Xavier Woods Receives Record Honor For Gaming Channel UpUpDownDown

After hitting 1.6 million subscribers, WWE’s Xavier Woods’ gaming channel UpUpDownDown received a Guinness World Records honor.

WWE Superstar Xavier Woods’ gaming YouTube channel UpUpDownDown received an honor after hitting 1.6 million channel subscribers, making it the most subscribed-to celebrity video games channel to date.

Xavier Woods flew to the Insomnia Gaming Festival in Birmingham, U.K. earlier today to receive the award for Most Subscribed to Celebrity Video Gaming Channel by Guinness World Records.

The channel, which was founded in March of 2015 by live long gamer Woods, regularly features other WWE Superstars, like fellow New Day members Big E and Kofi Kingston, Sasha Banks, Tyler Breeze, Bayley, and even WWE referees.

Describing itself as the “cheat code to the best gaming around”, the video gaming channel features host Woods, friends, and guests playing various video games, and providing hilarious commentary. Nearly 100 different video games have been featured on the channel, including titles ranging from Paperboy to League of Legends, and Madden NFL to Call of Duty.

The channel features various gaming-themed shows, such as UpUpDownDown Plays, Jump Scares, Superstar Savepoint, and Gamer Gauntlet; all with different themes, games, and stakes. Tournaments are also held frequently for specific games; like the popular Madden Champion Tournament, where WWE superstars compete head-to-head in the current year’s Madden NFL game. Seth Rollins held the Madden NFL title for three years, before losing to current champion Kingston.

The company guest stars in other YouTube channels, like in June of 2017, when the members of New Day hosted Good Mythical Morning, a YouTube daytime variety show that boasts 14 million subscribers. UpUpDownDown has also collaborated with American sketch comedy group Smosh Games on multiple occasions.

Guinness World Records was founded in 1954, when then Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, got into an argument with friends over what game bird in Europe was the fastest, not finding the answer in any reference book available. Since then, Guinness World Records has adapted to current technology and media, developing records such as Most Views For A Female Games Broadcaster and Most Viewed YouTube Channel For A “Post-Post-Millennial”, whatever that might be.