Xavier Woods Comments On Winning WWE King Of The Ring

All hail King Xavier!

After months of campaigning for The King Of The Ring to return, Xavier Woods' boyhood dream came true on October 21 at Crown Jewel as The New Day man defeated Finn Balor to win the 2021 King Of The Ring Tournament.

WWE caught up with Woods immediately after he won the tournament and Xavier said: "I haven't been nervous in years because I've been doing this for so long. Nothing's really new, you know. So, I've been nervous all day. I was nervous all match. Normally, I'm nervous and then music hits and I go through the curtain and it's fine, everything goes away and I'm in the zone.

"I've never felt anything like this. I couldn't hear anything. I couldn't feel anything. It was like I was in a wind tunnel and the only thing that mattered was Finn. I don't know, it's just this weird new feeling. Which is weird because I'm 17 years in and I have a new feeling and that's really cool. Almost 20 years in wrestling; since I was 17. This is the only real thing -- this and tag team stuff. Love tag team wrestling. This is the only singles accolade that I've ever cared about. Titles are cool. Even that white leather IC title is so dope, but I only care about this.

"Like you know that you can do something, and you know that it's possible but there's something in your head that says, 'This will never happen. This is a pipe dream. You've done well enough. Be happy with what you have.' So, I don't know, I guess I never actually really believed that would actually ever happen for me."

With his win yesterday, Xavier Woods became the 22nd King Of The Ring in WWE history. The crown has previously been held by the likes of Bret Hart, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Booker T and Owen Hart.

H/T to Fightful