On March 9, 2019, Reed would make his debut on an NXT live event, wrestling under his real name and losing to Riddick Moss. On the July 17 episode of NXT, Reed made his official televised debut competing in the NXT Breakout Tournament, where he defeated Dexter Lumis in the first round but was defeated by Cameron Grimes in the quarter-finals. On the August 21 episode of NXT, Reed was defeated by Shane Thorne. On the February 7 episode of NXT, he was attacked by Undisputed Era backstage after trying to come to the aid of Kushida. The following week, he challenged Roderick Strong to a match, but was defeated. After a hiatus, Reed returned on the June 3 NXT and was defeated by Cameron Grimes. Following the match, he was attacked by Karrion Kross. On the June 17 episode of NXT, Reed defeated Leon Ruff and called out Kross, challenging him to a match for the next week. The following week, Reed was defeated by Kross.
On the July 22 episode of NXT, Reed defeated Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong to qualify for a spot in a ladder match for the vacated NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: XXX. At the event, Reed was unsuccessful in winning the title. The next year, on night one of NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver, Reed won a six-man gauntlet eliminator match to become the number one contender for the North American Championship. On night two of the event, Reed faced the reigning champion Johnny Gargano in a losing effort, but defeated him on the May 18 episode of NXT in a steel cage match to win the title. At NXT TakeOver: In Your House, Reed teamed with NXT Tag Team Champions MSK to successfully defend their titles against Legado del Fantasma in a winner take all match. On the June 29 episode of NXT, Reed dropped the title to Isaiah "Swerve" Scott ending his reign at 42 days. On the July 27 episode of NXT, Reed was defeated by Adam Cole in what would be his final WWE match. On August 6, Reed was released from his WWE contract.
On the December 19, 2022 episode of Raw, Reed made a surprise return to WWE, where he helped The Miz defeat Dexter Lumis in a ladder match, establishing himself as a heel in the process. On the January 30, 2023 episode of Raw, Reed defeated Dolph Ziggler to qualify for the Elimination Chamber for the United States Championship at the eponymous event. At the event, Reed failed to win the championship inside the namesake structure. After being eliminated last in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by Bobby Lashley, Reed engaged a feud with Lashley beginning on the April 10 episode of Raw, which led to a match where both men were counted out. One week later on the April 17 Raw, Reed interfered in a match between Lashley and Austin Theory, which led to a beat down of Lashley, leaving him lying in the ring. A few days later, on April 21 edition of SmackDown, Reed was added to a triple threat match for the WWE United States Championship at Backlash. At the event, Reed was unsuccessful in winning the championship, as he was pinned by Theory. On the October 9 episode of Raw, Reed won a triple threat match to become the number one contender to Gunther's Intercontinental Championship, but failed to win the title the following week on Raw. On the WrestleMania edition of SmackDown on April 5, Reed won the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
On the April 29 episode of Raw, Reed challenged for the Intercontinental Championship against Sami Zayn, which he lost by disqualification after Chad Gable attacked Zayn. One week later, Reed faced Gable when Zayn attacked Gable, causing another disqualification. Later that night, it was announced that Reed would challenge for the title in a triple threat match with Zayn and Gable at King and Queen of the Ring, where Zayn retained his title. On the August 5 episode of Raw, Reed attacked Seth "Freakin" Rollins, hitting him with six Tsunami splashes. For the rest of the summer, Reed feuded with Braun Strowman, with the feud ending on the September 30 episode of Raw, where Reed lost to Strowman in a "Last Monster Standing" match, due to interference by a returning Rollins. On November 2 at Crown Jewel, Reed was defeated by Rollins. On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, Reed aligned himself with The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and Jacob Fatu), revealing himself as the fifth member for their War Games team against the original iteration of The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso and Sami Zayn). At Survivor Series: WarGames on November 30, Reed and The Bloodline lost to Reigns, The Usos, Zayn and CM Punk in the match.