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Kipp Christianson began competing in [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW) in 2008 under his real name. On July 15, 2009, he made his debut match as Eli Cottonwood where he defeated [[Darren Young|Fred Rosser]] who would later become Darren Young.<ref name=Cage /> The gimmick of being recently reintroduced to society from the [[Battle Creek Sanitarium|Kelloggs Sanitarium]]. He was managed by [[Aksana (wrestler)|Aksana]] in November 2009 and turned [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]].<ref name="FCW09">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/fcw/_2009/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling (2009)|access-date=April 17, 2018|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref>
 
On June 1 2010, [[John Morrison (wrestler)|John Morrison]] announced that he would be mentoring Eli Cottonwood in the second season of ''[[WWE NXT (seasons 1–5)|NXT]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/06/01/14222371.html|title=WWE NXT: Barrett wins show's first season|date=June 1, 2010|last=Bishop|first=Matt|access-date=June 2, 2010|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canoe.com]]|archive-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65iuON8Op?url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/06/01/14222371.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_41691.shtml|title=WWE News: NXT Results – Season Two announced, Pro & Rookie pairings revealed|date=June 1, 2010|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=June 1, 2010|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> Cottonwood, however, was the second person eliminated from the competition, and was eliminated on the July 27 episode of ''NXT''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Bishop|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/07/27/14848096.html|title=WWE NXT: Second rookie goes home; New No. 1|access-date=July 28, 2010|date=July 27, 2010|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=Canoe.com}}</ref>
 
After NXT, Cottonwood returned to FCW. He lost to [[Big E (wrestler)|Big E Langston]] after Langston ended Cottonwood's undefeated FCW streak on November 4, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=62101|title=Events Database - FCW TV #113|work=CAGEMATCH}}</ref>