Whenever something is successful in the turbo-creative world that is professional wrestling, one big question that is always asked is who should take the credit for the idea. In the case of The New Day, Woods is the brains behind the outfit in more ways than one. After making his debut on WWE TV, Woods was doing a whole lot of nothing. Big E had shown all sorts of initial potential but was floundering in the midcard doing equally nothing. Kofi Kingston? Well, he had a made a career out of stalled pushes and coming up with impressive ways to avoid elimination in battle royals. Woods pitched the idea of putting the three together as a group, and as mentioned in the New Day episode of Table for 3 he was willing to stake his career on the success (or non-success) of the trio. The three had become close friends outside the ring, and Woods felt that their chemistry was strong enough to translate into television success. His heart must have been jammed into the side of his gob when the group floundered as babyfaces. The proof is in the pudding though, and that pudding currently claps long and hard.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
