Xavier Woods looks back on an appearance he made in TNA thanks to The Phenomenal One.
Woods is known for competing in TNA long before he made his way to WWE and became part of The New Day. Woods’ time in TNA was a positive one, and helped mould him into the competitor he is today.
Woods recalled in an interview on Celebrity Jobber with Jeff Zito that AJ Styles recommended him for a tag team match back in 2007, with Woods’ performance in that match earning him a contract with the promotion.
“I was in college, I was a senior, and my goal was to try to get a contract with a major wrestling organization before I graduated. I ended up getting a shot on a big show because a guy by the name of AJ Styles vouched for me. He vouched for me, and I was in this match, sight unseen, and they let me wrestle on TV on the largest show of the year for them and I was in the first match against AJ and his tag team partner, and I was teaming with R-Truth. After that, I got a contract, and I hit my goal. I was a contracted TV wrestler before I graduated college because AJ took a chance on me,”
One of my good friends, Sal Rinauro, he hit me up and said, ‘AJ has been in a tag team for a minute, he wants to go back to singles and get in ring shape for that. Do you want to come train with us?’ It was about two hours from where I was. I asked my boss, I worked in a daycare at the time, she knew how much I wanted to be a wrestler. She gave me the week off work, and I went up there every day and we worked out for four or five hours each day. After that, he called me up and said, ‘Are you busy this weekend?’ ‘No.’ He got me on the show and we went from there. It’s nothing but love to AJ.”
Xavier Woods
Xavier Woods has been out of action while his fellow New Day stable mates have been out with injuries.
We will have to see when Woods will return to WWE programming consistently.
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