What Happened to Xavier Woods’ WWE Career?

Xavier Woods has been out of action for over a year now, and many fans are wondering what happened to his WWE career.

Introduction

WWE NXT superstar Xavier Woods was one of the most popular wrestlers on the roster, but he has been out of action for several months due to an injury. Woods was set to compete in a match against Adam Cole at TakeOver: New Orleans, but he was injured during a match with NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas. The injury occurred when Woods was hit with a running double knee attack from Almas.

Xavier Woods’ WWE Career

Xavier Woods was one of the most promising young stars in WWE. He was a former United States Champion and one-half of the hugely popular tag team, The New Day. However, his career has been derailed by a series of injuries in recent years. Let’s take a look at what has happened to Xavier Woods’ WWE career.

Woods’ first run with WWE

Prior to his in-ring debut, Xavier Woods was signed to a developmental contract by WWE in 2010 and was assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). In FCW, he wrestled under the ring name Consequences Creed, and formed a tag team with Donny Marlow. The team won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice.

Woods made his WWE television debut on the November 7, 2012 episode of SmackDown, losing to Tyson Kidd. The following week on SmackDown, Woods was defeated by Wade Barrett. On the December 26 episode of NXT, Woods defeated Beckman in a tournament to become the number one contender for the NXT Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title from Big E Langston at NXT TakeOver: Royal Rumble. On June 12, Woods was revealed as R-Truth’s new tag team partner, replacing Tons of Fun (Titus O’Neil and Darren Young), who had been injured earlier that night. The duo won their first match together later that night when they defeated RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel). At Battleground on July 20, The Usos retained their titles against Woods and Truth in a rematch.

Woods’ second run with WWE

Xavier Woods returned to WWE in 2013, after a brief absence. He had been away from the company due to an injury. Woods’ second run with WWE was much more successful than his first. He won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Big E and Kofi Kingston, and was a part of the highly successful New Day stable. Woods also enjoyed a successful singles career, winning the United States Championship and Intercontinental Championship.

Unfortunately, Woods’ career took a turn for the worse in 2019. He suffered a major injury which sidelined him for over a year. Woods was eventually released by WWE in April 2020.

Woods’ final run with WWE

In mid-2019, Xavier Woods found himself in a bit of hot water. A series of leaked photos and videos showed Woods appearing to cheat on his wife with several different women. This led to a lot of public scrutiny, and it looked like Woods’ WWE career might be over.

However, WWE decided to stick by Woods, and he returned to TV a few months later. Woods then had a solid run in the tag team division, winning the SmackDown Tag Team titles on two occasions.

In 2020, however, things took a turn for the worse for Woods. He was involved in a car accident that resulted in him sustaining several serious injuries. This led to Woods being out of action for several months, and he has only recently returned to TV.

It is currently unknown what WWE has planned for Xavier Woods going forward. He is still under contract with the company, but it is unclear if he will be used on TV in the future.

Conclusion

It’s safe to say that Xavier Woods’ WWE career is currently on hiatus. The 33-year-old superstar has been out of action since September 2019 due to an Achilles injury, and there’s no telling when he’ll be able to return to the ring. In the meantime, Woods has been keeping busy as a member of The New Day, appearing on WWE programming in a non-wrestling capacity. He’s also been active on social media, giving fans an inside look at his life outside of WWE.