The New Day as a faction and a tag team are one of the more decorated in recent memory. The happy go lucky trio of Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E have been together since 2014, creating many interesting moments together as a faction and as singles competitors. However, when The New Day first debuted, it was met with groans.
Kofi spoke to Out of Character’s Ryan Satin and detailed how The New Day came to be and how the preacher’s gimmick was altered:
“When we were given the gimmick of positivity preaching preachers, I’ll never forget it. We had been going back and forth with Vince about what we wanted to be.”
Kofi Kingston On Out Of Character
“We wanted to be some guys who were not pleased with our positions in the company. He’s like, ‘Okay, well, how about you guys be preachers and you guys come out here and there’s gospel music. We’re just sitting there and we (The New Day) know that the people are going to reject this idea because nobody comes to WWE to go to church.”
Kofi would also detail the struggle of trying to convince Vince McMahon to let them be more themselves:
“But this is what he wanted us to do. We told him, ‘Whatever you give us, we’ll make it succeed because of our chemistry. We believe in it.’ He’s like, ‘Alright, I’m going to put that to the test. You guys are going be positivity preaching preachers.
Go get it over.’ We’re just like, alright, this is our chance and we supported each other. There were a lot of people who took a big dump on our aspirations. You know, they didn’t believe in us. They made fun of us when we were just trying to get over. But now you fast forward, and those same people have come back around, and they admitted that they were wrong.”
Kofi Kingston On Out Of Character
Well we can all thank our lucky stars that Vince let the trio get over of their own accord. They have done a fantastic job. Are you still a fan of The New Day as a stable? Let us know!
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