Xavier Woods
Austin Watson[4] (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he competes on the Raw brand under the ring name Xavier Woods. He is a member of The New Day stable with Kofi Kingston and Big E. He is a 12-time tag team Champion and the 2021 King of the Ring. He has also wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2007 to 2010 under the ring name Consequences Creed and won the TNA World Tag Team Championship one time with Jay Lethal.
Xavier Woods | ||||
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Birth name | Austin Watson[1] | |||
Born | Columbus, Georgia, U.S.[1] | September 4, 1986|||
Alma mater | Furman University Capella University | |||
Spouse(s) |
Jess Watson (m. 2015) | |||
Children | 2 | |||
Professional wrestling career | ||||
Ring name(s) | Austin Creed[1] Consequences Creed[1] Rasheed Lucius Creed King Woods Xavier Woods[2] | |||
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||
Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||
Billed from | Angel Grove, California[2] Atlanta, Georgia Marietta, Georgia | |||
Trained by | Rob Adonis[1] | |||
Debut | 2005[1] | |||
YouTube information | ||||
Channel | ||||
Years active | 2015–present | |||
Genres |
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Subscribers | 2.42 million[3] | |||
Total views | 500.5 million[3] | |||
Last updated: February 28, 2024 |
As Austin Creed, he is also famous for his gaming channel on YouTube, called UpUpDownDown. It has more than 2 millon subscribers and more than 500 million views on YouTube. It won a Guinness World Record in August 2018 for Most Subscribed-to Celebrity Video Gaming Channel.[5]
Championships and accomplishments
change- Deep South Wrestling
- DSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, final)[6]
- East Coast Wrestling Association
- ECWA Super 8 Tournament Champion (2010)
- 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[7]
- Most Popular Wrestler (2006)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jay Lethal[11]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Gimmick (2015) – The New Day[12]
- WWE
- WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (4 times)[a] – with Big E (2) and Kofi Kingston (4)[13]
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (7 times)[b] – with Big E and Kofi Kingston (7)[14]
- NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kofi Kingston[15]
- Third Tag Team Triple Crown Champion – with Kofi Kingston
- King of the Ring (2021)[16]
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament (2018) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston[17]
- WWE Year-End Award (1 time)
- Men's Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston[18]
- Slammy Award (1 time)
- Ring Gear of the Year (2020) – with Big E and Kofi Kingston
Notes
change- ↑ Big E, Kingston, and Woods defended the title under the Freebird rule. The title, originally called "WWE Tag Team Championship", was renamed "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship" during their second reign.
- ↑ Big E, Kingston, and Woods defended the title under the Freebird rule.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Austin Creed profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Xavier Woods: NXT's most captivating man, part 3". WWE. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About UpUpDownDown". YouTube.
- ↑ Barrasso, Justin (December 16, 2015). "New Day's Xavier Woods is blending his love of wrestling, video games". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ↑ "WWE Superstar Notches Guinness World Record for Gaming Channel". Complex. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ "D.S.W. Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ↑ "N.W.A. Anarchy Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ↑ "PWI Awards". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Kappa Publishing Group. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Middleton, Marc (November 18, 2020). "FTR Takes Top Spot On The Inaugural PWI Tag Team 50 List". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ↑ "TNA/IMPACT Wrestling World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 25, 2016). "January 25, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2015 Observer Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 46. ISSN 1083-9593.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ↑ Why New Day is the greatest factions of all time – WWE.com
- ↑ "Official NXT Tag Team Championship Title History". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
- ↑ "Xavier Woods Wins King of the Ring at WWE Crown Jewel 2021".
- ↑ "Matches « WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Tournament « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ↑ Mendhe, Abhilash (December 25, 2019). "WWE Year End Awards 2019: Analyzing each award category – Seth Rollins should have won Male Superstar of the Year". Sportskeeda. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
Other websites
change- Xavier Woods on WWE.com
- UpUpDownDown on YouTube
- Consequences Creed's official website Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Austin Creed on Twitter
- Austin Watson on IMDb