Navarre High School, Andale High School, and Colton Haynes/Formacao High School in Formia, Italy. Colton attended Navarre High School in Sun City Center, Florida before moving on to play high school football at Andale High School in Andalusia, Alabama. In 2014, after playing only one season for the Formia Tigers, Colton decided to forgo his final year of high school to focus on his career as a professional wrestler. He signed with the WWE Performance Center back in January 2015. Colton made his debut at the WWE Live Event on February 25th, 2015 in Miami Beach, Florida where he was defeated by Dolph Ziggler. He then returned to wrestling at another Live Event on March 4th, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario where he lost to Drew McIntyre. In April 2015, Colton went on a tour of Japan with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) called the "JAPAN TOUR OF PROMOTIONAL WELLNESS". The tour included three events in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sapporo with all matches being held under WWE house show rules (four-man main events, 30-minute time limits, etc.).