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- | | align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''The New Day'''</span><br>
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |From left to right: Kingston, Big E and Woods in January 2015
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- | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |'''[[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|Stable]]'''
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Members'''
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- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Keith Ewen|Big E]]<br>[[Jose Serrano|Kofi Kingston]]<br>[[Austin Fisher|Xavier Woods]]
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Name(s)'''
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- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |'''The New Day'''
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Combined<br>weight'''
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- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |702 lb (318 kg)
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Debut'''
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- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |July 21, 2014
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Years active'''
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- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |2014-present
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- | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Promotions'''
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- | '''The New Day''' is a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Tag Team (professional wrestling)|tag team]] performing in the [[IWE]], composed of [[Keith Ewen|Big E]], [[Jose Serrano|Kofi Kingston]] and [[Austin Fisher|Xavier Woods]]. The trio are the current [[IWE Tag Team Championship|IWE Tag Team Champions]], in their second reign. During their reigns, The New Day defends the titles under the [[The Fabulous Freebirds#Freebird Rule|Freebird Rule]], with all three members being recognized as champions.
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- | The stable originally debuted in a July 2014 episode of ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'', but made their official television debut as The New Day in November 2014. They won their first IWE Tag Team Championship in 2015 at [[IWE Extreme Rules (2015)|Extreme Rules]], with Big E and Kingston gaining the victory. They became two-time tag team champions by winning the titles again later that year at [[IWE SummerSlam (2015)|SummerSlam]].
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- | The early months of the stable were marked by overwhelming negative reactions to their personas from fans and critics alike, however after turning [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] in April 2015 they began to receive acclaim for being entertaining, as well as for their in-ring performances. In 2015, the trio were collectively named "IWE Wrestler of the Year" by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', while also becoming the first trio to win the [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards#Tag Team of the Year|''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' award]] for [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] and being recognized as the [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Best Gimmick|Best Gimmick]] of the year by the ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]''.
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- | ==History==
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- | ===Background and formation===
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- | ===IWE (Raw) Tag Team Champions (2015–2016)===
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- | ==Characters and reception==
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- | == In wrestling ==
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- | * '''Double team finishing moves'''
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- | ** ''Midnight Hour'' ([[Facebuster#Over the shoulder cutter|''Big Ending'']] (Big E) and [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Diving DDT|diving DDT]] (Kingston or Woods) combination)
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- | ** [[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Backbreaker hold, diving attack combination|Pendulum backbreaker (Big E, Kingston or Woods) / diving double foot stomp (Kingston or Woods) combination]]
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- | * '''Double team and triple team signature moves'''
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- | ** ''Unicorn Stampede'' (Multiple [[Professional wrestling attacks#Stomp|stomps]] to a seated opponent in the corner with frequent tags), often followed by an [[Professional wrestling throws#Irish whip|Irish whip]]-assisted [[corner dropkick]]
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- | * '''Big E's finishing moves'''
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- | ** ''Big Ending'' ([[Facebuster#Over the shoulder cutter|Over the shoulder cutter]])
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- | ** [[Professional wrestling attacks#Big splash|Running splash]] – also used as a signature move
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- | * '''Kingston's finishing moves'''
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- | ** ''Trouble in Paradise'' ([[540 Kick|Jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick]])
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- | ** ''SOS'' ([[Professional wrestling throws#Ranhei|Ranhei]]) – also used as a signature move
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- | * '''Woods' finishing moves'''
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- | ** ''Lost in the Woods'' ([[Professional wrestling throws#Inverted stomp facebreaker|Inverted stomp facebreaker]])
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- | **[[Professional wrestling attacks#Shining Wizard|Shining Wizard]]
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- | * '''Nicknames'''
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- | ** "'''The Unicorns'''"
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- | * '''[[Music in professional wrestling|Entrance themes]]'''
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- | ** '''"New Day, New Way"''' by [[Jim Johnston (Composer)|Jim Johnston]] (November 28, 2014–present)
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- | ==Championships and accomplishments==
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- | * '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
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- | ** [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (2015)
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- | * '''''[[Rolling Stone]]'''''
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- | ** Comeback of the Year (2015)
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- | ** IWE Wrestlers of the Year (2015)
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- | * '''''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''''
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- | ** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Best Gimmick|Best Gimmick]] (2015)
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- | *'''[[IWE|International Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
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- | **[[IWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|2 time]], current)<sup>1</sup>
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- | <sup>1</sup><small> Big E, Kingston and Woods defend the title under the [[The Fabulous Freebirds#Freebird Rule|Freebird Rule]].</small>
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- | ==References==
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- | {{IWE Personnel}}
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