Kassius Ohno

On July 4, 2012, Kassius Ohno debuted on the third episode of the sixth season of WWE NXT taped at Full Sail University, where he defeated Mike Dalton. Ohno then started a feud with Richie Steamboat in September; Steamboat defeated Ohno twice (via disqualification and a cradle), but Ohno conducted successful post-match assaults on Steamboat. Ohno then injured and pinned Steamboat during a six man tag match while teaming with the Ascension against Steamboat and the Usos on the October 17 episode of NXT. Steamboat returned from injury and decisively pinned Ohno on the November 21 episode of NXT to end the feud. Ohno then formed an alliance with Leo Kruger, and started a feud with William Regal after Regal saved Tyson Kidd from a beatdown by Ohno and Kruger on the December 5 episode of NXT. Ohno and Kruger defeated Kidd and Justin Gabriel on the January 2, 2013 episode of NXT. On the February 6 episode of NXT, Ohno and Kruger were defeated by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey in the semi-finals. The rivalry between Ohno and Regal culminated in a match on the April 11 episode of NXT, where Regal emerged victorious.

On the May 8 episode of NXT, Ohno began a face turn by apologizing to Regal after he defeated Camacho. He was then attacked by the Wyatt Family. In the following week, he tried to avenge Wyatt Family in the end of Bray Wyatt's match against Corey Graves, but failed once again. On May 29 of NXT, Ohno competed in 18 Man Battle Royal to determine #1 Contender for NXT Championship, but he along with Corey Graves were eliminated immediately by Bray Wyatt after the pair eliminated Conor O'Brian. The following week Ohno and Graves teamed up to take on Luke Harper and Erick Rowan for NXT Tag Team Championship but were defeated after Wyatt interfered. On June 26, Graves and Ohno were successfully defeated Garrett Dylan and Scott Dawson to be #1 contenders for NXT Tag Team Championship but later attacked again by The Wyatt Family and Dylan & Dawson. Ohno returned to in-ring action on the October 2 NXT, losing to Luke Harper. On November 9, 2013, it was reported that Ohno was released from WWE.

Ohno made his return at the January 5, 2017, NXT tapings, confronting NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura at the end of the show.