Percy Watson

For the footballer, see Percy Watson (footballer).

Percy Watson
Percy Watson (right) facing Primo in a dark match for WWE
Ring name(s)	Chris McNeil[1] Nick McNeil[1] Percy Watkins[2] Percy Watson[3]
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1][3]
Billed weight	243 lb (110 kg)[1][3]
Born	August 19, 1981 (1981-08-19) (age 30)[4] Lawton, Oklahoma[2][unreliable source?]
Resides	Tampa, Florida[1]
Billed from	South Beach, Florida[3]
Debut	2009[1]

Nick McNeil^[1] (born August 19, 1981) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Percy Watson. He is signed to WWE, and was part of the second season of WWE NXT. He is currently competing in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory.

College and professional football career

Nick McNeil graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor's degree in computer information systems.^[1] He was a 3 time All-Southern Conference selection at left end for the Catamounts. As a sophomore, he led the Southern Conference in sacks with 10. As a junior, he led the conference in fumble recoveries. He finished his career tied for 4th all time on the WCU tackles-for-loss list with 45. He finished 6th on the WCU all-time sack list with 18.5.^[5] McNeil had experience in professional football, playing in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins.^[1]

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment

Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2010)

McNeil signed a developmental deal with WWE in 2009 and began training with their development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He made his FCW debut in September 2009 under his real name Nick McNeil, however shortly after that he tweaked his name to Chris McNeil. On October 1, 2009, he re-introduced himself as Percy Watson along with his tag team partner Darren Young and they called themselves the South Beach Party Boys.^[6]

NXT and dark matches (2010-2011)

McNeil participated in the second season of NXT under the name of Percy Watson, with Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) as his mentor.^[7][8] 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.^[9] Watson was noted for being fun,^[10] energetic^[11] and similar to Eddie Murphy^[12]. As part of his gimmick, Watson wore red glasses and even wrestled his glasses on.^[11]

In the NXT poll on the June 29th episode, Watson was ranked in second place, just behind Kaval.^[13] On July 6, Watson won the Talk-the-Talk challenge and is rewarded with the chance to host a talk show the following week.^[14] 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.^[15] On the July 20 edition 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.^[16] On the July 27 edition of NXT, Watson became the first Rookie to defeat a Pro in a singles match by defeating Zack Ryder.^[17] On the August 17 edition of NXT, Watson was eliminated from the show, finishing fifth overall.^[18]

After Season 2 of NXT, Watson then competed in various dark matches but never appeared on WWE programming. In the dark matches, he faced other WWE Superstars like Primo, Tyson Kidd, Curt Hawkins, Chavo Guerrero, Tyler Reks, and Drew McIntyre.^[1]

Teaming with Titus O'Neil (2011)

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.^[19] He then made his NXT return (to the fifth season of NXT) not as a Rookie, but as Titus O'Neil's tag team partner.^[20]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Float-over DDT^[9]
  • Percycution (Fireman's carry flapjack)^[21]
  • Showtime Splash ^[22] (Standing 180° turning splash)^[23]

• Signature moves
  • Arm drag^[24]
  • Corner splash^[21][25]
  • Dropkick^[23][25][26]
  • Enzuigiri^[27]
  • European uppercut^[25][26]
  • Facebreaker knee smash^[26]
  • Flying back elbow smash^[28]
  • Flying clothesline^[23][25][26]
  • Leg drop^[25][29]
  • Leg lariat^[25]
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Back^[29]
    • Butterfly^[25][29]
    • Northern Lights^[21]
    • Overhead belly-to-belly^[26][30]
  • Sliding clothesline^[25][26]

• With Titus O'Neil
  • Double back elbow^[24]
  • Double shoulder tackle^[24]
  • Irish whip (O'Neil) into a shoulder tackle (Watson)^[24]

• Entrance themes
  • "Headin' Right Back" by Jim Johnston (September 13, 2011-present)

• Nicknames
  • "Showtime"^[3][9]
  • "South Beach Party Boy"^[3]

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #238 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010^[31]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "OWOW profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/p/percy-watson.html. Retrieved 2010-06-06. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=6327&gimmick=Percy+Watson. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "WWE bio". http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/percywatson/bio/. 
4. ^ "NFL Player Profile". NFL. http://www.nfl.com/players/nickmcneil/profile?id=MCN580628. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 
5. ^ Brian Gaither, Nick McNeil and Michale Spicer Sign NFL Free Agent Contracts. Retrieved 2010-6-29
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22. ^ "Percy Watson". Florida Championship Wrestling. http://www.fcwwrestling.info/percywatson1.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
23. ^ ^{a b c} Tedesco, Mike (2010-07-27). "WWE NXT Results - 7/27/10". WrestleView. http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1280339326. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
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External links

• FCW Profile
• College Football profile

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Name	Watson, Percy
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Date of birth	August 19, 1981
Place of birth	Lawton, Oklahoma
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