Overview
- Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, the New Day duo, shared farewell messages Monday after parting from WWE following requests to restructure their contracts.
- Fightful reports WWE’s parent, TKO, asked numerous wrestlers to take reduced deals on the day of mass releases and gave several of them only two days to decide.
- PWInsider reported a “majorly pushed” performer was asked to take a 50% pay cut and allegedly accepted, though the name was not confirmed publicly.
- Fightful says WWE planned but did not issue a joint public statement on the New Day’s exit, and the company instead expressed its thanks to them in private.
- New pay-cut demands drew sharp backlash as filings showed big year-over-year jumps in TKO executive pay, and multiple outlets say this approach is eroding trust in long-term contracts and is likely to reshape future negotiations.