{"id":130413,"date":"2026-05-03T09:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/legendary-wwe-tag-team-duo-departs-company-in-latest-wave-of-cuts-130413"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:44:52","slug":"legendary-wwe-tag-team-duo-departs-company-in-latest-wave-of-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/legendary-wwe-tag-team-duo-departs-company-in-latest-wave-of-cuts-130413","title":{"rendered":"Legendary WWE tag team duo departs company in latest wave of cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/organization\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a> tag team known as the New Day, reportedly departed the company on Saturday as part of the latest string of releases.<\/p>\n<p>Kingston and Woods became fan favorites as they formed New Day with fellow superstar Big E. But after Big E was sidelined with a serious injury, the two continued their tag team prowess in the ring. Kingston and Woods were four-time tag team champions as a duo and held the belts eight times when they were with Big E.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.podtrac.com\/dmwdd_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON&#8217;T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fightful Select and BodySlam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/kofi-kingston-departs-wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">both reported<\/a> the departures of Kingston and Woods. The two were moved to the alumni section of the WWE website.<\/p>\n<p>Kingston had a ton of success as a singles competitor. He captured the WWE Championship at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/wrestlemania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WrestleMania<\/a> 35 over Daniel Bryan as part of the &#8220;Kofi-Mania&#8221; era where he received a ton of fan support on his way to his first title. He was also an intercontinental champion four times and a United States champion three times.<\/p>\n<p>Woods joined WWE in 2010 after stints at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/pro-wrestling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Japan Pro-Wrestling<\/a> (NJPW). Woods won the King of the Ring tournament in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a tag team, the two were considered to be one of the best in WWE\u2019s history. They captured their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/new-day-return-top-wwe-tag-team-division-win-over-war-raiders-wrestlemania-41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last titles at WrestleMania 41<\/a> and turned heel soon after that. The two lost their tag titles in June and Woods was injured during the year. Kingston formed an alliance with Grayson Waller in the interim before the departure.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Tonga Loa and JC Mateo reportedly departed the company as well.<\/p>\n<p>Loa first appeared in WWE in 2009 before departed in 2014. He re-appeared most recently in 2024, joining forces with Solo Sikoa and the newly formed MFT faction.<\/p>\n<p>Mateo joined WWE in 2025, also backing up Sikoa in the faction. 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