News regarding the impression Kofi and Austin Creed made with people backstage at AEW All 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.

PWInsider.com noted that Kofi and Creed reportedly went out of their way to introduce themselves and meet as many people as possible backstage at All In. According to the outlet, numerous people within AEW were already beyond impressed with the duo on a personal level.

There was said to have been no sense that Kofi and Creed felt they were above anyone because of their WWE tenures. It’s believed that they were extremely open, both creatively and in their interactions with others backstage.

One source described them by saying, “They are everything you always heard about, plus more.” Another source added that WWE’s loss was absolutely AEW’s gain.

During the post-show media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan publicly stated the following…

“Something that got me excited about New Level, these guys are not afraid to work very hard. They told me, ‘Hey, we see Jon Moxley at AEW Dynamite and Collision basically every week. We want to be at AEW Dynamite and Collision basically every week. We want to work really hard for the company. We’re going to be there practically every week.’” (quote courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)