Eli Cottonwood

 Kipp W. Christianson (born September 30, 1974) is an Americanprofessional wrestler, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) and working in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) as Eli Cottonwood.

Before getting into pro wrestling, Kipp Christianson attended St. John's University from 1993 —�1997, while there he graduated with a B.A. inPsychology. He also was a stand-out basketball star, playing four years of varsity basketball and scoring over 1000 points for St. John's. After college, he continued to play basketball professionally overseas for teams in first division China, Lithuania, Slovakia, Turkey, and even signing two NBA contracts with the Milwaukee Bucks (1999) and the Dallas Mavericks (2002). He later coached the sport for the Yakama Sun Kings (CBA) in [[Yakima, Washington], as well as Tampa Bay Christian Academy Tampa, Florida, and at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, WI. While in Tampa, Christianson became of interest to Florida Championship Wrestling due to his immense size & athletic ability.

[edit]Career
Kip Christianson began competing in Florida Championship Wrestling in 2008 under his real name (Kip Christianson). However in August of 2009, his name was tweaked to Eli Cottonwood, and he was packaged with a gimmick that he was recently reintroduced to society from the Kelloggs Sanitarium. =[edit]Personal= Kipp is married to former television host and actress Tabatha Cocilova http://tabathacocilova.exploretalent.com/. Together they have a daughter, Clover and Tabatha has a son Anthony.

Finishers and Signatures
-Left Handed Delayed Chokeslam

-Running Big Boot

-Double Handed Choke Toss