When Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and Big E redebuted in November of 2014 as the New Day, it was a far cry from those first few segments over the summer. Instead, they were introduced with a series of bright, energetic videos that paired the wrestlers up with a gospel choir, embracing the power of positivity!
Unfortunately, there's no faster way to get wrestling fans to boo someone than to tell them they should be cheering, and the New Day wound up becoming heels anyway just by virtue of being too overbearing. The thing is, the more ridiculous their antics got, the more the crowd embraced them. That happens pretty often in pro wrestling; characters like the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and, more recently, Kevin Owens, all became beloved superstars by just being too entertaining as bad guys. Before long, the New Day followed the same route, and it turned out that they had actually used that "power of positivity" that had initially been intended to annoy the audience to become fan-favorites, which only made their antics get bigger and more ridiculous. For a while, the official WWE store was selling unicorn-horn headbands. At one point, they even made their entrance at WrestleMania by popping out of a ten-foot tall box of Booty-Os cereal while dressed as DragonBall Z characters, which is like three different layers of goofiness going on at the same time.
But they weren't just a comedy act. Those years also saw some fantastic wrestling from the three performers, including a lengthy span as the SmackDown Tag Team Champions — their third of four championship reigns was, at the time, the longest since the title's inception — and a series of matches with the Usos that culminated at Hell in a Cell 2016.
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