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For the past 16 years, WWE has been my home. It’s where I grew up, found myself, failed, learned, and got to live out things the younger version of me could only dream about. When I first walked into FCW, I just wanted a chance to prove I belonged and to bring something different to professional wrestling. That chance became a life full of moments I’ll carry with me forever — WrestleMania, championships, King of the Ring, arenas around the world, and the gift of connecting with all of you by being myself. The New Day gave me a bond with @TrueKofi and @WWEBigE that I’ll cherish for life. You believed in us, even when our ideas were wild, and because of that, we got to show people that being unapologetically yourself is a strength. UpUpDownDown became another piece of that same mission: a place for joy, friendship, and humanity. I’m so thankful to everyone, past and present, who helped build it brick by brick. To the locker room, producers, trainers, crew, camera teams, ring crew, everyone behind the scenes, and the props department - thank you. WWE has the most special and hardest working props department that youll ever find. Love you guys and none of this happens without you. And to everyone who has been part of this ride: thank you for believing in me. Thank you for letting me be Xavier Woods. Thank you for giving me the confidence… to walk away as Austin Creed.

It’s taken me two full days to respond to all my texts. I hadn’t been on social media until today and I’m overwhelmed by all the messages here too. So much love. So I can’t help but to be filled completely with gratitude… My story has been nothing short of remarkable and I am truly blessed to have had such an illustrious, accolade-laden and, most importantly, fun-filled career. I made my childhood dream become the most wonderful reality. Throughout this journey, I’m so thankful to have been surrounded by great friends and to have built so many unbreakable connections with people that I’m very proud to call my family. Most people go through life without ever experiencing a love like I have for Woods and E. That bond alone would have made this whole experience worth it. There are far too many people to mention by name here, but to everyone who has ever supported me, guided me, helped me, taught me, cheered for me, praised me, stood up for me, and even rooted against me: Thank you. I appreciate you more than words can say. My main mission has always been a simple one: To provide a comfortable life filled with heartwarming memories for my family. And, largely in part to all of you, I can proudly say that I have achieved that goal and more. This wasn’t supposed to be a novel, so let me wind it down with some advice: Do your best to live a life without regrets, control what you can control, always give it your all, and fight hard for what you believe in. Do not ever compromise or accept less than your due when it comes to your worth. Find the courage to believe in yourself and fearlessly pursue your goals and dreams, because anything is possible. The kid that was too small, short, skinny, and scrawny was never supposed to make it in this land of giants…yet here we are. And so… …as the sun sets on one chapter, so too must it rise in another. Tomorrow is indeed…a New Day. ☀️

@el_ayaan wrestling life flashed before his eyes...brock actually cried when he saw it

John Cena's face the moment he realized that he's officially retired from the WWE 💔

There is no painter greater than God.

Nigga was so bored he became God

SMOKE GOOD WEED AND HAVE GOOD SEX IT HELPS KEEP YOU SANE

Seeing a lot of quotes about Starlink… how do I tell them that the Starlink in the heli wasn’t working at all and this is all cellular. Radio has crazy range when there’s nothing to obstruct it 🙂‍↕️

@IShowSpeedHQ 🤣🤣 21yrs me(33) said same thing... speed never experienced life...no fame and go to 200 countries?... you'll be lonely and would look for attention as u do now... when women around and when u lose at something comp all your anxiety and depressed when u can't see chat...

🚨| WATCH: Speed talks about how he never drinks or smokes and says people only do it because of social anxiety and depression

I’m curious… How many of you think the podcasting space is full of CIA or intelligence operatives trying to shape public opinion?

Every wrestling fan will agree to this

@brightafia ishowspeed winning

The influencer era is over, we are now in the skill era.

TKO has finally destroyed the sport I love, they have to go!

They are all inverted

Intelligent people struggle with addiction. Their minds need more. They have obsessions nobody around them shares. Philosophy. Astronomy. Dostoevsky. Jazz. Quantum physics. Things they know deeply. Things they've gone so deep into that anything else feel like small talk. And small talk feels like suffocation. So... they drink. Work until 2 am. Doomscroll until they're numb. Because there is a gap. A gap between who you are and the conversations available to you. And it's one of the loneliest places a person can live.

@MasterNumber where the wombmen from the future...? 👁🤫♾️♒🔯

Where are all the unvaccinated single ladies who trusted their own intuition? Rare energy these days😪

@LasagnaFried @MasterNumber Asé love 👀💛

This ends the 🧲 discussion once and for all. NBA= 🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲.