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Consequences Creed
Born (1986-09-04) September 4, 1986 (age 38)
Columbus, Georgia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Rasheed Lucius "Consequences" Creed
"Awesome" Austin Creed[1]
Consequences Creed
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Billed weight202 lb (92 kg)
Billed fromMarietta, Georgia
Trained byRob Adonis
Brodie Ray Chase[1]
Debut2005[1]

Austin Watson[1] (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Consequences Creed. His wrestling persona is based on Apollo Creed from the Rocky movie series. Creed is currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former world tag team champion with Jay Lethal in the team called Lethal Consequences.

Early life

Watson was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1986 and graduated from Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Georgia in 2004. That same year he began studying psychology and philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Watson graduated from Furman University with two degrees a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and philosophy on June 10, 2008.

Career

Early career and NWA Anarchy (2005–2007)

While attending Furman University, Creed began training for a career in professional wrestling and, in 2005, began wrestling part time with Rob Adonis's Ultimate Christian Wrestling promotion. While in the Greenville, South Carolina-based World Wrestling Council, run by former NWA professional wrestler Brodie Ray Chase, he developed his current ring persona based heavily on the character Apollo Creed from the Rocky series.[2]

During his time in NWA Anarchy, Creed was part of a tag team called Awesome Attraction with Hayden Young. The pair had one of the longest title reigns in the promotion's history after defeating Justice Served (Jason Justice and Mike Free) in Cornelia, Georgia on April 7, 2007.[3] In 2006, Creed won NWA's Most Popular Wrestler, voted for by the NWA fans.

Deep South Wrestling (2007)

On July 12, 2007 Creed defeated Murder-One to become the first DSW Heavyweight Champion since the split from WWE. He also worked with The Assassin while in Deep South Wrestling.[2]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–present)

Creed appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Bound For Glory pay-per-view event, teaming with Ron Killings as the replacement for Adam "Pacman" Jones. Creed wrestled under the name Rasheed Lucius "Consequences" Creed.[4] His union with Ron Killings was made to be a play on words, with Killings' nickname "The Truth" being combined with Creed's nickname "Consequences" to form Truth and Consequences, which is similar to the name of a town, (Truth or Consequences, New Mexico named for an old game show).

Creed in action in September 2008

On October 21, 2007, it was reported that Creed had signed a contract with TNA.[2] The signing was reported when Creed appeared on the radio show Trash Talking Radio on October 23 with Tommy Cairo and Sabian.[5] His signing was also confirmed later at a NWA Anarchy show where Creed was presented the contract by TNA Booking Director Bill Behrens.[6] Following Bound For Glory, Creed was not seen on TNA television for months after Killings asked and was later granted his release from the company.

On February 10, 2008, Creed wrestled in a dark match before Against All Odds. He teamed with Sonjay Dutt defeating The Rock 'n Rave Infection. On the March 13 edition of Impact! a promo video with the words "prepare to face the consequences" showed Creed training and announced that he would make his return at the Lockdown pay-per-view on April 13. The following week the return date was changed to April 10. On the April 10 edition of Impact!, Creed made his in-ring return and defeated Jimmy Rave of The Rock 'n Rave Infection, thus qualifying for the Xscape match at Lockdown.[7] During the match, Creed eliminated Shark Boy, but was later eliminated by Curry Man.[8] Creed would later wrestle in the first ever TerrorDome match at Sacrifice, which was won by Kaz.[9]

At Hard Justice, Creed faced Petey Williams for the TNA X Division Championship, but lost after interference from Sheik Abdul Bashir. On the September 4, 2008 edition of TNA Impact!, he won a number one contenders match against Bashir for the right to face Williams again at No Surrender for the X Division title.[10] The match was changed to a triple threat after Bashir repeatably attacked Creed. Bashir won the match and the X Division title.[11]

On the October 30 episode of Impact!, Creed, along with Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Jay Lethal, Petey Williams, Eric Young, ODB and The Motor City Machineguns formed a faction of younger wrestlers, known as The Frontline, to oppose the Main Event Mafia.[12] On January 8, 2009, he teamed with Lethal to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship from the champions Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) after cashing in Lethal's Feast or Fired briefcase.[13] Beer Money, Inc. regained their titles in a three-way match just three days later at Genesis.[14]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Creed as NWA Anarchy Tag Team Champion.
  • NWA Anarchy
    • Most Popular Wrestler (2006)
    • NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hayden Young[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Austin Creed profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  2. ^ a b c Kamchen, Richard (2007-10-25). "SLAM! Wrestling: Creed makes "Awesome" TNA debut". SLAM! Sports.
  3. ^ a b "N.W.A. Anarchy Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  4. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2007-10-14). "TNA Bound for Glory match-by-match coverage". Wrestling Observer.
  5. ^ "Austin Creed Heading to TNA?". GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com. 2007-10-22.
  6. ^ Goodman, Larry (2007-10-20). "10/20 NWA Anarchy Report". NWA-Wildside.com.
  7. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-04-10). "Impact: Last push to Lockdown". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  8. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-04-13). "TNA Lockdown: Joe captures gold". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  9. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-05-12). "TNA Sacrifice: Joe retains; LAX regains". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  10. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-09-05). "Impact: Sting calls out the King of the Mountain". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  11. ^ Clevett, Jason (2008-09-14). "No Surrender a bore". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  12. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-10-31). "Impact: Steiner joins the mafia". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  13. ^ Sokol, Chris (2009-01-09). "Impact: Mafia shatters an ankle before Genesis". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  14. ^ Sokol, Chris (2009-01-12). "Genesis a stalemate between Mafia and Frontline". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "D.S.W. Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  • The Official Website of Consequences Creed
  • Ultimate Christian Wrestling: "Awesome" Austin Creed
  • CageMatch.de - Austin Creed
    • Profile at Online World Of Wrestling
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