Elite City AEW Podcast - Weekly Wrestling Talk
May 5, 2026 · 38 min · 24 segments
New Day leaves WWE! We talk about the future of Kofi and Austin Creed, what they could do in AEW, and what this means for sports entertainment overall.
Uh, over the weekend, um, New Day was asked by WWE to, uh, restructure their contract, um, by 50%.
[laughs] Um-
[laughs]
I, th- that, that wasn't me joke laughing.
Like, say, that's ridiculous to even say out loud.
Um, I, I did a little research here.
Right.
Um, Woods and Kofi signed a multi-year, either three or five-year deal.
It's, that's being speculated, and it was a seven-year deal, I mean seven-figure deal, multi-year, three or five years, seven figures.
They signed it 370 days ago.
[laughs]
They asked, they asked them to cut that in half in one year and 10 days.
I feel like there must be, like, something in the contract where the company can opt out after, like, one year or s-
Uh, apparently
... 'cause it's, it's weird that it would last exactly one year.
Yes.
There's gotta be something in there.
And, like, I was thinking about this.
First of all, if anyone ever asks you to make 50% less money, say no.
Yeah, exactly.
Like, just, just say no. [laughs]
Yeah, there's no, no reason to say yes.
And I know that it sounds like I'm not a wrestler, I, but, like, yeah, just if...
I'm, I'm a human being, and if someone asked me to just make 50% less money, I would say no.
Like, you-
Uh, over the weekend, um, New Day was asked by WWE to, uh, restructure their contract, um, by 50%.
[laughs] Um-
[laughs]
I, th- that, that wasn't me joke laughing.
Like, say, that's ridiculous to even say out loud.
Um, I, I did a little research here.
Right.
Um, Woods and Kofi signed a multi-year, either three or five-year deal.
It's, that's being speculated, and it was a seven-year deal, I mean seven-figure deal, multi-year, three or five years, seven figures.
They signed it 370 days ago.
[laughs]
They asked, they asked them to cut that in half in one year and 10 days.
I feel like there must be, like, something in the contract where the company can opt out after, like, one year or s-
Uh, apparently
... 'cause it's, it's weird that it would last exactly one year.
Yes.
There's gotta be something in there.
And, like, I was thinking about this.
First of all, if anyone ever asks you to make 50% less money, say no.
Yeah, exactly.
Like, just, just say no. [laughs]
Yeah, there's no, no reason to say yes.
And I know that it sounds like I'm not a wrestler, I, but, like, yeah, just if...
I'm, I'm a human being, and if someone asked me to just make 50% less money, I would say no.
Like, you-
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