Gary

私たちの物語は、今日の試合で最終章。 試合が終わった瞬間、いろんな感情で胸がいっぱいになりました。 ASUKAさんと出会えたこと、 同じ時間を過ごせたこと、 近くでたくさんのことを学べたこと 私にとってかけがえのない宝物です。 Thank you so much ASUKA-San We love you ASUKA-San❣️ #WWEBACKLASH

It’s taken me two full days to respond to all my texts. I hadn’t been on social media until today and I’m overwhelmed by all the messages here too. So much love. So I can’t help but to be filled completely with gratitude… My story has been nothing short of remarkable and I am truly blessed to have had such an illustrious, accolade-laden and, most importantly, fun-filled career. I made my childhood dream become the most wonderful reality. Throughout this journey, I’m so thankful to have been surrounded by great friends and to have built so many unbreakable connections with people that I’m very proud to call my family. Most people go through life without ever experiencing a love like I have for Woods and E. That bond alone would have made this whole experience worth it. There are far too many people to mention by name here, but to everyone who has ever supported me, guided me, helped me, taught me, cheered for me, praised me, stood up for me, and even rooted against me: Thank you. I appreciate you more than words can say. My main mission has always been a simple one: To provide a comfortable life filled with heartwarming memories for my family. And, largely in part to all of you, I can proudly say that I have achieved that goal and more. This wasn’t supposed to be a novel, so let me wind it down with some advice: Do your best to live a life without regrets, control what you can control, always give it your all, and fight hard for what you believe in. Do not ever compromise or accept less than your due when it comes to your worth. Find the courage to believe in yourself and fearlessly pursue your goals and dreams, because anything is possible. The kid that was too small, short, skinny, and scrawny was never supposed to make it in this land of giants…yet here we are. And so… …as the sun sets on one chapter, so too must it rise in another. Tomorrow is indeed…a New Day. ☀️

For the past 16 years, WWE has been my home. It’s where I grew up, found myself, failed, learned, and got to live out things the younger version of me could only dream about. When I first walked into FCW, I just wanted a chance to prove I belonged and to bring something different to professional wrestling. That chance became a life full of moments I’ll carry with me forever — WrestleMania, championships, King of the Ring, arenas around the world, and the gift of connecting with all of you by being myself. The New Day gave me a bond with @TrueKofi and @WWEBigE that I’ll cherish for life. You believed in us, even when our ideas were wild, and because of that, we got to show people that being unapologetically yourself is a strength. UpUpDownDown became another piece of that same mission: a place for joy, friendship, and humanity. I’m so thankful to everyone, past and present, who helped build it brick by brick. To the locker room, producers, trainers, crew, camera teams, ring crew, everyone behind the scenes, and the props department - thank you. WWE has the most special and hardest working props department that youll ever find. Love you guys and none of this happens without you. And to everyone who has been part of this ride: thank you for believing in me. Thank you for letting me be Xavier Woods. Thank you for giving me the confidence… to walk away as Austin Creed.

@WWEGP If only @TKOGrp actually cared about their talent and what the fans think. The loss of seasoned veterans like the new day will have a detrimental effect & have all talent worrying whether or not they’ll be released next. This is not the type of mentality you want in a locker room

Addressing the mind numbing “it’s a business. New Day don’t draw” comments that have popped up on some posts. Is maintaining locker room morale not important for business? Is having two of the most talented, trustworthy, well respected stars in the industry at your disposal not good for business? When stars like Kofi and Woods - who had been with WWE for 18 and 16 years respectively - are asked to restructure their deals only a year after signing them, what message does that send to your employees? Basically that the contracts they sign are worth nowhere near the amount that is written on them. That, despite TKO raking in BILLIONS of dollars, they will still cut costs when they could actually pay talent much more, while still being immensely profitable. If you want to make new stars, it is good for business to have excellent, seasoned veterans of Kofi and Woods’ calibre to help nurture those stars into main event talents. Not every wrestler is supposed to be ‘a draw’. There is an EXTREMELY finite amount of genuine top tier ‘draws’ who move numbers. Even in golden eras of wrestling. That being said, if New Day had stayed with WWE, turned babyface tomorrow and released a ton of new merch, they would have been selling like hot cakes immediately. New Day’s heel run was a bust because there was no creative follow up to the stunningly executed turn on Big E. Basically, the entire thing was booked as one spectacular moment. Not the fault of Kofi or Woods. That is the fault of creative. TKO believed Kofi and Woods were both worth new, seven-figure deals just last year. So what changed from then until now? The “it’s a business/New Day don’t draw” crowd. Riddle us this: Was it good for business to book WrestleMania in Las Vegas twice in a row? Or to raise ticket prices so high, demand for them declined rapidly, forcing huge emergency discounts and special offers left, right and centre? How about tanking a long awaited main event by inserting……Pat McAfee and Jelly Roll in there? Their own broadcasts now have fans chanting “F**K TKO”. Does that sound like good business? If only guaranteed draws are safe from the chopping block, then only roughly 1% of WWE’s roster is safe from being released or asked to restructure. Steady hands, seasoned vets, beloved older stars, they are all essential in making a wrestling promotion work to its full capabilities. Not everyone is Roman Reigns or John Cena or Steve Austin. Sometimes, you let lifers be lifers. You let them keep spirits high backstage and on the road. You trust them with new talent or in emergencies when bigger stars go down with injuries. You keep them around because in a chaotic industry, they are rare, reliable commodities that will never let you down and can work up and down the card. That is worth so much more than any seven figure contract you could ever give them. Thank God for the New Day.

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@WWEGP Absolute travesty, they need to reverse this decision!!

Kairi Sane released in the middle of a storyline with Asuka and Iyo, without a proper blowoff, having been prominently featured on TV for months while ALSO being one of the best workers in the world, is BAFFLING.

“Not everything should be for sale!” @arielhelwani is spot on here. It’s got to the point where the relentless monetisation of EVERY aspect of WWE TV is negatively impacting the fans’ enjoyment of the product. TKO need to listen to the real, long term fans

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@badgalbrih__ That’s the results that are needed

My predictions for tonight are: Oba defeats Brock. Finn defeats Dom. Trick defeats Sami. Je’Von Evans wins the ladder match. Jade defeats Rhea. Roman defeats Punk. Don’t come for me lol

@WWEGP Night 1 was awful. They need a lot more wrestling tonight, amount of adverts was ridiculous! Truly hoping for better tonight

Randy Orton’s ring walk lasting longer than every other match on the card put together #WrestleMania

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@WWEGP It’s all embarrassing at this point - TKO need to stay away from anything creative

A very weird thing to say when your character is here to ‘save the business’ and is promoting ticket discounts

@WWEUK @CodyRhodes @DMcIntyreWWE @YaOnlyLivvOnce @Jade_Cargill @Steph_Vaquer @RheaRipley_WWE Lower ticket prices

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@WWEGP Agreed!!

Get Carmelo added to the US Title match and get IYO, Asuka and Kairi on the Sunday tbh

@AlexMcCarthy88 It’s like they don’t know what they’re doing, TKO needs to leave WWE alone.

We could have had like 3/4 weeks of TV with Cody terrified Randy was gonna RKO or punt Brandi or something. A multitude of scenarios there. Lean on the history; Cody knows exactly what Randy can do and Randy knows what’s most precious to Cody. We’ve ended up with Jelly Roll left and right and now a Pat McAfee heel turn. I dunno man.

@WWEGP TKO need to go away, at least that’s how I’m seeing it, they seem to keep injecting their power into wrestlemania when it’s not needed nor wanted

Again, not even a shot at McAfee. Have always been entertained by him. He puts in the work massively when he gets involved in storylines and matches. But inserting him needlessly into a long awaited Cody vs Randy Mania main event with almost 20 years of history behind it? WHY!?

@WWEGP This is the match I’m most looking forward to! Gets me hyped up every week soon as Oba comes out to destroy Brock! I’ve missed wrestling being this exciting

No Mania programme has been built better or with more believability than Oba Femi vs Brock. Two absolute tanks just wanting to destroy each other. Oba Femi wants to make his mark. Brock wants to prove he’s still The Beast. Great wrestling is so simple

@MercedesVarnado Want you back in London asap! 😍

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