History Wrestling / XavierWoods

He began wrestling in 2005 and wrestled for many independent promotions, including territories of the historic Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, mostly as '''Austin Creed''', an AffectionateParody gimmick of [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Apollo Creed]]. In late 2007, he was picked up by Wrestling/{{TNA}} and worked for them under the modified ring name Consequences Creed until his release in 2010. He then made a few appearances with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling before ultimately being signed by WWE and placed in their developmental system. He got his start on the main roster as a member of The New Day, inevitably being the group's mouthpiece and "manager" (though he still wrestles himself).

'''Austin Watson''' (born September 4, 1987) is an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He currently wrestles for Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the ring name '''Xavier Woods''', as part of the stable '''Wrestling/TheNewDay'''. He began wrestling in 2005 and wrestled for many independent promotions, including territories of the historic Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, mostly as '''Austin Creed''', an AffectionateParody gimmick of [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Apollo Creed]]. In late 2007 he was picked up by Wrestling/{{TNA}} and worked for them under the modified ring name '''Consequences Creed''' until his release in 2010. He then made a few appearances with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, before ultimately being signed by WWE and placed in their developmental system. He got his start on the main roster as a member of Wrestling/TheNewDay, inevitably being the group's mouthpiece and "manager" (though he still wrestles himself).

He started a Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIr1YTkEHdJFtqHvR7Rwttg channel]] called WebVideo/UpUpDownDown, which features he and some WWE Superstars playing video games as well as interviews with some superstars. Since 2018, he's been a regular on the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] webseries ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' as Bobby Zimeruski, a Goliath barbarian obsessed with cheese. He's currently a regular host for the relaunched Creator/{{G4TV}}, appearing in various streaming videos before the official relaunch in November 2021.

He has been a tag team champion in multiple promotions, including [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ga/anarchy/anarchy-t.html NWA Anarchy]][[labelnote:with]]Hayden Young[[/labelnote]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nxt/fcw-fl-t.html FCW]][[labelnote:with]][[Wrestling/AcesAndEights Wes Brisco]][[/labelnote]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-t.html TNA]][[labelnote:with]]Wrestling/JayLethal[[/labelnote]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE]][[labelnote:with]]Wrestling/TheNewDay under Freebird rules, x8[[/labelnote]]. He's also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ga/dsw/dsw-h.html DSW Heavyweight Champion]], and the 2021 winner of WWE's Wrestling/KingOfTheRing tournament.

* ActionDad: By his own admission he has a RealLife version of this. Apparently his name is Al "Blackstone" Watson and he said he was "Born in a barrel of butcher knives and raised in a forest fire, don't fuck with me."