Instant Reaction to Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods Parting Ways with WWE
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Hey guys, this is Denise Salcedo with Rick Uccino and welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. To kick off the show, Rick and I react to the breaking news that the New Day, amongst others, have parted ways with the WWE. This is the Busted Open Podcast. New Day's Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods have mutually decided to part ways with WWE.
What are the immediate reactions to Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods parting ways with WWE?
This was confirmed by both Fightful Select and Body Slam that have put this out there. We also learned, I cannot believe it, JC Mateo, the former Jeff Cobb, is among the new group of WWE Departures. As well as Tonga Loa is also part of the new group of WWE Departures. I do not know if there are any additional names as of right now. This is what has been shared. Rick, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, JC Mateo, Tonga Loa now added to this list. What is your reaction as hearing this news right now?
Man, this is tough. This is tough. The thing that stands out to me is Kofi and Woods, obviously, are the headliners.
Who else is included in the recent WWE departures alongside Kofi and Woods?
No disrespect to JC and Tonga, but it's like they've been with the company for so long. They are... without question, first ballot WWE Hall of Famers. They are one of the greatest tag teams, one of the greatest groups of all time. Kofi Kingston, by himself, has one of the greatest moments in the history of WrestleMania when he won the WWE Championship from Bryan Danielson. There's a lot of memories and wonderful moments that these two have been a part of. It's very interesting to hear that they have mutually agreed two part ways. Like, And I'm very curious to know what has happened to that relationship because it wasn't that long ago. It was reported that these guys had resigned with the company for the long term.
And now all of a sudden, here we are post WrestleMania 42, and they have decided to walk away from the company, at least in part, according to this report. Man, it's it's so. Yeah. it's it's hard to really kind of collect my thoughts and my feelings on the matter I never want to see anybody lose their job ever like ever ever ever um and I and I feel for JC and and Tonga as well like because they were key cogs with uh with Solo Sokoa and his his MFTs and it's it's really hard to wrap my mind around this, but that mutually agreeing for the new day, man, it's, I I'm, I'm dying to know what, what, what, what went down, what deteriorated that relationship for as long as they have been with WWE and been key contributors and, and merchandise sales and fan favorites and all that stuff.
Like it's man, this one's tough.
So, of course, you know, with all of the releases, it's one of those things that you never want anybody to lose their jobs or anything like that. You mentioned quite a bit about Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, and we all know that these guys like they're bound to be. they're bound to be hall of famers someday there's no way there's not because of the longevity that they've had in their careers as well as everything that they've accomplished multi-time tag team champions you mentioned the merch selling you mentioned all of that like they are they are huge but you know what's crazy is i think to myself i remember when they did the biggie angle And I remember thinking like, oh, I remember that day that that night I had my post raw show and I remember going on.
And to this day, it's one of my highest viewed raw post shows that I've ever done because people were so like crazy. in awe of what they did with that biggie turned it was such an impactful moment that people loved it they ate it up because it it generated so much emotion from them and the unfortunate part though after that was that the follow-up to that wasn't the greatest rick i think they kind of really had something special there with the story that they were telling but they didn't really take it as far as they could go in my opinion i thought they could have probably stretched that out a lot more and as of late they didn't really have like they were kind of just going out there and doing the same thing every week for how long weren't they mourning the the loss of their tag team titles how many times didn't we see them on those raw commercial breaks and
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:23
2
What are the immediate reactions to Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods parting ways with WWE?
0:23–1:17
3
Who else is included in the recent WWE departures alongside Kofi and Woods?
1:17–9:33
4
What legacy do Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods leave behind in WWE?
9:33–37:27