McNeil as Percy Watson in April 2012
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Birth name | Nicholas Christopher McNeil |
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Born |
Leland, North Carolina, United States |
August 19, 1981
Residence |
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States |
Alma mater | Western Carolina University |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Nick McNeil Chris McNeil Percy Watson Cordell Porter |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Billed from | South Beach, Florida |
Debut | 2009 |
Nicholas Christopher McNeil (born August 19, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player signed to WWE in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Percy Watson as a commentator. McNeil has also wrestled independently as Cordell Porter.
Nick McNeil graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor's degree in computer information systems. He was a three 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 collegiate career tied for fourth all time on the WCU tackles-for-loss list with 45. He finished sixth on the WCU all-time sack list with 18.5. McNeil had experience in professional football, playing in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.
McNeil signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2009 and began training with their developmental 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.