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Professional wrestling career

WWE

NXT (2016-2020)

After finishing his training, he would be signed by WWE and would be sent to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. On August 3, 2016, he would make his NXT debut with a victory over Raul Mendoza. He would continue to earn more victories over the proceeding weeks and months, being undefeated until the end of October, being defeated by Adam Cole. He would then enter a tournament to determine the #1 Contender for the NXT Championship held by Shinsuke Nakamura. He would advance to the semi-finals, being eliminated by the eventual winner of the tournament Bobby Roode. He would then enter a brief rivalry with Andrade, defeating the latter at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio on January 28, 2017. He would then form a partnership with Aaron Cooper, earning some tag team victories over the proceeding weeks. They would begin pursuing the NXT Tag Team Championships held by The Authors of Pain. They would enter a tag team battle royal to become the next challengers, being eliminated by TM-61. After earning some more tag team victories, they would receive a championship opportunity on the June 7th episode of NXT, ultimately being defeated.