Xavier Woods signs multiyear WWE deal, stays with The New Day

Xavier Woods has signed a new multiyear contract to remain with WWE, sources said, finalizing an agreement in September after negotiations that reportedly went down to the wire. The extension, reached just before his previous deal was set to expire, secures the longtime New Day member’s place on WWE’s roster for the foreseeable future.

According to sources, talks intensified late in the process and the new deal was completed last month. The agreement preserves Woods’s role in The New Day, the faction he co-founded with Kofi Kingston and Big E, which has been one of WWE’s most successful groups. There has been no public update on Kingston’s contract status, and sources said it is unclear whether the three members’ current deals remain aligned after earlier matching extensions in 2019 and periods of injury-related absence.

Woods has been with WWE since 2010 and is a decorated tag team performer, holding a record 12 WWE tag team championships alongside his New Day partners. He also won the King of the Ring tournament in 2021 and has been a prominent figure in WWE’s digital outreach as the creator and host of the UpUpDownDown YouTube channel, which has roughly 2.5 million subscribers.