Bobby Lashley says WWE parting ways with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods is a “horrible move”
On May 2nd 2026, it was reported that The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) mutually agreed to part ways with WWE. During an interview with Good Karma Wrestling, AEW’s Bobby Lashley reacted to the news…
“Oh man, it’s one of those things where it’s like, that was a fumble. That was a fumble, bro.
You retire those guys. You take those guys to the end and give them whatever they want because they’ve given the business everything.
I don’t think there’s a person in the business that says, ‘Hey man, I don’t like those guys,’ or ‘Those guys treated me wrong,’ or ‘Those guys weren’t good to me.’ There’s no one.
And we saw that one time before when somebody else got released, right? When somebody else got released, they had to bring it back because they were like, ‘Oh, this is a bad move.’ Well, this is a horrible move also, but it could be a great move for someone else, you know.
So, at the end of the day, we might see some different mix-ups in the tag team division. It might come really, really, really strong and interesting in All Elite Wrestling. And if so, a tremendous amount of fans will go over there because they’ll start kind of saying, ‘Hmm, what’s going on?’
Isn’t this business built on respect? And if you have respect for the business, you have respect for the people in the business. And these guys should have a lot of respect in the business. So what’s going on?”