Big E addresses Tony Hinchcliffe and The New Day.
Following night two of WrestleMania 41, WWE is going to be presenting The Roast of WrestleMania. It’ll be a non-televised event featuring talents doing stand-up sets and it’ll all be hosted by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.
Hinchcliffe joined Michael Cole and Pat McAfee on commentary on the 4/7 Monday Night Raw for the World Tag Team Title match between The New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) and the War Raiders (Ivar & Erik). Among the remarks he made was that the only thing stiffer than Michael Cole is Big E’s neck.
Big E was asked about that during his appearance on Raw Recap with Sam Roberts and Megan Morant.
At my big age of 39 years old, people will say what they want about you… Has nothing to do with me. That’s not my business. Say what you want. He was given a mic, he was given an opportunity. People will feel how they want to. There’s a lot of discourse, oftentimes as a public figure. People will say things about you, whether they’re jokes, whether they’re not and that is their right. It was said on the show. I’m supposed to talk, especially when things are mentioned about me, I should have an opinion about them. It’s just, it is tiring to have to weigh in on everyone’s opinion or whatever they say. Look, I’m not hurt, I’m good. I want the discourse to be happy without me, honestly… I didn’t sign up for this (he laughed). I wasn’t aware of this. He did what he wanted to. People signed off on it. It has nothing to do with me. Truly.
On the anniversary of Kofi Kingston capturing the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35, he posted a photo of him holding up the title in the ring. Kingston edited Big E out of the picture and it only showed him and Xavier Woods.
E stated that if you look at the trajectory of New Day, all of their major accolades occurred while he was a part of the group. He added that present day, they’ve been lacking in multiple areas.
Look, I know it’s been their (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) duty to try to erase me from their history, and that again is their God-given right to do as they choose. But people know I was there. There is no New Day without me and honestly, if you look at the trajectory of The New Day since I’ve been gone, let’s count the number of titles, a little lacking. Let’s count the number of main events, also been a little lacking. Let’s look at what has happened since my departure and it has not been — you know, we talk about all the titles won, greatest tag team of all-time, all these things, all these accolades. These things were all done when I was around and that speaks for itself but look, KofiMania was obviously a very special moment to a lot of people and I could never take that away from Kofi. That is something that he earned. The time he put in this company before I even arrived is remarkable. He was there. The singles match with Daniel Bryan was something people will often remember so I can’t take anything away from that moment, but look, I was there, I was a part of it. I don’t know. When we talk about the rise of KofiMania and that Gauntlet tag match we had where The Usos come out and forfeit, if you try to erase me, tell me how that happened. Was it a Woods handicap match now? Is that what you’re saying? So anyways, I know my place in history, I’m very comfortable with what I’ve done in my career and all the rest is just discourse.
Kingston and Woods won the match against the War Raiders via disqualification. Ivar and Woods had a tug-of-war with a chair and the referee saw Woods get hit.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Raw Recap with Sam Roberts and Megan Morant with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.
