Xavier Woods Says Vince McMahon & Triple H Will Be On UpUpDownDown, Speaks On Kofi Kingston & More

– Xavier Woods recently spoke with SI for a new interview discussing the UpUpDownDown gaming channel on YouTube. Woods revealed that there are currently plans to have Vince McMahon and Triple H appear on the show down the road. Check out the highlights below:

On the channel: “I sacrifice sleep to do it. Originally, I wanted to do a Travel Channel show. Normally, if we’re staying in a town before a show, I’ll go to a barcade. Those are dive bars that have tons of arcades, since there aren’t a ton of arcades where kids can put quarters in games and actually have that kind of arcade experience. Barcades are for those people who lived through that generation, and I pitched a show for the [WWE] Network where I’d go to these different places each week…We merged the ideas and came up with a YouTube gaming channel. I always have my carrying case–it’s called a GAEMS case, and has my PS4 in it and a built-in TV–and so we put together a gaming channel. The first couple episodes where me and Kofi [Kingston] playing FIFA, and the loser had to eat hot peppers. It was stuff that we were already doing, but now we’re filming it and putting on a little punishment at the end. We’ve been branching out and connecting with other YouTubers, other arcades, and other gaming people. We’re learning what’s good, what’s bad, the connections to use with the systems and TVs, and it’s been a very eye-opening experience.”

On wanting to help Kofi Kingston become WWE World Heavyweight Champion: “‘Stone Cold’ [Steve Austin] explained that if you’re not trying to be heavyweight champion, then you’re in the wrong business,” said Woods. “That’s interesting to me because my goal is to make sure Kofi becomes heavyweight champion. He is the guy who absolutely deserves it over anyone else in the company. My long-term goal is to help, in whatever way I can, Kofi become heavyweight champion.”

On the plans to get Triple H and McMahon on the show: “There are so many different types of games, so it helps bring people closer together. Madden and Street Fighter are two very different things, but everybody can pretty much hold their own. Kofi games a ton, and most of the guys play sports game like Madden. There are guys playing who you wouldn’t think of as, quote-unquote, gamers.”