Kipp Christianson (born September 30, 1974) is an American

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and basketball player. He is best known for his time in the

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and

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where he wrestled under the ring name Eli Cottonwood during NXT Season 2. His Pro (mentor) was

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Professional wrestling career

Kipp Christianson began competing in

(FCW) in 2008 under his real name. On July 15, 2009, he made his debut match as Eli Cottonwood where he defeated Fred Rosser who would later become Darren Young. The gimmick of being recently reintroduced to society from the Kelloggs Sanitarium. He was managed by Aksana in November 2009 and turned face. On June 1 2010,

announced that he would be mentoring Eli Cottonwood in the second season of ''

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''. Cottonwood, however, was the second person eliminated from the competition, and was eliminated on the July 27 episode of ''NXT''. After NXT, Cottonwood returned to FCW. He lost to

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after Langston ended Cottonwood's undefeated FCW streak on November 4, 2010. On December 5, 2011, Cottonwood returned to WWE in a dark match on

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won by Dolph Ziggler. In April 2012, Cottonwood began managing Bray Wyatt formerly Husky Harris in NXT Season 2. Cottonwood requested for his released from WWE in June 2012. After wrestling, Cottonwood owned a yoga studio in Las Vegas called Kipp's Life Flip from 2016 to 2018 and now co-owns Florida Hardcore Wrestling.

References

External links

Kipp Christianson G-League StatsEli Cottonwood – Online World of Wrestling
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