10 Ways WWE Is Completely Unrecognisable From Just One Year Ago

10. Same Old New Day

We'd never seen more New Day than in early-2019.

One of Vince McMahon's favourite acts (fairly sound speculation based on footage of him popping for their entrances on Network specials and the merchandise royalties that must roll in, anyway), the trio had typically been there to open houses or tear them down as per the needs of the company, but KofiMania reframed their existence as something far more important.

A muddled and over-busy build to WrestleMania 35 resulted in this manifesting in a series of long, long gauntlet matches to make an already-established point that Kofi Kingston had been in the company a long, long time and some overdue history needed making. Sometimes the matches dragged but the sentiment never dissolved - they were the most vital act on television.

At best this year, they'll feature (or were only destined to feature) in a multi-team match for the SmackDown straps, exactly where they were the year before.

In fact, even suggesting they're back exactly where they were undersells how steep their return to the midcard has been. Due to an injury suffered in October 2019, Xavier Woods has been missing - Kingston and Big E have been plodding on without their third man and the gimmick has understandably suffered for it.