The New Day recently joined the After The Bell podcast with Corey Graves. During the interview, they spoke about Kofi Kingston losing the WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar.
Big E ended up sharing how he felt when he learned that Kofi would be dropping the belt to Brock in 10 seconds.
Here is what Big E said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“Kofi Kingston is a lot more level-headed than maybe anyone else that I have met in the business because everyone else would have reacted – actually, I was irate when I found out about it and that is a testament to Kofi.
I’m not saying no one else in the industry, but very few people would have had that approach, but not many would have taken that approach and not have sour grapes and be able to move on.”
Big E also said that Kofi winning the WWE Title was amazing for The New Day as a faction:
“It was a big win for us too as a stable. I think if you compare us to any modern stable the first that comes to mind is The Shield. I think in a lot of ways we are a lot different than The Shield. I always think of The Shield as a supergroup, they were always intended to be more, to be world champions. You saw it during day one that they had the pedigree where they were always going to be top guys, but for us, we were guys that came together on our own just to get on TV. The fact that we were even on TV in a mid-card role was a win, but for The Shield, it would be highly disappointing.”
Let me know what you think of his comments below.
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