1. Daniel Sean Vidot is a professional wrestler and rugby league footballer, currently working as a freelancer using the name Xyon.
26 Facts About Daniel Vidot
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Daniel Vidot is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Xyon Quinn.
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Daniel Vidot played for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League, and represented Samoa and USA at international level.
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Daniel Vidot played his junior football at Souths Acacia Ridge, and attended Sunnybank State High School and St Thomas More College, Sunnybank before being signed the Canberra Raiders.
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Daniel Vidot finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 8 matches and scoring 6 tries for the Raiders in the 2009 NRL season.
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Daniel Vidot finished the 2010 NRL season as the Raiders highest try scorer with 16 tries in 25 matches.
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Daniel Vidot was selected in the Samoan train on squad in 2010 to play New Zealand but withdrew so he would remain eligible to play for Queensland.
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On 30 August 2011, Daniel Vidot signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons starting in the 2012 season on a 3-year deal after falling out of favour with the Raiders spending most of the year in the Queensland Cup playing for the Souths Logan Magpies.
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Daniel Vidot finished the 2011 NRL season with him playing in 12 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Raiders.
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Daniel Vidot finished the year with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Dragons.
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Daniel Vidot played in 15 matches scored 9 tries for the Dragons in the 2013 NRL season.
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On 18 July 2014, Daniel Vidot was demoted to the Queensland Cup along with Jack Reed and Corey Oates after they breached the club mid-week anti-alcohol policies, missing the Broncos match against the New Zealand Warriors at Suncorp Stadium.
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Daniel Vidot finished off his first season with the Broncos with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 8 tries.
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Daniel Vidot played in all of Samoa's 3 matches in the 2014 Four Nations series, scoring 1 try.
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Daniel Vidot started the 2015 NRL season in the Queensland Cup playing for the Ipswich Jets at prop when coach Wayne Bennett axed him due to his error riddled World Cup Series match against Wigan.
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On 25 March 2015, Daniel Vidot was granted compassionate leave from his Broncos contract after a deal with the South Sydney Rabbitohs fell through.
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Daniel Vidot finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 8 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Broncos.
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On 11 November 2015, it was announced that Daniel Vidot had signed a 2-year contract with English Super League club, the Salford Red Devils, starting in 2016.
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Daniel Vidot revealed in an interview that he initially received an offer for a trial from the company in 2015, but turned it down due to good form with the Broncos.
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Daniel Vidot stated he was a wrestling fan growing up, and would often imitate The Undertaker.
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Daniel Vidot ended his debut year in the Super League playing in 10 matches, and scoring 6 tries for Salford.
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Daniel Vidot signed a one-year deal with the Titans, and was named in their Auckland Nines squad.
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Daniel Vidot appeared for the Titans in three games in 2017, scoring two tries, before retiring from rugby league at the end of the season to pursue a professional wrestling career with WWE.
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In May 2018, Daniel Vidot signed a developmental contract with WWE.
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On 24 April 2020, Daniel Vidot made his on screen debut on that night's episode of SmackDown losing to Sheamus.
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On 9 August 2024, Daniel Vidot made his debut in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Xyon, facing Steve Maclin at Xplosion in a losing effort.