Christian recently returned to active competition after a lengthy layoff, and Xavier Woods remembers earlier days of Captain Charisma.
Woods and Christian were part of the then-TNA Wrestling when Christian was in the middle of a main event run and Xavier Woods was getting his career started as Consequences Creed. On the New Day Feel the Power podcast, Woods talked about the first time he met Christian, and how it stuck with him.
Woods was doing his best to show off his abs and perfect his body when Christian and him engaged in an interaction that’s stuck with him to this date.
“So, back in another life, when I was at another place, there was a group of us, you know, my-size guys, they would call us X-division. And so, just before a show, we were in the back and I’m feeling good because I’m, like, 20 years old, I’m in this wrestling organization, there are all these guys here, I’m so excited to learn from everybody. I’m thinking “what can I bring to the table?” and at this point, I’m like, lifting a lot, I’m doing cardio, I’m ab-ed up, I’m like cool, I’m gonna go out there, look great, I’m gonna get all these opportunities, it’s gonna be awesome, I’m gonna make all this money, it’s gonna be fantastic.”
“I’m looking at my abs in the mirror, I’m trying to flex to show everybody I’ve got the best abs in the room. Christian walks up and he goes, “tell me when those draw you some money” and walks away, and proceeded to wrestle in the main event, and make a ton of money, and I got beat up by like seven people in a 10-way match or something like that.”
While he was probably just giving a rookie a hard time in a joking manner, Woods definitely took it to heart and seems to continue to think about it. While that’s not a bad thing, it clearly showed Xavier there was more to the world of wrestling than being a body guy. Now several WWE Tag Team Titles later, Woods has definitely found ways to succeed in the business and make a lot of money.
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