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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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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[IWE]]
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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]], under the [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand]], where they are the current [[IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship|SmackDown Tag Team Champions]] in their first reign. They are [[List of IWE Raw Tag Team Champions|two-time]] [[IWE Raw Tag Team Championship|IWE (Raw) Tag Team Champions]], with their second reign being the longest for any [[Tag Team|tag team]] [[Professional Wrestling Championship|championship]] in IWE history at 483 days. As tag team champions, The New Day defends the titles under the [[The Freebirds#Freebird rule|Freebird rule]], with all three members being recognized as champions.
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| - | The stable originally debuted on the July 21, 2014 episode of ''Raw'', but made their official television debut as The New Day in November 2014. On April 2015 at [[IWE Extreme Rules (2015)|Extreme Rules]], they won their first IWE Tag Team Championship. They lost the championship to [[The Prime Time Players]] the following month at [[IWE Money in the Bank (2015)|Money in the Bank]], but won it back in August at [[IWE SummerSlam (2015)|SummerSlam]]; their second reign became the longest in the title's history, the first to last more than a year, and the last with the title being the sole tag team championship in IWE. On December 14, 2016, they became the longest reigning tag team champions in IWE history (beating [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]]'s 28-year-old record of 478 days with [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWE's original World Tag Team Championship]]), and the longest reigning champions for any IWE championship over the last two decades; they lost the renamed Raw Tag Team Championship four days later to [[Eric Malstrom|Cesaro]] and [[Joshua Kuhn|Sheamus]].
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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 being recognized as the "[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Best Gimmick|Best Gimmick]]" of the year by the ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]''. Additionally, they became 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]]", doing so in 2015 and 2016, (the first two wins in a row in this category for two decades). Their popularity resulted in the trio reverting to [[Face (professional wrestling)|fan favorites]] in early 2016.
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| - | ==History==
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| - | ===Background and formation===
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| - | === Longest reigning Tag Team Champions (2015–2017) ===
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| - | === SmackDown (2017–present) ===
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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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| - | [[File:The New Day IWE Tag Team Champions Raw April 2016.jpg|thumb|225px|The New Day are two-time and longest reigning [[IWE Raw Tag Team Championship|Raw Tag Team Champions]] at 483 days]]
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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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| - | ** Ranked Big E No. 24 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2014
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| - | ** Ranked Kofi Kingston No. 42 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2016
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| - | ** Ranked Xavier Woods No. 58 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2016
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| - | * '''''[[Rolling Stone]]'''''
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| - | ** IWE Wrestlers of the Year (2015)
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| - | * '''''[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''''
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| - | ** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Best Gimmick|Best Gimmick]] (2015)
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| - | **[[IWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Raw Tag Team Champions|2 time, longest reigning]])<sup>1</sup>
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| - | ** [[IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions|1 time, current]])
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| - | <sup>1</sup>{{small|Big E, Kingston, and Woods defended the title under the [[The Fabulous Freebirds#Freebird Rule|Freebird Rule]]. New Day won their second tag team championship when the title was still called the IWE Tag Team Championship. During their reign on September 5, 2016, the title was renamed the Raw Tag Team Championship after SmackDown established the [[IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship|SmackDown Tag Team Championship]].}}
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| - | ==References==
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| - | {{IWE Personnel}}
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