Troy

Troy debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on August 27, 1992 in McMinnville, Tennesse, as **Erik Watts**, and began a house show series against Buddy Lee Parker and Mark Canterbury. Still undefeated three months later, Watts would defeat Scotty Flamingo, Vinnie Vegas, and a rookie Diamond Dallas Page. On November 2, Watts defeated Michael Hayes on *WCW Saturday Night*, and went on to score multiple victories against Mike Thor and Tex Slazenger. On November 8, he achieved a time-limit draw with Steve Austin at a live event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In late November, he entered his first feud, facing members of The Dangerous Alliance. On November 25, he upset Bobby Eaton in Baltimore, Maryland, winning by submission with an *STF*. The following month, Watts took WCW United States Champion Rick Rude to several time limit draws, and he gained his first pinfall victory over Steve Austin on December 5 in St Paul, Minnesota. On December 7, on *WCW Saturday Night*, his undefeated streak was ended by Rude. On December 28, at Starrcade, Watts teamed with Jushin Thunder Liger in a Lethal Lottery tag team match, losing to "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Sting.

In January 1993, Watts gained victories over The Barbarian, Tony Atlas, and a returning Paul Orndorff. In February, he was entered into a tournament to crown a new WCW Television Champion after previous titleholder Scott Steiner had departed four months earlier. After defeating Johnny Gunn in the opening round, Watts beat Maxx Payne by disqualification in the quarter finals. The last two rounds of the tournament were held on March 2 in Macon, Georgia. Watts pinned Vinnie Vegas in the semifinals, but was defeated by Paul Orndorff in the finals. Erik was soon targeted by Arn Anderson and began a house show series with The Enforcer as the Four Horsemen began their reformation. Watts continued to perform strongly against lower level competition, but was defeated by Steve Regal on July 18, 1993 at Beach Blast. In August, he began a house show series with Chris Benoit and came out victorious in each encounter. A month later, however, he began his first losing streak, dropping matches to WCW Television Champion Steve Regal on multiple occasions.

On November 30, 1993, he was involved in a major angle on *WCW Saturday Night*. After defeating Paul Orndorff, Paul Roma came out to ringside and attacked Watts. This would lead to the formation of Pretty Wonderful. Meanwhile, Watts continued to be victorious in 1994 against lower level competition, but was unable to break through against more experienced competition like Regal or Orndorff. His final match was on August 1, 1994, against Jean Paul Levesque in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

In 1995, Watts went to the World Wrestling Federation. In the WWF, Watts was renamed **Troy** and, together with Travis, formed 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 The Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz. They wrestled two more matches on television the following month, but disappeared from television until reappearing at In Your House 2 pay-per-view, acting as lumberjacks for the main event. After being absent from television for a year, they resurfaced in 1996 but still failed to achieve any success and both men were released from the WWF.

On the April 16, 1998 edition of *WCW Thunder*, Watts returned to WCW for a match against Yuji Nagata. Eight months later, Watts made a full-time return, and would win his first two matches. He then began mainly being used as enhancement talent working on *Saturday Night*, *WorldWide* and (on rare occasions), on *Monday Nitro*. He would receive a shot at the WCW Television Championship on the March 30 edition of *WCW Saturday Night*, but would fall short at the hands of Booker T. His last television appearance was on November 13, as he lost a match against Disco Inferno on *Saturday Night*.

Watts joined Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2000, losing to Spike Dudley in his ECW Arena debut. He remained with the promotion for two months before departing.