territory. Watson continued on appearing on the rebooted NXT in a loss to Jinder Mahal on the July 18 episode of NXT. It would be the start of a losing streak for Watson, who went on to lose to the likes of Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger in 2012. Watson then formed an occasional team with Yoshi Tatsu, but they could find no success either; losing to the Ascension (Conor O'Brian and Kenneth Cameron) on the November 14, 2012 episode of NXT. On the January 23, 2013 episode of NXT, Watson and Tatsu entered the NXT Tag Team Championship Tournament to crown the inaugural champions but were defeated by The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the first round. On May 17, 2013, Watson was released; his final televised match was a loss in a six-man tag match against The Shield. Independent circuit (2014) After being released, Watson made his independent debut on June 14, 2014 at Universal Championship Wrestling event called UCW Hometown Throwdown, in Georgia where he lost to Lance Hoyt. Return to WWE (2016–2019) On November 30, 2016, at the NXT taping, Watson returned as the third man in the broadcast booth, joining Tom Phillips and Corey Graves. Graves made a full-time move to the Raw brand's commentary booth in early 2017, with Nigel McGuinness joining Watson and Phillips. On April 10, 2018, Watson debuted as a color commentator on 205 Live, alongside Vic Joseph and also on Main Event by next day. Watson was replaced on 205 Live by Aiden English as of January 22, 2019 and moved to NXT. During WrestleMania 35 weekend he did commentary for Worlds Collide with Vic Joseph. In April he was replaced on Main Event by various people including Sam Roberts and David Otunga. Then at the NXT tapings in May, he was replaced on the commentary team by Beth Phoenix. On May 11, it was reported Watson would be departing the company to pursue ventures outside of wrestling. Return to Independent circuit (2021-present) Watson lost to nzo Championships and accomplishments Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 238 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010 References External links FCW Profile College Football profile WWE Profile 1981 births African-American players of American football African-American male professional wrestlers American football linebackers American male professional wrestlers Living people Sportspeople from Lawton, Oklahoma Players of American football from