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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 20, 2022 17:33:41 GMT -5
Am I the only one that remembers they formed by Woods as a super-SRS deal that were sick of being held down, disappeared for 4 months and came back as the bad New Day that we're only now ready to talk about? You're not even the first person to mention it in this thread, so no.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Apr 20, 2022 18:27:04 GMT -5
Am I the only one that remembers they formed by Woods as a super-SRS deal that were sick of being held down, disappeared for 4 months and came back as the bad New Day that we're only now ready to talk about? You're not even the first person to mention it in this thread, so no. My bad, literally the only comment I missed on first read.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Apr 20, 2022 19:42:00 GMT -5
Their heel run was them going so overboard on their Babyface preacher act that crowds started booing them. They knew it would work, while Vince thought the Babyface preacher gimmick was money. They were over the top babyfaces to the point it made them heels. This militant New Day was around for a week or two if I remember correctly. It reminded me of the Honky Tonk Man: their face act generated apathy at best, dislike at worst. So they played up the face stuff that wasn’t getting over and used it for heat, without changing a thing about their character. Best part was when they threatened to spoil Star Wars for the fans, only for Kofi to blurt out that he hadn’t seen it yet, since he’s got little kids. I think that was the point fans started to turn back in their favor.
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Post by cassonova on Apr 20, 2022 22:30:24 GMT -5
My biggest recollection of heel New Day was a house show where Big E proclaimed the the children in town were the stupidest and ugliest he'd ever seen.
An offended six year old seated next to then cut a promo threatening Big E.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 21, 2022 2:55:00 GMT -5
I think Xavier was probably the MVP of heel New Day even though it seemed like he was wrestling very little during that period and seemed to be almost kind of a manager for the other two. It seemed like he was usually the one making me laugh the most (although Big E. definitely had his moments too like "Randy only not does Seth Rollins have your number but he has it on speed dial") Another gem of Xavier I remember is him grabbing a headlock or a reverse chinlock on Roman Reigns and shouting "I'M GOING TO BEAT ROMAN REIGNS!". He sound so confident too when saying it. I've thought for a while that Woods is someone they should have had on an inside track for a major future creative role, as either an assistant to or successor for someone like HHH. It definitely seems like he guided them through that faces as heels who get over to be faces minefield, and someone who can pretty expertly navigate "take Vince's bad idea, do it, but do it in a way that's actually good instead without making him mad" is what they desperately need, plus him being genuinely funny as a performer and someone who understands the psychology of their audience. Someone like that who actually understands young people (which Vince, Hunter and Vince's yes men clearly don't) and is pretty much beloved by the locker room is the kind of person they should have been behind way more and investing in all along. He's still only 35 so he's still probably got plenty of left in the tank and I'm sure he probably isn't too eager to give wrestling up any time soon with them continuously keeping New Day in a prominent role and them making very good money I'm sure. Down the road though I would agree that he would someone really good for pretty much all the reasons you mentioned with him being such a smart guy and on top of that a seemingly really cool guy who everyone likes.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Apr 24, 2022 22:59:38 GMT -5
I very randomly just saw a clip of New Day in Nashville in 2015 just now.
Kofi: "Hey hey! This is me saying this, not my character, country music suuuuuuuuuucccckkkksss."
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