Bobby Lashley Calls WWE Letting The New Day Leave a Major Fumble

Bobby Lashley isn’t holding back on WWE’s decision to let The New Day walk — and he’s calling it a major fumble.

Following the exit of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, new details already confirmed the duo turned down restructured TKO deals before being granted their release. But now, Bobby Lashley is weighing in — and he’s making it clear where he stands.

Speaking on Good Karma Wrestling, Lashley didn’t sugarcoat it, saying WWE dropped the ball by not doing everything possible to keep them: “Oh man, it’s one of those things where it’s like that was a fumble.” He doubled down on that take, arguing that Kingston and Woods should have been treated as long-term cornerstones of the company rather than being allowed to walk away over contract terms.

“That was a fumble, bro. You retire those guys. You take those guys to the end and give them whatever they want because they’ve given the business everything.”

Lashley also pointed to their reputation behind the scenes, stressing that their standing in the locker room makes the situation even harder to justify. He then compared the situation to past decisions WWE has had to reverse, suggesting this could be another one that ends up looking worse over time.

“I don’t think there’s a person in the business that says, ‘Hey man, I don’t like those guys, or those guys treated me wrong, or those guys weren’t good to me.’ There’s no one. And we saw that one time before when somebody else got released, right? Uh, when somebody else got released, they had to bring it back because they were like, ‘Oh, this is a bad move.’ Well, this is a horrible move also, but it could be a great move for someone else, you know.”

That “someone else” could very well be AEW — something Lashley openly acknowledged, especially with hype already building around the team’s next move. He even suggested that a move like that could shift attention — and possibly viewers — depending on how things play out.

“So, at the end of the day, we might see some different mix-ups in the tag team division. It might come really, really, really strong and interesting in AEW. And if so, a tremendous amount of fans will go over there because they’ll start kind of saying, ‘Hm, what’s going on? Isn’t this business built on respect?’ And if you have respect for the business, you have respect for the people in the business.”

Lashley wrapped it up by circling back to the core issue — respect — and making it clear he believes Kingston and Woods earned more of it.

“And these guys should have a lot of respect in the business. So, what’s going on?”

Bottom line, Bobby Lashley isn’t just questioning the move — he’s calling it out as a major miss, and one that could end up benefiting another company if The New Day lands elsewhere, especially AEW.

Do you think WWE made a mistake letting The New Day leave, or was it the right business call under the new system? Drop your thoughts and let us know.

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