brian Milonas, U-Gene and
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to win
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's 2010 Super 8 Tournament.


World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE


Developmental territories (2010–2013)

On July 22, 2010, it was announced that Watson had signed a developmental contract with
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(WWE). In a 2016 interview, Watson revealed that he got hired by showing up unannounced to
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(FCW), a
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of WWE, to apply for a job as wrestler; his future New Day partner Kofi 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. 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. Watson, using his real name, made his debut for FCW on July 29, 2010, in a tag team match, where he and Percy Watson were defeated by Brodus Clay and Donny Marlow. Following his debut, he was then added to FCW's official website under the name Xavier Woods. In October, Woods began to team up with Wes Brisco and they took part in a tag team turmoil match on October 14, where they defeated three other teams. On November 4, Woods and Brisco defeated Johnny Curtis and
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to become the Florida Tag Team Champions. On December 1, Woods and Brisco vacated the Tag Team Championship after Brisco was sidelined with an injury. With Brisco sidelined with an injury, Woods teamed up with Marcus Owens to take on
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and Titus O'Neil for the vacant Florida Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. Following this, Woods began performing as a singles competitor throughout 2011 and 2012, though without much success. After WWE
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its developmental territory, FCW, into
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, Woods made his televised debut on the October 31, 2012, episode of ''
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'' with a loss to Leo Kruger. While picking up wins on NXT over the likes of El Local and Jake Carter, Woods began using the gimmick of a fanboy of 1990s popular culture that saw him implement his legitimate fandom of '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', ''
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'', and other 1990s pop culture into his matches and attire. He stopped using this gimmick once he was called up to WWE's main roster.


Teaming with R-Truth (2013–2014)

On the November 18, 2013, episode of '' Raw'', Woods made his main roster debut as he teamed with fellow TNA alumnus and former tag-team partner R-Truth to defeat 3MB ( Drew McIntyre and
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). The following week on ''Raw'', Woods defeated Heath Slater in his singles debut match while being accompanied by R-Truth and
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( Naomi and
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). On the November 29 episode of '' SmackDown'', Woods began a
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with Brodus Clay, after Clay took offense to Woods using his entrance music and The Funkdactyls as his valets. Later that night, Woods suffered his first loss when he and R-Truth lost to Tons of Funk (Clay and Tensai). On the December 2 episode of ''Raw'', Woods and Truth defeated Tons of Funk in a rematch. On the December 9 episode of ''Raw'', Woods lost to Clay. On the December 11 episode of ''
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'', Woods and Truth defeated Tons of Funk to end the feud. On April 6, 2014, Woods made his
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debut at WrestleMania XXX, where he competed in the
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, but failed to win the match. Woods and Truth then began a feud with the debuting
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, and were defeated by him in singles encounters. At Extreme Rules, Woods and Truth was defeated by Rusev in a handicap match. After that loss, Woods and Truth's team quietly disbanded.


The New Day (2014–present)

On the July 21 episode of ''Raw'', after Big E and Kofi Kingston suffered another loss as a team in a recent string of defeats, Woods came down to address them. He went on to state that they could not "get ahead by kissing babies and shaking hands" and that now is "their time" and offered to form a
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. The duo accepted Woods' offer, and on the next day's ''Main Event'', Woods managed Big E and Kingston to a decisive victory over Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil. On the July 29 episode of ''Main Event'', Woods filled a commentary role while he and his group observed a match wrestled by the WWE Tag Team Champions, The Usos. The trio then temporarily separated as on the August 8 episode of ''SmackDown'', both Big E and Kingston reverted to wrestling singles matches with no sign or mention of the other two members of the group. Woods also joined the broadcast team alongside Rich Brennan on August 28 episode of ''
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''. Despite being disbanded on WWE television; Woods, Big E, and Kingston continued their alliance at
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s. On the September 26 episode of ''SmackDown'', Woods competed in an Intercontinental Championship No. 1 contender battle royal, which was won by Cesaro. From the November 3 episode of ''Raw'', WWE began airing vignettes for Woods, Big E, and Kingston, with the stable billed as The New Day, and presented as overly-positive babyface characters. The New Day made their in-ring debut on the November 28 episode of ''SmackDown'' in a winning effort against
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, Heath Slater, and Titus O'Neil. They started a brief feud with Gold and Stardust, which Kingston and Big E defeated Gold and Stardust at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pre-show on December 14. At
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, Woods competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where he was eliminated by eventual winner,
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. On the April 6, 2015, episode of ''Raw'', The New Day turned
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, after fans responded negatively to the group. During this time, Woods especially would
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with their opponents and the crowd during matches. On the April 20 episode of ''Raw'', The New Day defeated The Lucha Dragons via
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to become the number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship, after Woods held onto
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's feet to prevent him from re-entering the ring. At Extreme Rules, Big E and Kingston defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to win the
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, after a distraction from Woods. Woods was then given a share of the title and the trio defended the titles under the Freebird Rule. Big E and Kingston retained titles against Kidd and Cesaro on ''SmackDown'' and at Payback, with Woods interfering in both matches. At Elimination Chamber, The New Day retained the title in the first ever tag team Elimination Chamber match, where all three members were allowed to compete. At Money in the Bank, Woods and Big E lost the titles to The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young), but regain the titles at SummerSlam for the second time. The next night on ''Raw'', The New Day were attacked by returning The Dudley Boyz, which ended with Woods being put through a table with a 3D. The New Day retained the titles against The Dudley Boyz at
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and Live from Madison Square Garden events by disqualification, and at
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by pinfall. The New Day retained the championship at TLC in a triple threat
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against
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and The Usos. They retained their title against The Usos at
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. Despite portraying heels, New Day's strong in-ring performances and entertaining segments garnered positive reactions from critics and live audiences and the trio turned
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after mocking The League of Nations (
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,
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,
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, and Rusev), as the crowd was starting to get behind them. The New Day retained the titles at
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, after defeating Sheamus and King Barrett, but lost against them at
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in a
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. The New Day then retained their championship at Extreme Rules against The Vaudevillains and at the Money in the Bank against The Vaudevillains, Enzo Amore and Big Cass and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a fatal four-way tag team match. On July 19, Woods, along with his fellow The New Day teammates, was drafted to Raw
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as part of
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. On July 22, The New Day became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions in history, breaking the record of 478 days previously set by
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. After ''SmackDown'' established the SmackDown Tag Team Championship after the brand split, the titles held by The New Day were renamed the Raw Tag Team Championship. They retained the titles against Gallows and Anderson at SummerSlam and
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. On the October 31 episode of ''Raw'', The New Day revealed that they were made captain of Team Raw for the Survivor Series tag team elimination match at
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. At the event, they were the first team eliminated although Team Raw still went on to win the match. On the November 21 episode of ''Raw'', The New Day successfully retained their titles against Team Raw's sole survivors, Cesaro and Sheamus. At Roadblock: 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. The New Day then received a rematch, but failed to reclaim the championships. The New Day would then go on to host WrestleMania 33. On April 11, 2017, The New Day were moved to the SmackDown brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up. They started a feud with The Usos, facing them for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at Money in the Bank, which they won by countout. At Battleground, Woods and Kingston defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship for the first time, but lost the titles back to The Usos at SummerSlam. On the September 12 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', The New Day defeated The Usos to win back the championship in a Sin City Street Fight, but lost them again to The Usos at
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. The New Day failed to regain the titles from The Usos at
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in a fatal four-way tag team match also involving the team of Chad Gable and
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, and
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and Rusev. On the December 26 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', general manager Daniel Bryan revealed a tournament for the vacant United States Championship. In this tournament, Woods defeated Aiden English in the first round, but lost to
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in the semi-finals. On January 28, 2018, Woods entered the
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match at number 12, but was eliminated by Mahal. At Fastlane, The New Day faced The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship, but went to a no contest after inference from
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. At WrestleMania 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. On July 21, general manager Paige scheduled a tag team title tournament, with the winning team earning the right to challenge The Bludgeon Brothers for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam. The New Day defeated
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in the semi-finals and Cesaro and Sheamus in the finals. At SummerSlam, The New Day won the match by disqualification, meaning The Bludgeon Brothers retained their titles, but two days later on ''SmackDown Live'', The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a no disqualification match to capture the titles for a third time. On October 16, Woods and Big E lost the titles against The Bar on '' SmackDown 1000''. On January 27, 2019, at
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, Woods entered the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Drew McIntyre. In the lead-up to
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, Woods's teammate Kofi Kingston was attempting to earn a shot at the
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and after many attempts,
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granted him the title shot after Woods and Big E defeated Gallows and Anderson, Rusev and
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, The Bar, The Usos, and Daniel Bryan and
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in a tag team gauntlet match. Following WrestleMania, Woods and Big E later earned another SmackDown Tag Team Championship opportunity at Extreme Rules. At the event, Woods and Big E defeated Daniel Bryan and Rowan, and Heavy Machinery to win the titles. Woods and Big E lost the titles to The Revival at
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. 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. On the October 9, 2020, episode of ''SmackDown'', Woods returned from injury, where he teamed with Kingston to defeat Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura, winning their seventh SmackDown Tag Team Championship. After the match, as part of the 2020 Draft, Kingston and Woods were drafted to the Raw
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, splitting them from Big E, who remained on the SmackDown brand. On the October 12 episode of ''Raw'', New Day would exchange tag team titles with Raw Tag Team Championship holders The 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. On December 20, at TLC, Kingston and Woods lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to The Hurt Business ( Cedric Alexander and
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). Woods and Kingston then would win back the titles from Alexander and Benjamin on March 15, 2021, during the live broadcast of '' Raw'', marking Woods' fourth reign with the Raw Tag Titles, and overall 11th Tag Team Championship reign in WWE. They would hold the championship until WrestleMania 37 where they lost the titles to
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and Omos. As part of the 2021 Draft, Woods – along with his tag team partner Kingston – were drafted to the SmackDown brand, which took effect on October 22. Before that, Woods entered the 2021 King of the Ring tournament, representing Raw, where he defeated Ricochet in the first round and
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in the semi-finals. At '' Crown Jewel'' on October 21, Woods defeated SmackDown's Finn Bálor in the final to win the tournament and become "King of the Ring"; his first individual accolade in WWE. On the following episode of ''SmackDown'', 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. On the January 14, 2022 edition of ''SmackDown'', 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 made his return reverting to Xavier Woods defeating Ridge Holland in a match. Kingston & Woods then challenged Sheamus & Ridge Holland to a match at
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, but lost. On December 10, at Deadline, Woods and Kingston defeated
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( Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) to win NXT Tag Team Championship for the first time and also the third WWE Tag Team Triple Crown winners by winning NXT Tag Titles.


Other media

Woods's wrestling persona is playable in eight video games: TNA Impact!: Cross the Line as Consequences Creed, and in
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,
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,
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,
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,
WWE 2K19 ''WWE 2K19'' is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by 2K Sports. It was released worldwide on October 9, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the twentieth overall game in the '' WWE ...
, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, and as a crossover character in
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, as Xavier Woods. In addition, Woods appears in
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and as a costume in
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. Under the Xavier Woods moniker, he played
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's Raiden in NetherRealm Studio's mobile game,
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. Woods's life was spotlighted, along with Adam Rose and
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, on
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's '' E:60'' special on WWE titled "Behind the Curtain", which aired May 5, 2015. He made an appearance in fellow wrestler Emma's short-lived YouTube
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channel Taste of Tenille in 2015. Woods was featured playing tambourine and trombone on the Postmodern Jukebox cover of "What is Love" music video. In 2017, Woods made his voice acting debut as the character Vincent Mensah in the
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video game '' 2064: Read Only Memories''. He also published ''The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It'' with fellow New Day members Big E and Kofi Kingston. In 2015, Woods, under his Austin Creed moniker, started a YouTube channel called ''UpUpDownDown'', where he invites fellow WWE performers, gaming personalities, friends, and guests to play games. In August 2018, it won a
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for Most Subscribed-to Celebrity Video Gaming Channel, with 1.6 million subscribers. Woods is a recurring cast member of
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's live
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campaign Acquisitions Incorporated as of 2019. He performs at various PAX conventions playing the role of Bobby Zimmeruski, a Goliath Barbarian with an obsession for violence and a deep love of cheese. Watson, along with Big E and Kofi Kingston, appeared in an episode of ''
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'' where they did a rendition of their catchphrase during a segment about
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. In February 2020, Woods announced his partnership with
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to create Esports experiences. In November 2020, Woods, alongside fellow The New Day members Big E and Kingston, was added as playable DLC characters in the video game '' Gears 5'', sporting custom armour in the colors of The New Day's ring attires; the three recorded dialogue specifically for the game. On November 24, 2020, Woods was announced as one of the new hosts for the revival of G4.


Film


Personal life

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 in
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from
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. Watson is an avid fan of video games. He has a tattoo of the Wingcrest from ''
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'' series on his left forearm. He also has a Twitch account under the username AustinCreed. He won the annual WWE 2K tournament in 2015. Watson married Jess Watson in 2015 and their son was born in 2017.


Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) *
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** ECWA Super 8 Tournament Champion (
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) *
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**
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( 1 time) – with Wes Brisco * NWA Anarchy ** NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hayden Young ** Most Popular Wrestler (2006) * ''
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'' ** Tag Team of the Year (2015, 2016) ** Ranked No. 58 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2016 ** Ranked No. 8 of the top 50 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2020 *
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**
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( 1 time) – with Jay Lethal * ''
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'' ** Best Gimmick (2015) The New Day * WWE **
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( 4 times) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston (2), and Kofi Kingston (2) ** WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship ( 7 times) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston (6), and Kofi Kingston (1) ** NXT Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, current) – with Kofi Kingston ** Third Tag Team Triple Crown Champion – with Kofi Kingston **
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(
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) ** WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament (2018) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston **
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(1 time) *** Men's Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston ** Slammy Award ( 1 time) *** Ring Gear of the Year (
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) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston


Notes


References


External links

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Xavier Woods
on YouTube * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Xavier 1986 births 21st-century professional wrestlers African-American male professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers American male YouTubers American sportspeople of Ghanaian descent American YouTubers FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Living people Professional wrestlers from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportspeople from Marietta, Georgia TNA/Impact World Tag Team Champions WWF/WWE King Crown's Champions/King of the Ring winners