Yesterday, we posted about how much creative freedom the New Day have with Vince McMahon backstage. This second part is based on the New Day’s Dragon Ball Z themed outfits they wore for WrestleMania 32. Being Inner Wrestling Nerd, it felt necessary to share some nerdy stuff with our readers. In a recent interview with IGN, Xavier Woods went into details about the New Day’s WrestleMania 32 entrance attire, who made it and whose idea it was!
On what member of the New Day’s idea it was for the Dragon Ball Z style attire that the New Day wore at WrestleMania 32:
“That was my idea. I don’t have have a problem taking credit for that one! But Kofi does like Dragon Ball Z. [Big] E wasn’t really an anime guy…he’s more of a old-school hip-hop head. But we showed him a picture of the stuff that what we wanted to wear, and he was all in. And it’s nice because there are people that caught the attention to detail. So like, their suits didn’t have tails and mine did. So you could tell that if there was a full moon, then we wouldn’t have had a problem winning the match. Or if I turned into a great ape it would have been all good. Essentially, mixing my love for cosplay into my love of wrestling and have it not be outlandish…it’s cool that people appreciate it.”
On how long it took to make the New Day’s WrestleMania 32 costumes:
“Two months, I think? I do a bunch of cosplay stuff with a guy by the name of Michael Mosley. He’s fantastic. We always go to an event called DragonCon together every September. And so, I was talking with him about it, and he’s got a business called Heroes for Hire where he makes costumes for people who do kid’s parties and stuff, and he was stacked with stuff so he couldn’t make it. So I went to my buddy Adam Roberts at Main Event Gear. He makes wrestling gear for me, Kofi and E. And I showed him the pictures [of DBZ characters] and was like “hey, you think you can make this?” And he goes “I can definitely try!” And that was the finished product. And I think he knocked it out of the park. It was awesome”
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