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My Take
What I admire most about Austin Watson is how he refused to be boxed in. As Xavier Woods in The New Day, he helped redefine what a WWE faction could be, but the part that sticks with me is the Furman education and the way he leaned into being a genuine gaming nerd as Austin Creed. A pro wrestler with a real intellectual curiosity who turned YouTube and producing into a second career feels like a rare, deliberate move. I respect performers who build something durable outside the ring before they need it, and he clearly did exactly that on purpose.
Overview
Austin Watson (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and YouTuber. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where performed under the ring name Xavier Woods as a member of The New Day. Watson also makes public appearances outside of wrestling under the name Austin Creed.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Xavier Woods
- Name (Japanese)
- オースティン・ワトソン
- Reading
- おーすてぃん・わとそん
- Born
- September 4, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- Columbus, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler / YouTuber / television producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sprayberry High School
- University
- Furman University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.