Kofi Kingston is now the NXT Tag Team Champion with Xavier Woods
The New Day has won the NXT Tag Team Championships. With the win, Kofi Kingston surpassed Edge and Booker T with 15 Tag Team Title reigns.
Ad
A few days ago, Kingston and his tag team partner, Xavier Woods, arrived in NXT to lay out the challenge to Pretty Deadly. This led to the confirmation of their match at NXT Deadline.
The New Day are former multi-time RAW and SmackDown Tag Team Champions. With their win over Pretty Deadly, they have now become Triple Champions.
Ad
Trending
John Cena's last PPV's name revealed by Kurt Angle? More details HERE
Kofi Kingston has mostly won tag team titles with Xavier Woods and Big E. However, he has also previously won tag titles with superstars such as Evan Bourne, CM Punk, and R-Truth.
The New Day's win at NXT Deadline marked the end of Pretty Deadly's second reign. They captured the titles at NXT Worlds Collide, but their reign ended after 97 days.
Ad
The New Day is expected to stay on NXT going forward, and the WWE Universe could witness them mix up with numerous exciting tag teams the brand has to offer. A match against The Creed Brothers is a real possibility from here on.
Were you happy with The New Day's win at NXT Deadline? Sound off in the comment section
×
Feedback
Why did you not like this content?
Was this article helpful?
Thank You for feedback
About the author
Soumik Datta
Soumik Datta is a professional wrestling journalist who has been following the business for more than a decade.
In 2017, Soumik joined the Sportskeeda Wrestling team and is best known for his work with the WWE team. He has previously contributed to the Sportskeeda AEW, MMA, and the football team where he specifically covered the Major League Soccer.
In 2024, Soumik crossed 50 million reads for Sportskeeda WWE. While working under Sportskeeda MMA, he interviewed prominent UFC fighters, including Justin Gaethje, Sean O'Malley, and Cory Sandhagen, among others. He is also being followed by John Cena on X (formerly Twitter).
Apart from his love for professional wrestling, Soumik also watches Football and has been a lifelong follower of Liverpool FC and Mohun Bagan. He has also been following the Indian Super League and remains the only content creator to have traveled across India to watch 7 ISL Matches in 7 Days, a video which currently sits at 26K views on his YouTube channel. His channel currently amasses over 120K views.
As aforementioned, Soumik also likes to make content for his YouTube channel and travel to various places either with family, friends, or solo, or go on road trips.
(Go SUBSCRIBE to his channel while you're at it): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfkg4VnUC7sLNc5jEzVYgOQ
'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Trending
