It’s a New Day in WWE.Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods departed the company on Saturday after etching their names into the tag team history books in WWE for several years. The duo were four-time tag team champions as a team and eight times when Big E is included in the group.The New Day were fan favorites and held the tag team championship for a record 483 days.But Woods’ injury threw a wrench in the New Day storyline after the team turned heel following their tag title win at WrestleMania 41. Kingston had teamed up with Grayson Waller, but the two hadn’t earned gold.The news of their departure sent shock waves throughout the pro wrestling world, with stars from companies across the sport reacting. It’s unclear where Kingston and Woods will land next, but there will definitely be two of the hottest free agents on the open market.WWE also parted ways with Tonga Loa and JC Mateo in the company’s recent departures.LEGENDARY WWE TAG TEAM DUO DEPARTS COMPANY IN LATEST WAVE OF CUTSWWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) have been hot over the last month, but the most interesting storyline going over the last few weeks has been at Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where El Grande Americano and Original El Grande Americano are a few weeks away from an epic mask vs. mask clash.On Saturday night, the two wrestlers had a contract signing, but there was an even bigger twist in which El Grande Americano’s girlfriend, Andrea Bazarte, had her contract suspended in order for her to be sidelined from the upcoming match.Original El Grande Americano received support from the Creed Brothers. Brutus and Julius Creed put El Grande American through a table and celebrated as they seemed to have given Original El Grande Americano some support.Their rivalry will come to a head at Rey de Reyes on May 30. It will be a no-disqualification match and the loser has to remove their mask. Both competitors have battled it out wherever they have been showcased.The Original El Grande Americano returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble in January with El Grande Americano already in the men’s Royal Rumble match. Original El Grande Americano eliminated El Grande Americano before being eliminated himself. The rivalry has been scorching hot ever since.It was one of the best matches of the week as Darby Allin defeated Brody King for the AEW World Championship. The two ripped each other apart as King sent himself through the barrier looking to do maximum damage to Allin.Allin avoided the colossal attack, threw King back into the ring and hit him with two Coffin Drops and pinned King for the win. Allin is 2-0 after winning the AEW title from Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) last month. He dispatched Tomasso Ciampa the week prior.Allin may have his hands full with his next challenger.Kevin Knight climbed to the top of the world title ladder after he defended the TNT Championship against MJF. Allin and King both said that Knight would be next in line for the AEW title if either of them won the matc
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