Erik Watts Erik Watts ( December 19 , 1967 ) is an American professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s . Career . Watts attended the University of Louisville , where he was a quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals . Watts later trained as a wrestler under his father , Bill Watts , and debuted in 1992 . After wrestling for three months , he was hired by World Championship Wrestling . While in WCW , Watts feuded with Arn Anderson . His constant pushes were controversial in that his father was at the time the WCW booker , leading to accusations of nepotism . In 1995 , Watts followed his father to the World Wrestling Federation . In the WWF , Watts was renamed " Troy " while Chad Fortune was renamed " Travis " and put in a tag team known as Tekno Team 2000 . Wearing silver smocks and tight zubaz , their gimmick was that they represented the cutting edge of cyberculture . Their tag team made its debut on the May 27 , 1995 episode of Superstars in a victorious effort against Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz . They wrestled two more matches on TV the following month before disappearing from television until July 1995 for the In Your House Pay - Per - View acting as lumberjacks for the main event . After the Pay - Per - View they disappeared off of television for a year , only to resurface back on WWF television in 1996 . They still failed to achieve any success and both men were released from the WWF . After several years of relative obscurity , Watts joined the Philadelphia - based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in 2000 , losing to Spike Dudley in his ECW Arena debut . He remained with the promotion for several months before departing . In 2002 , Watts joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He eventually formed a heel stable with David Flair and Brian Lawler ( two other second generation wrestlers whose careers were overshadowed by those of their famous fathers , Ric and Jerry ) known as " The Next Generation " . After the stable disbanded , Watts turned face . He acted as the TNA Director of Authority from July 23 , 2003 to January 28 , 2004 , before being ousted by Don Callis . Watts then feuded with his on - screen girlfriend , Goldy Locks , throughout 2004 . In late 2004 , he feuded with Raven , defeating him at TNA Final Resolution 2005 before leaving the promotion in February 2005 . After leaving TNA , Watts began working primarily for the Georgia - based Great Championship Wrestling promotion . He also appeared with AWA Superstars of Wrestling , defeating Diamond Dallas Page for the vacant AWA International Heavyweight Championship on February 4 , 2005 in Tucson , Arizona in a match refereed by Mick Foley . The title was retired by the AWA Board of Directors later that year . 2009 - Present . In 2009 , World Wrestling Entertainment began negotiating with Watts ' mother , Ene , on a deal to acquire the old Mid - South Wrestling footage library . Her former husband , Bill Watts , ran the territory when it was alive . Ene Watts is the legal owner of the footage , and Bill Watts is not involved in the negotiations in any way . Rumors suggest that Ene Watts is trying to include a contract for her son as part of the negotiations so he could return to prominent televised wrestling with WWE . He previously worked there as half of Techno Team 2000 with Chad Fortune .