Over on Smackdown, Big E’s New Day brother King Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston are in a feud with The Bloodline members. Big E and Roman Reigns are scheduled to go head to head in a WWE Champion vs Universal Champion match at WWE Survivor Series 2021.
Paul Heyman, who has been known to hav Big E’s back, stated that there is no ‘beef’ with any members of The New Day.
Heyman said the following when he appeared in an in-character interview with ESPR Wrestling Podcast, “We don’t really have any issues with the New Day, we all like the New Day, they are fantastic, they just don’t understand their place at the table and their place is to be subservient to the Bloodline. King Woods needs to understand that it’s nice to be a king, but that doesn’t make you a Tribal Chief. Unless King Woods understands that and falls in line, he will be welcome on the Island of Relevancy,.” (h/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful)
This past Friday, following a match between Jey Uso and King Woods, The Bloodline took out Kofi Kingston. It appears this was to set up a match bwteen Reigns and Woods for this Friday.
When asked if Big E should show up to be in Woods corner, Heyman responded, If Big E has the balls to show up on SmackDown and he’d like a preview of the ass kicking he’s going to get at Survivor Series, he’s welcome to show up. Kofi got taken out by the Usos. If I’m Big E, I would not adhere to these grand boundaries — he’s on Raw and we’re on SmackDown and he can’t show up — If I’m Big E, I show up at the Norfolk Scope and I try to do something about the fact that Kofi got smashed by the Usos. Then again, I’m not Big E, I’m a highly intelligent man with a great deal of street smarts. I don’t know if Big E is. If he is, he’ll show up. If he’s not, he’ll find out at Survivor Series the smashing he’s going to get at the hands of Roman Reigns.”
Heyman mentioned that he belives that Big E needs to step into his own power without the rest of The New Day in order to cement himself as his own star.
Heyman went on to say the following, “I was very complimentary towards Big E and I still am. Big E needs to break away from The New Day the same way Roman Reigns broke away from the Shield. Roman Reigns became such a megastar that the Shield could not contain Roman Reigns’ stardom any further. Big E needs to take that same approach regarding King Woods and Kofi Kingston and the New Day. Big E is WWE Champion. When you think about the responsibility and obligation and accountability of being WWE Champion, we’re talking Bruno Sammartino, Superstar Billy Graham, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker, Triple H, these are the names whose legacies are now carried on the back of Big E. He has to stop being concerned with the New Day. That’s what I’ve tried to explain to him on Talking Smack. When he takes an individualistic approach and understands his role, he will be a supremely dominant WWE Champion, second in WWE only to the Tribal Chief and Universal Champion Roman Reigns.”
It will be intriguing to see if we ever see Heyman publicly back Big E on TV, like we have seen him do on shows like Talking Smack.