Trained by
Steve Keirn, Christianson began competing under his real name in
WWE's developmental territory
FCW in 2008. He defeated
Fred Rosser in the match. On June 1, 2010,
John Morrison announced that he would be mentoring Cottonwood in the second season of
NXT. Cottonwood was eliminated from the competition on the July 27 episode of
NXT, becoming the second competitor to be eliminated after
Titus O'Neil. Cottonwood returned to FCW on November 4, 2010, and lost to
Big E Langston in a match that ended his undefeated FCW streak. On December 5, 2011, he had a one-off appearance on WWE's main roster, losing a
dark match to
Dolph Ziggler on
Raw. In April 2012, he turned heel and aligned himself with
Bray Wyatt. He requested his release from WWE two months later and retired in 2016. He later owned a yoga studio in
Las Vegas called Kipp's Life Flip from 2016 to 2018 and co-owned Florida Hardcore Wrestling from 2016 to 2017. == References ==