Xavier Woods is launching a gaming channel; Guinness World Record Holder
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Disney XD has a late night block of gaming shows. If WWE were smart, they'd try to do some cross promotion and have Xavier appear on some of their shows, or even get a time slot for up up down down.
Professor Beef
(the food, not the slang)
"CATCH THE BALL!! YOU WERE WIDE OPEN!!!"
AJ pls
AJ pls
They really should. Or take advantage of Woods going to events like Evo, DragonCon, and E3 more (though, I'm sure he appreciates being able to go to those things and not be "on the clock" beyond a couple of short vids for the channel). They could start putting on their own small events; I'm sure people would put up money to attend a gaming tournament sponsored by the WWE where you got to play games with talent. (Keyword: games. Not just WWE2K lol)
The reason they don't really engage with that stuff, I believe, is WWE doesn't quite understand the audience that UUDD appeals to. Gaming culture is huge and encompassess a lot of different types of people, but it's largely a part the current youth culture that WWE frequently fails to connect with. Woods himself has said he gets people telling him they don't watch wrestling but enjoy his channel. They could easily be parlaying UUDD into more partnerships - and I'm sure it played a part in the FF and Rocket League stuff - and getting talent out there to connect more with modern audiences, but they're slow to pull the trigger because they don't understand this world.
Hell, look at what UUDD has become since the company got more involved. Less Superstar Savepoints, retro games, and the general lockerroom dikking around that brought people to the channel; more corporate partnership stuff, WWE-related content, more "mainsteam" general audience games. Woods isn't even in a lot of the newer videos. They even got all the early UUDD regulars (New Day, Usos, Breeze, Rusev) on the same show and we rarely if ever see them all together. And hey, maybe that was Woods' vision all along, but to me, it misses the point of what had the channel popping in the first place.
If anything, Woods should start trying to work UUDD into more opportunities for himself outside the company. Probably Kofi and E too, since the three of them seem to genuinely want to succeed together. He's already gotten voice acting, hosting, and small acting in online vids gigs through the show. He should build on that. I could definitely see him settling into regular voice acting or hosting roles once his wrestling career winds down if he starts building now, especially since he'll likely always have some type of online presence.
Apparently Klandy beat AJ Styles in Mario Kart. Xavier Woods was there so I hope there is footage for UUDD.
I need to see more AJ rage
The excuses
I need to see more AJ rage
The excuses
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
AJ:
This man cannot take an L.
Death in Bill and Ted 2.
What I will say tho, that's what makes AJ a great wrestler/performer, he strives to be the best and doesn't rest on his laurels, like other wrestlers within the company.
While it is
to laugh at athletes not being able to take losses, but if the rest of the people had that competitive edge and passion, teams/products would be better for it.There is a reason why people like The Rock, Jordan, Rice, Mayweather, Cristiano, Messi, Kobe etc are the best in their respective fields because along with their work ethic, they just don't want to stop at just having 1 of something they want it all of everything and repeatedly as well.
Plus Bayley is competing in the Nintendo World Championship.
Woods and his YouTube channel really has done more for this company as far as opening them up to new audiences than one could have ever foreseen. And to think he was going to be fired at one point.