Austin Creed on New Day leaving WWE: “That relationship no longer was one that we felt we needed to be in”

As seen during the 2026 AEW All In PPV event, former WWE stars Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods debuted as The New Level with the names Kofi and “Awesome” Austin Creed. While speaking after the event, Creed explained their decision to leave WWE…

“I always think about this like personalities and relationships. Different people have different personalities. Those personalities can grow. Sometimes they grow together, sometimes they grow apart. There’s no bad, there’s no good. You are excited about the opportunities you had, the things that you learned, but that relationship no longer was one that we felt we needed to be in.

To be able to look across the pond and see what was happening here, especially with tag team wrestling because yes, we’re professional wrestlers, but since I was a child, I wanted to be part of a tag team. I love the fact that I can be to my protect my brother and he can protect me.

So to be able to come to a place that admires that, that wants to cultivate that with legendary tag teams, with young tag teams so when those legendary ones are gone, the younger ones are fulfilling the prophecy and they’re keeping everything going. That’s what’s important to us, so to be able to come here and do that, and that is why we’re here.” (quotes courtesy of F4WOnline.com)