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 tag team The New Day with Kofi Kingston. He is a 13-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
Woods in 2015
Birth name	Austin Watson[1]
Born	(1986-09-04) September 4, 1986 (age 38) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.[1]
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	UpUpDownDown
Years active	2015–present
Genres	Gaming Comedy
Subscribers	2.42 million[3]
Total views	500.5 million[3]
Creator Awards
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

As part of The New Day, Woods is a four-time and longest-reigning WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion, a record seven-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion, and a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion, making him a Tag Team Triple Crown Champion and overall 12-time tag team champion in WWE.

• 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
  • Tag Team of the Year (2015, 2016) with Big E and Kofi Kingston^[8]
  • Ranked No. 58 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016^[9]
  • Ranked No. 8 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 with Big E and Kofi Kingston^[10]
• 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/World Tag Team Championship (5 times, current)^[a] – with Big E (2) and Kofi Kingston (5)^[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

1. Big E, Kingston, and Woods defended the title under the Freebird rule during their first two reigns. The title, originally called "WWE Tag Team Championship", was renamed "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship" during their second reign and was known as the "World Tag Team Championship" during their fifth reign.
2. Big E, Kingston, and Woods defended the title under the Freebird rule.