Legacy of The New Day | Jacob Fatu: Face or Heel?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. Along with Justin LaBar, I'm Jonathan Hood. And on today's show, we talk about the end of an era in WWE.
What is the legacy of The New Day in WWE?
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are no longer in WWE. We give our memories of the legacy of the New Day right here on the Busted Open Podcast.
This is the Busted Open Podcast.
So I'll tell you this, Justin. When the New Day first came out, And I saw these three brothers coming down and the backstory is hilarious when they tell it about how Vince McMahon is on a chair and then telling them how to clap and how to keep rhythm. And just it's amazing.
How did Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods impact the New Day's success?
Like Vince wants to be in everything. And so even to the extent of teaching three black guys how to keep rhythm and timing, all right, by clapping like three preachers. When it first came out, obviously it was a thumbs down. Like, what is this? I was familiar with two of the three of those guys and Kofi Kingston, obviously, and Xavier Woods and Big E's there like, OK, so I'm watching this. And I said, well, this sucks and this is not going to get over because people were booing the new day. It was bad because I was like, why can't this be themselves? Why is this character? But then Big E, I think, was the key to this whole thing, because, you know, he's on the microphone and he has that that preacher sound, that Baptist, you know, fire and brimstone kind of.
uh sound to him when he speaks on the mic like okay so i'm watching the ebb and flow of this thing and you know eventually they become baby faces and they they seem like they're geared toward kids and it's like and it was tolerable and i thought okay these guys how long will this last it just lasted it just kept going and going
What challenges did The New Day face in their early days?
So I wasn't necessarily the biggest fan of the new day. But what the thing is, is I can respect exactly what they were able to do in this company because they they went through bad creative. I thought at the beginning and then made their own and then just let it go. And they saw the popularity and saw the merchandise. So it worked out. I mean, I've been the biggest fan of that that act, but I definitely can respect the longevity they had in the company.
Yeah, I mean, again, thinking about the time of bad creative, you think about how bad creative got from... top to bottom overall during the years of 2014 to, we'll just say the pandemic, because the pandemic's kind of a whole other animal. From 2014 to 2020, how bad some of the creative got, especially when you got away from WrestleMania. When you were at other parts of the calendar, it was just like, oof.
How did The New Day evolve into fan favorites?
And they somehow thrived. And I'll be fascinated to see whatever media they do or interviews they do or books they ever write to find out and get their version of the story of what the origin is of, again, Francesca the trombone or the idea for bootios. They keep you from – don't be booty. And rainbows and unicorns and – I mean, all the different things they did that got over, when you speak it out loud, you're like, that's not going to get over. That's going to be booed out of the building. But they made it work. And so it's just all the more amazing. It's not like they were getting over with ridiculousness during the Attitude Era when everybody got over with ridiculousness in the Attitude Era because you could do anything and everything.
You could be a porn star. in the Attitude Era as a character. You could be a pimp in the Attitude Era and be the most over baby face. Like, no, we're not talking about getting over in the Attitude Era. We're talking about getting over in a very sterile PG, very bland. It's a show written for, by, and approved by one man. And they... They were always entertaining. I really can't think of times where they were a miss from that 2014 to 2020 time when they were on TV, which was mostly because they have, look at the amount of tag team title reigns they have, to be that over and to be on TV that much and to be over for that long that much and to never turn on each other. In that whole time period. Six years in that time period at the pace that WWE produced content, six years is like 26 years because of house shows, multiple TV all week.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:07
2
What is the legacy of The New Day in WWE?
0:07–0:40
3
How did Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods impact the New Day's success?
0:40–1:47
4
What challenges did The New Day face in their early days?
1:47–2:46
5
How did The New Day evolve into fan favorites?
2:46–6:53
6
What makes Jacob Fatu a compelling character in wrestling?
6:53–8:10
7
Is Jacob Fatu a heel or a babyface?
8:10–8:56
8
How does Jacob Fatu's style compare to Roman Reigns?
8:56–29:47