WWE star Xavier Woods spoke with TVInsider.com on a number of topics, including the New Day vs. Usos rivalry.
Woods said, “We fought them before. When we first encountered the Usos, it was good. The matches were great and we had great chemistry, but it didn’t pop off like it did the next time we encountered the Usos and they had a shift when they were more Bloodline Usos. At that time, we were on a rise, and they were on a rise, but it was kind of at a plateau. Us meeting each other at that moment in time was perfect for all of us because it became a situation where they believe they are the best, and they have evidence. We believe we’re the best, and we also have that evidence. Now, there is no choice but to fight. To go back and forth with those guys helped us hone in on who we were and I think it helped them hone in on who they were.”
On working the Hell in the Cell match:
“Being able to have those battles over such a long period of time, so have every match be so different, and to be able to work hard enough to earn the right to be in a Hell in a Cell match. They’re not just handed out. It’s not candy in a Pez dispenser. Being able to have that Hell in a Cell match and put the level of violence into it that we were able to put into it, it was a really good thing for tag team wrestling and a really good way to cap off that chapter of New Day-Usos, and made all of us better.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
