One of the biggest questions that WWE fans had as we headed into this weeks episode of RAW was what the company would do with Xavier Woods. Would him and the New Day be kept off television this week? Would WWE address the situation head on?
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The situation that we are referring to is the recent leak of personal and private videos of Paige. As we have mentioned several times, Paige was hacked and a number of explicit photos and videos were released online without her consent. One of these videos, allegedly featured Xavier Woods.
So how did WWE choose to address the situation? In a backstage segment involving the New Day: Big E and Kofi stared at Xavier Woods at the beginning, asking him if there was anything that he wanted to tell them about..
Xavier paused for a moment before saying: Wrestlemania.
This was a subtle way to address (and make light of) the situation. WWE did the right thing not putting them in front of the live audience and kept them backstage where they could control the crowd response a bit more.
Many fans caught the subtle reference on twitter:
“Is there something u want to tell us?” ?OMG subtle but great. New Day is legendary! #Raw
— J Allan (@JAllan55) March 21, 2017
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Did Big E just drop a subtle reference to the Paige video? ? #RAW
— WWE Front Row (@WWEFrontRow) March 21, 2017
LOL that opening of The New Day segment was subtle but did exactly enough ? #RAW
— Real Shoot Wrestling (@RSWLive) March 21, 2017
There’s the subtle joke about what happened this weekend. #Raw #NewDayRocks #WWE
— Charles Rosala (@Chucks93) March 21, 2017
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