The New Day Were Reportedly In Position To Be Cut By WWE, Offered Lower Deals To Wind Down Careers

The New Day were reportedly left ‘without significant future plans’ and could’ve been cut by WWE

Last weekend, news broke that Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston had shockingly left WWE, with it later emerging via Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline that the pair had chosen to explore their options elsewhere after TKO attempted to restructure their multi-year deals. Now, more has emerged on New Day’s decision to depart the company, including what the higher-ups envisioned for them should they have taken the lowered contracts.

According to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it’s believed WWE had no significant future plans for Woods and Kingston, leading to the company offering them less money in order to wind down their careers and have them do promotional work.

“The New Day, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, who were on the list of those without significant future plans, were essentially put in the position where they were going to be cut, but were offered less money to stay, wind down their in-ring careers and finish their current contract doing some in-ring and working in a promotional capacity. They both decided to leave the promotion, given they had signed a five year-contract in 2025 at a certain number and one year in were being asked to have that money cut back while maintaining the rest of the contract. But even so, they could be cut from that at any time, since it would not be a no-cut deal even with the lower pay rate.”

-Dave Meltzer

Kingston’s decision to move on brought his almost two-decade career with WWE to an end. Along with Woods, he’ll now look to take the next step in his wrestling career, and it already seems as if interest in them is extremely high. Shortly after their departures, it emerged that ‘major AEW talent’ were pushing for the company to sign the former WWE World Tag Team Champions. You can read more about that here.

The New Day’s departure stunned fans and talent alike, with former WWE Champion turned AEW star Bobby Lashley claiming the company ‘fumbled’ the team. You can find more on his comments here.

As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on The New Day leaving WWE as soon as we hear more.