The New Day have been one of WWE’s most popular groups for several years now, and they’ve gone back and forth with The Elite on social media a few times.
Fans haven’t seen The New Day face The Elite inside the ring just yet, but WWE did allow The New Day to face The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega in a “Street Fighter V” face off at E3 this year.
Kofi Kingston recently spoke to Sporting News about working with The Elite, and he noted that he was baffled that WWE allowed it to happen.
“I’m still baffled that that actually happened. Think about WWE, when was the last time you saw them do any kind of inter-promotional stuff? Not in this era, right? On top of that, with a group like Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, The Elite, these guys are at the top of the independent scene right now. Since we became a trio, everyone’s been talking about us doing stuff with The Elite. And we came close.”
Kingston went on to say that he hopes their face off at E3 will open the doors to other things in the future.
“We actually got in there, interacted, verbally jousting, and I still get goosebumps just thinking about it. Hopefully that opens the doors for some things in the future. If it does happen, and they end up here or likewise, we had the first step in doing that. You talk about breaking barriers and breaking rules, that’s what it’s all about. You try to push that envelope and keep the wrestling business thriving, keep people interested and do things out of the box. You’ve got to go out of the box, and be able to adjust and change with the times. That’s what wrestling is all about. This is a very special time right now. You’re seeing things in the industry you never thought you’d see. You never thought you’d see AJ Styles in the WWE or you never thought you’d see Kevin Owens or Shinsuke Nakamura or Asuka in a WWE ring, but yet here we are.”
