It was earlier reported that one half of the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Kofi Kingston signed a new deal with the WWE.
He revealed the same on The New Day’s “Feel The Power” podcast stating that it’s a new five-year contract with WWE. But he is definitely not the only one who decided to stay with the company for multiple years to follow.
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Apart from Kofi, the other two members of The New Day, Big E and Xavier Woods have also signed new five-year deals with the WWE at the same time.
It was first reported on WWE Backstage, this week that all three members of entertaining trio negotiated their deals for the ‘same pay and the same terms’ as a way to show ‘solidarity’.
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As noted earlier, Big E is the reigning SmackDown tag team champions holding the belts with Kofi Kingston. They retained the titles against The Revival in a Ladder Match at WWE TLC on Sunday.
As for Xavier Woods, he is out of action with an Achilles Tendon tear who could end up missing WrestleMania 36 in 2020. But to date that hasn’t been confirmed as further medical diagnosis still has to be done.
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Apart from The New Day, it was also reported on the show that Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford have also inked new multi-year contracts with WWE.
The length of the new contracts for The Street Profits was not yet known. But right now, WWE has been signing talents to five-year deals so to protect them from the rival-brand, All Elite Wrestling.
The former NXT tag team champions, Ford and Dawkins are currently working the RAW brand tag team division who could reportedly be up for a huge WrestleMania push in due course. For now, WWE.com provided an official update regarding their status with the company,
“As first reported on WWE Backstage, The Street Profits have agreed to multi-year extensions with WWE. Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins have also been some of WWE’s most entertaining performers with their backstage breakdowns and a unique spin on the SNL favorite with last week’s “Monday after Weekend Update.”
In fact, on this week’s episode of WWE After The Bell, Ford revealed that The Street Profits were born out of an NXT acting class.”
