10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About WrestleMania 38

9. A Wretched Weekend For The New Day

Vince McMahon Pat McAfee
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There was already set to be something of a cloud hanging over The New Day's WrestleMania match thanks to the absence of Big E in the very early stages of a long injury rehabilitation.

Mindful of this, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods went to the trouble of collaborating with gear designer extraordinaire Jonathan Davenport on singlets and jackets from the main man's WWE Championship victory. He'd be there with them spiritually even if the literal trip wasn't viable. Typically beautiful sentiment from the masters of the craft.

All undone in 1:40.

WWE is simply not enough of a nice place for these nice people. E's injury was used as reason for the match against Sheamus and Ridge Holland to exist in the first place, but when they were cut for time on Night One, it revealed just how little that actually mattered. As did the result of the match to the people with any power. Why the f*ck can't the company, in this most meaningless of 100 seconds, just let the hampered duo have something nice and pay tribute to their best friend. Did 'The Celtic Warrior' need the win

It's probably been run back six times by the time you read this, but that isn't the point - if there even was one with any of this from the beginning.

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