[1] Trained by Steve Keirn, Christianson began competing under his real name in WWE's developmental territory FCW in 2008.
[1] On July 15, 2009, he had his debut match as a heel under the new ring name Eli Cottonwood, a man who had recently been reintroduced to society after a stint at the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
[7] On December 5, 2011, he had a one-off appearance on WWE's main roster, losing a dark match to Dolph Ziggler on Raw.
[11] He later owned a yoga studio in Las Vegas called Kipp's Life Flip from 2016 to 2018 and co-owned Florida Hardcore Wrestling from 2016 to 2017.
[13] He is active on Twitter, where he often voices his support for conspiracy theories such as QAnon[13] and figures such as Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[13]