Xavier Woods to finally turn heel on Kofi Kingston on former WWE Champion’s orders? Major swerve explored

Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston (Photo credit: WWE.com)
Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston in picture. [Image credits: wwe.com]

Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston are going through a tough time as a tag team and the end of The New Day could be closer than ever before. Woods has been teasing a heel turn for months now, and this turn could happen now that they lost the opportunity to challenge Finn Balor and JD McDonagh for the World Tag Team Championship.

Coming off back-to-back losses to The War Raiders, Xavier could turn against his good friend, Kofi Kingston, and start a feud with him, ending one of the most successful tag teams of all time. However, Woods could do so by following orders from former WWE Champion Big E. The 38-year-old star has been out of action for a couple of years due to a serious neck injury, but he recently shared an optimistic update that he might get medically cleared to return.

On that occasion, Big E could have a heel turn and return next to Woods either to work as his tag team partner or his manager. That way, WWE would find a way to bring the 38-year-old star back, while it could create an interesting storyline, based on the friendship between the three superstars.

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Xavier Woods says Kofi Kingston 'dropped the ball' against The War Raiders

There has been tension within The New Day recently, and their failure to become the number-one contender for the World Tag Team Championship made things worse. Before Monday's match against The War Raiders, Xavier Woods blamed Kofi Kingston for last week's loss, telling him that he 'dropped the ball.'

Kofi did not like the comment and had an argument with Woods, which affected their in-ring chemistry afterward and led to a second straight loss to The War Raiders. It remains to be seen how this will affect their partnership since Woods has been frustrated for months now.

Next week's episode of RAW should shed more light on the future of The New Day, but a split and a heel turn from Woods is the most likely scenario at the moment. It will be interesting to see if Big E will become part of the storyline moving forward.

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