Percy Watson

Watson participated in the second season of *NXT*, with Montel Vontavious Porter as his mentor. Watson made his debut on the June 8, 2010 episode of *NXT* with the nickname "Showtime" Percy Watson, teaming with MVP and defeating Husky Harris and Cody Rhodes. As part of his gimmick, Watson wore red glasses and even wrestled with his glasses on.

In the *NXT* poll on the June 29 episode, Watson was ranked in second place, just behind Kaval. On July 6, Watson won the Talk-the-Talk challenge and was rewarded with the chance to host a talk show the following week. In his talk show segment, Watson had his Pro MVP as his talk show guest. However, in order to make a statement, Watson tried to set up MVP to receive an attack from the other rookies, but the other pros came to MVP's aid. On the July 20 episode of *NXT*, Watson was a guest on MVP's VIP Lounge, where he was confronted by MVP about his actions the previous week. The two made amends after a heartfelt apology from Watson. On the July 27 episode of *NXT*, Watson became the first rookie to defeat a pro in a singles match by defeating Zack Ryder. On the August 17 episode of *NXT*, Watson was eliminated from the show, finishing fifth overall. After Season 2 of *NXT*, Watson then competed in various dark matches but never appeared on WWE programming.

Watson returned on WWE programming on the September 8 episode of *WWE Superstars* without glasses and with a more toned-down gimmick, teaming with Titus O'Neil in a losing effort against Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. He then redebuted on the fifth season of *NXT* not as a rookie, but as Titus O'Neil's friend and tag team partner. Watson and O'Neil would enjoy success against Derrick Bateman and Tyson Kidd, as well as Bateman and JTG. However, Watson and O'Neil would find themselves unable to beat Darren Young and JTG. Watson would also compete as a singles competitor on NXT, earning wins against the likes of Tyler Reks and Heath Slater.

After O'Neil turned his back on the fans, he urged Watson to do the same on the January 25, 2012 episode of *NXT*. When Watson refused, O'Neil shoved him and a match between the two was booked, leading to O'Neil defeating Watson. O'Neil continued to attack Watson after the match, leading to Alex Riley saving Watson. On the February 1 and February 29 episodes of *NXT*, Watson and Riley teamed up to face O'Neil and Young, but were defeated both times. On the March 7 episode of *NXT*, Watson received his rematch against O'Neil and defeated O'Neil. From late April, Watson was involved in a storyline in which he was blamed for various backstage attacks on other wrestlers, but the storyline was abruptly dropped as NXT Redemption drew to a close. On the final episode of the fifth season of *NXT* on June 13, Watson teamed with Derrick Bateman in a loss to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks.

Watson continued on appearing on the rebooted *NXT* in a loss to Jinder Mahal on the July 18 episode of *NXT*. It would be the start of a losing streak for Watson, who went on to lose to the likes of Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger in 2012. Watson then formed an occasional team with Yoshi Tatsu, but they could find no success either; losing to the Ascension (Conor O'Brian and Kenneth Cameron) on the November 14, 2012 episode of *NXT*. On the January 23, 2013 episode of *NXT*, Watson and Tatsu entered the NXT Tag Team Championship Tournament to crown the inaugural champions but were defeated by The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the first round. On May 17, 2013, Watson was released; his final televised match was a loss in a six-man tag match against The Shield.

On November 30, 2016, at the *NXT* taping, Watson returned as the third man in the broadcast booth, joining Tom Phillips and Corey Graves. Graves made a full-time move to the *Raw* brand's commentary booth in early 2017, with Nigel McGuinness joining Watson and Phillips. On April 10, 2018, Watson debuted as a color commentator on *205 Live*, alongside Vic Joseph and also on *Main Event* by next day.

Watson was replaced on 205 Live by Aiden English as of January 22, 2019 and moved to *NXT*. During WrestleMania 35 weekend, he did commentary for Worlds Collide with Vic Joseph. In April he was replaced on *Main Event* by various people including Sam Roberts and David Otunga. Then, at the NXT tapings in May, he was replaced on the commentary team by Beth Phoenix. On May 11, 2019, Watson left the WWE.