Claim made that WWE is trying to retain Xavier Woods with “the Tyler Breeze deal”
On May 2nd 2026, it was reported that The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) mutually agreed to part ways with WWE. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com noted the following about the situation…
“I will say, and I’ve heard this from a lot a lot of people this weekend, that I do believe that WWE is trying to retain Xavier Woods with what was referred to repeatedly as ‘the Tyler Breeze deal,’ which is basically he gets paid money to do stuff for the video game.
And, uh, I don’t know if he will accept that offer. I don’t know what’s going on in his head, but he might.
So, it is not a foregone conclusion that both of The New Day are going to AEW. It’s likely going to happen, I would say, but there are things being done where WWE is trying to retain him for other things.”