It’s a New Day for AEW as Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods have arrived.
Tonight’s huge All In event at Wembley Stadium in London has got started with a bang as the legendary WWE tag team made their debut moments into the live broadcast, revealing their new name as The New Level.
Fans inside the national stadium roared as the pair stepped out alongside Swerve Strickland as the wild cards in the Trios Royale Roulette, which started during the Buy In preshow and continued into the main broadcast.
They made it a successful debut, eliminating Death Riders to win the Trios Titles.
As some fans expected, the duo are now going by the names Kofi, and Austin Creed.
They completed a stacked lineup, which also featured ‘Hangman’ Adam Page and Brodido, the Bang Bang Gang vs. The Conglomeration, Death Riders, The Demand and The Dogs.
The big debut followed reports over the weekend from Fightful, who noted that the duo were set to sign with AEW, and debut at All In.
The outlet noted that the deal ‘came together in the last couple of weeks’, noting they weren’t under contract ‘as of two weeks ago’, but talks got underway over the last fortnight.
All In marked New Day’s first appearance since it was revealed they were leaving WWE back in May.
At the time, it was reported the duo left the company by ‘mutual consent’, having opted not to renegotiate their deals, instead choosing to part ways.
Their departures meant Kofi, 44, and Woods, 39, called time on two glittering careers with the wrestling giant after 20 and 16 years, respectively.
That included 12 years as a team, coming together as a featured act for WWE Raw in 2014 alongside Big E, whose own career was tragically cut short by a broken neck in 2022.
As New Day, the trio have won more WWE tag titles than any duo in history, with 13.
The pair’s seven SmackDown reigns is also a WWE record – as is their 483-day stint as Raw champs.
Kofi is also a former WWE Champion after beating Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson, who is also in AEW) at WrestleMania 35 in 2019.
