Less than two years ago, Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston and Big E were all toiling away in the midcard for WWE.
None of them had any direction and each were seen as wrestlers who would never come close to sniffing the main event scene.
It’s hard to believe how much has changed since the trio teamed up to become of WWE’s hottest attractions in The New Day late in 2014. The New Day has become one of WWE’s go to teams in the past year.
The group is the current WWE Tag Team champions and have headlined numerous Raws over the past couple of months. The New Day has been part of opening segments and consistently get to cut entertaining promos every week.
This past week Raw, the group lost in the main event to Dean Ambrose and former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns. It wasn’t The New Day’s best match but it was worth watching.
The week prior on Raw, The New Day had one of the best segments in recent memory when they went back-and-forth between The Rock on the mic. That shows how much faith the WWE has in The New Day that it allowed them to work with one the best wrestlers of all-time.
Yet, it’s worth to remember how The New Day came to be. After Big E and Kofi Kingston just lost in a tag team match in July of 2014, Xavier Woods came down to the ring and told them that it was “their time.”
The team formally came to be later that year when they made their in-ring debut on SmackDown in November.
Whether or not The New Day was WWE’s response to an article from The Atlantic that talked about how the company has a racism problem is up for debate. In the article ‘Pro Wrestling is Fake, but Its Race Problem Isn’t’, it voiced concerned about how minority wrestlers are portrayed in stereotypical roles.
Regardless, The New Day coming to be has been one of the best things to happen for the WWE. The trio has singlehandedly carried the tag team division for a year and half and has made some mundane Raws much more enjoyable.
The thing that helps The New Day the most is the chemistry between Woods, Kingston and Big E. Each of them knows their role in the group and executes it to perfection.
Woods is great as the mouthpiece of the group, while Kingston and Big E take care of business inside the ring. All three of them are able to cut promos which only enhances the group.
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Another aspect of The New Day is just how they are willing to try new things. From the group’s colorful wrestling attire to their trombone called Francesca, The New Day isn’t afraid of looking or acting silly.
In fact, that’s probably what they want. The New Day is a silly, fun group that enjoys what they do.
There’s nothing quite like The New Day in right now in WWE.
Thomas Romero-Salas is the culture editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @ThomasRomeroS.
