 Miller was initially trained at World Wrestling Alliance (WWA4) Wrestling School and began to wrestle in WWA4 events, and also in numerous Georgia-based wrestling federations.In December 2006, Miller signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE developmental territory.When the WWE ended its relationship with DSW in the spring of 2007, Miller was one of over twenty developmental wrestlers to be sent for further training at the new Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) territory.