WWE (2014–2016) Woods signed a contract with
WWE at the end of 2014 and started to train at the
WWE Performance Center. His first match with
NXT was on April 25, where he competed in a battle royal. On July 30 and September 26, he competed in two more battle royals to determine the number one contender to the
NXT Championship, which were won by
Tyler Breeze and
Baron Corbin, respectively. His first win was at
Venice, Florida during a house show on January 30, 2016, against
Gzim Selmani. On June 9, he competed against
No Way Jose in a losing effort. His final match in NXT was at a house show on July 23, where he lost to
Mojo Rawley. WWE released him days later.
Ring of Honor (2016–present) Woods' debut in
Ring of Honor was in a dark match on October 22, 2016, in a six-man tag team match alongside Brandon Groom and Kennedy Kendrick, defeating Chuckles, Joey Osbourne and Victor Andrews. He entered the
2017 ROH Top Prospect Tournament, defeating Chris LeRusso, Brian Milonas, and John Skyler to win the tournament. He formed a tag team with Silas Young called Two Guys & One Tag. On March 26, 2021, on ROH 19th Anniversary Show, Young turned on Woods splitting up the team. At
Death Before Dishonor XVIII, Woods defeated
ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham to win the title. With the acquisition of Ring of Honor by
Tony Khan, it was announced that Woods would defend the Pure Championship against
Wheeler Yuta at
Supercard of Honor XV on April 1, 2022. Woods lost the title to Yuta at the event.
Independent circuit (2017) On July 14, 2017, he entered the MCW
Shane Shamrock Memorial XVII tournament, where he fought
Anthony Henry to a time limit draw.
All Elite Wrestling (2021–present) On December 12, 2021, Woods made his debut for
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on
AEW Dark, where he was defeated by
Shawn Spears. After racking up some victories on Dark programming, Woods began appearing on
Dynamite and
Rampage in 2022. In the summer, Woods formed a tag team with
Tony Nese, and the duo would acquire the services of
Mark Sterling as their manager and on-screen attorney. On the August 5 edition of
Rampage, Woods & Nese unsuccessfully challenged Swerve in our Glory (
Keith Lee &
Swerve Strickland) for the
AEW World Tag Team Championship. On the October 7 edition of
Rampage, Woods & Nese defeated The Varsity Blonds (
Brian Pillman Jr. &
Griff Garrison), and after the match, Sterling revealed he had "trademarked" the term Varsity as it relates to professional wrestling, and that Woods & Nese would be known as The Varsity Athletes going forward. == Championships and accomplishments ==