Abraham Washington

Jossie signed a WWE developmental contract, and began working in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[2] In February 2009, he made his FCW debut working under real name, Brian Jossie with no real personality or character. However, he was soon repackaged with a presidential gimmick, and he had acted as the FCW General Manager, first under the name Abraham Saddam Washington,[4] before switching to the name Abraham Obama Washington.[4] In March 2010, Washington returned to FCW, with his show, The Abraham Washington Show, and also became an occasional color commentator. On the November 14, 2010, episode of FCW TV Jossie made his in–ring return, wrestling his first match in one and a half years and continued to compete regularly, with FCW.[6]

Jossie made his ECW debut on June 30, 2009, using the ring name Abraham Washington, with an in-ring interview segment called The Abraham Washington Show. He interviewed The Bella Twins, causing a fight between the two after they argued over the questions.[7] He went on to interview the likes of Christian, Matt Hardy, Tommy Dreamer, Sheamus, Gregory Helms, John Morrison, Zack Ryder, Goldust, Trent Barreta, Caylen Croft, Yoshi Tatsu and Maria. Hall of Famer Tony Atlas acted as his sidekick[8] and announcer, with the segment taking place from the stage. After the ECW program was cancelled, Jossie became a free agent along with all the other ECW talents, though he never signed with Raw or SmackDown.[8] He did return to FCW, where he had matches throughout 2011.[9]

Jossie returned to WWE television in April 2012. On the April 2 episode of Raw, he offered to manage Mark Henry and gave him a business card for his talent agency "All World Promotions".[10] He was also seen on the April 16 episode of Raw, scouting Primo and Epico from the stage.[11] On May 3, it was announced on WWE.com that A. W. had signed Primo & Epico, as well as their valet Rosa Mendes as his first clients.[12] However, a month later at No Way Out, Washington turned on his original clients and joined the team of Darren Young and Titus O'Neil. Jossie made his final WWE appearance on the August 10, 2012 edition of Smackdown as a couple hours later, he was released from his WWE contract, 11 days after making a highly controversial on-air remark.[13] Jossie claimed his release was not due to this comment, but because he posted a tweet in support of Linda McMahon's senate campaign. According to Jossie, Linda wished to distance herself from WWE, and so wrestlers were not allowed to reference her.[14]

On August 6, Jossie made his debut for the Coastal Championship Wrestling promotion under the new ring name G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time).[15][16] At the event, G.O.A.T. successfully challenged and defeated Stefan Guadalupe to win the CCW Heavyweight Championship.[17]