Most people weren't sure what the gimmick was about, some thought it was even a bit racist, and the whole thing seemed to not make any sense.
6 months later they are quickly becoming one of the best acts on the show. We always hear Vince and sometimes other older guy's in the business say "the younger guy's need to step up".... usually pissing off smarks in the process. I think New Day is a text book example of someone grabbing that brass ring.
They basically took a gimmick that was so weird that out the gate people were boo'ing it and are now legit getting "New Day Rocks" chants some time lol. How did it happen?
Well we know it had nothing to do with ring work, these guy's are still doing the exact same style. Really, they just interacted with the crowd, "owned" the new day sucks thing, turned their personalities way up and made it a real gimmick.
Now are these guy's going to main event Wrestlemania just because of this gimmick? Of course not, personally I'd like to see them at some point make the team a bit more serious (while still retaining some goofiness), something like when they looked like this:
But anyways, these guy's are getting face time with HHH and Steph, we see them feuding with Cena, but most imporantly, they still got the tag belt's even though the Dudley's have returned and why? Because New Day is just way better then them now.
I'm sure some will disagree but I think most smarks have the impression that the WWE wants to hold down the younger guy's no matter what. I don't think that's the case at all, it's just the younger guy's gotta develop personalities before they can really become draws.
absolutely LOVE the New Day, but he's right. They are starting to get overexposed and too much air time. Never thought I'd say that. But since the product is absolutely dreadful right now, they are forcing WWE to spam them anyway they can.
but it's only a matter of time before the fans start to get sick of them. :mj2
I want them to excel and I enjoy them. I still can see Brock dominating all three of them and it's going to be hard for them to shed the comedy label and be taken truly seriously by the fans.
They're a comedy gimmick. They already started losing steam when the WWE started putting them in main events, since they belong nowhere near the main event. They're this year's Fandango, nothing more.
Nah, and even then Big E is the only one of the three that has a chance at becoming a main eventer while Kofi and Woods looks like Jobbers in Vince's eyes.
Kofi and Woods will probably remain a tag team after Big E splits and either goes for a midcard run or gets put on the main event scene.
It doesn't matter how many performers grab the brass ring until Vince tries to grab the brass ring. Where's the Vince who screwed Bret? Where's the Vince who put himself over God?
As long as they're entertaining me I want to see them on my TV screen. It's that simple. I don't care how far they can go with this gimmick, we just need more acts like them, simply because as much as WWE is a cesspool right now, they can pull of comedy acts quite nicely (heel R-Truth, Mizdow, TND).
never been a big new day fan. i like them now but to me they are a good comedic heel act.
i am sot so sure that they durabilty will far behind wm32 if they do not find a way to make them more than just fight for tag titles.
If New Day isn't grabbing that proverbial brass ring, then what does the phrase even mean anymore? They are getting better every week, most recently showing they can turn from tricksters to badass on a dime.
It's a shame that all some of us can think about is how WWE will eventually screw this up. Sadly, based on past trends, it seems like an inevitability.
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How is being the top Tag Team in the Tag Team division not grabbing the Brass Ring?
I think the brass ring comment was about succeding and making the best out of whatever opportunity you're giving. I doubt the brass ring only refers to being the face of the company.
The New Day are great and it would be awesome if one of them won the title for Woods to brag about. They should be kept together, they can be taken serious and still do comedy, Degeneration X did comedy and people took them serious, Jericho and the Rock were some of the funniest guys around and they were taken serious.
All it would take is for New Day to win some more matches, look strong doing it and they can easily be hilarious while being serious players. Not everyone needs to be serious and not everyone who is funny = jobber. If they can be entertaining while putting on great matches and getting great wins it will be a change for the better.
Sadly don't see Vince letting them get to that point. They really could be a stable that has a very long run with Kofi/Big E carrying singles titles with Woods as the mouth piece. Will make for some great Drama because facing one of them means dealing with all three.
It's interesting watching the Dinner for 3 episode with The New Day, where they kind of hint that they weren't happy with the gimmick they were given back in December of the positive church preachers by Vince, but that they turned things around by making it more about them.
I mean if you really look at what New Day are doing at the moment, it's not related to the gimmick they were given back in december at all. They're just being heels and using their characters, it's only the costume and music that's been carried over, even then they seem to be using the blue costume less and less.
New Day may just be one of the most successful acts in the modern WWE because they managed to take Vince McMahons chicken shit and turned it into their own chicken salad, without anyone objecting or stopping them. That's true creativity!
History says they'll job to Big Show around Survivor Series. ex Angle reigns jindrak and SES. Punk is right they are imaginary brass rings because Vince is feeding them to Cena to cool them off.
I'm really surprised that New Day hasn't cooled off even when all three of them were fed to Cena, they retaliated by ending the show standing triumphant and tall. They have a good thing going on and I hope it doesn't stop.
You're completely ignoring that Vince already liked them and thought they would be big which is why he was shocked that they didn't get over at first as faces. Because he's an out of touch moron. @Wynter! Made a thread a while ago on it.
So it's not as if they weren't going to be pushed.
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