Summary

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods drew a wave of public support on Monday after both men shared farewell statements following their WWE departures. The reactions came as the wider story around The New Day breakup kept moving, just hours after WWE had already confirmed their departures.

Several current and former WWE names were part of that response. Kevin Owens praised both men, Bayley reflected on years spent sharing a locker room with them, and Nick Aldis and Charlotte Flair were among the other names who publicly chimed in.

Social media reactions to Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods

Owens wrote that Kingston was a fantastic wrestler and an even better human being, then added that the same could be said for Woods before joking about his own brief history with The New Day.

Bayley thanked both men for everything and said they had spent the last 13 years making people laugh, reminding others of their worth, and helping their friends get paid to have fun together.

Aldis called it an amazing run for an amazing human being and said he was looking forward to seeing what came next for Kingston. Charlotte Flair also reacted publicly, while Mojo Muhtadi, Mark Andrews, Shayna Baszler, Wale, Brody King, Richard Holliday, EJ Nduka, Emilio Sparks, and Simon Miller were also listed among those sending support.

The support extended to Instagram as well. CM Punk, The Miz, Tommaso Ciampa, Renee Paquette, Mustafa Ali, Jade Cargill, Chris Bey, Matt Cardona, Braun Strowman, and Dakota Kai were all noted as adding messages there.

What Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods leaving says about their WWE run

Kingston and Woods have been central figures in WWE's tag team scene for years, so the volume of reactions says plenty about how respected both men are behind the scenes. When names from different parts of wrestling all respond at once, it underlines that this was more than a routine roster move.

The next part of the story now shifts to what comes after WWE for both men. In the short term, though, Monday's reaction made one thing clear, Kingston and Woods left with a great deal of support from the peers who shared that run with them.

Sources

As reported by Fightful