AEW Star Calls Out WWE Over The New Day’s Exit: “A Fumble”

A top AEW star blasted the WWE following the New Day’s recent departure. The star in discussion is The All-Mighty, Bobby Lashley.

After the mass releases of more than 20 wrestlers a few weeks back, fans and the entire wrestling community were shocked to hear that the New Day had recently departed the WWE. Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods were reportedly asked to restructure their deals and take a pay cut on their existing deals, which the duo eventually refused.

Following their WWE departure, rumors and speculations have been going on regarding the New Day possibly heading to All Elite Wrestling. Meanwhile, the current AEW star, Bobby Lashley deemed Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods’ exit a fumble by the WWE.

Bobby Lashley on WWE fumbling the New Day and AEW rumors

Speaking with Good Karma Wrestling, Bobby Lashley straight up called the New Day’s exit a fumble by WWE while talking about their contribution to the business:

That was a fumble, bro. You retire those guys. You take those guys to the end and give them whatever they want because they’ve given the business everything.”

Lashley further praised Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods for their backstage behaviour:

I don’t think there’s a person in the business that says, ‘Hey man, I don’t like those guys, or those guys treated me wrong, or those guys weren’t good to me.’ There’s no one. And we saw that one time before when somebody else got released, right? Uh, when somebody else got released, they had to bring it back because they were like, ‘Oh, this is a bad move.’ Well, this is a horrible move also, but it could be a great move for someone else, you know.”

Bobby also hinted at the New Day potentially joining the AEW’s tag team division with the following statement:

So, at the end of the day, we might see some different mix-ups in the tag team division. It might come really, really, really strong and interesting in AEW. And if so, a tremendous amount of fans will go over there because they’ll start kind of saying, ‘Hm, what’s going on? Isn’t this business built on respect?’ And if you have respect for the business, you have respect for the people in the business. And these guys should have a lot of respect in the business. So, what’s going on?” [h/t Ringside News]

Also read: The New Day Allegedly Heading To AEW After WWE Exit

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