"You left us, E"

Adam Pearce: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are here, tonight, in commemoration and celebration of a credible 10 year anniversary of the most decorated tag team in WWE history. [Crowd cheers] Without any further adieu, please join me in welcoming Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston, The New Day!

[Kofi and Xavier enter the ring]

Congratulations, this ring in this moment, this night is yours. But if I may be so bold to speak on behalf of the WWE Universe, I think we all would love to let you know how much we think New Day rocks." [Crowd chants 'New Day Rocks' as Pearce leaves the ring]

Xavier Woods: "It's your boys, The... [Crowd says 'New Day] I wanna come out here and say, being a part of WWE and being successful in WWE for 10 years. [Crowd cheers] Getting to this point is so much more than we could have ever dreamed when we started this. So I wanted to come out here and say thank you to each and every one of you, here." [Crowd cheers and applauses]

Kofi Kingston: "Hey, [laughs] it's been one hell of a ride, ain't it? [Mild cheers] Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that we would have achieved so many accomplishments and accolades and have so much fun while doing it. And we couldn't have done it all without each other, but you also know WHO else we couldn't have done it all with? [Crowd shouts 'Who?' repeatedly] That's right, we couldn't have done it without each and every one of you, so thank you." [Crowd chants 'Big E']

Xavier Woods: "We miss him, too. We miss him, too. But, with all that said... We wanted to come out here, face to face, with all of you and let you know that what we're about to tell you, is not your fault. [Crowd reacts with anguish] We have-- We have nothing but love for each and every one of you."

Kofi Kingston: "Woods and myself, we've talked. And especially in light of what went down between us last week. [see Note 1] We both feel that, when it comes to the New Day going forward..."

[Big E returns, interrupting Kofi, crowd chants 'Big E']

Big E: "I, uh... I can't thank you all enough, sincerely. Uh, but... [Clears throat] I... I wish I was here under different circumstances, Um... Because to see the two of you argue and bicker and-- and say some of the most hurtful things that you can imagine to each other. Man, that troubled my soul something deep. Whe-- When we started this, 10 Years ago, we-- we were all we had. A-- All we had was each other. Kof, 10 Years ago, you were mulling over retirement, because you had your passion for this beaten out of you. Woods, 10 Years ago, you and I, we were this close to getting fired. And, on one of the worst days of my life and the scariest moment of my career, the two of you were at my hospital bedside for hours making sure I was good. [Crowd cheers and applauses]

Kof, I-I was in a neck brace a few months after your daughter was born and you, your wife and Lotus, were in my home and I held her for the first time. Woods, whe-- when you got back from winning King of the Ring, a childhood dream, I was the first person to greet you as you spilled tears on my shoulder. [Mild cheers and applause] Wha-- What we built, means something to a lot of people. A-- And it for damn sure, it means a hell of a lot to me. So, until I am medically cleared to return to this ring... I am going to remind the two of you exactly who you are. [Crowd cheers] I'm gonna be here to cheer for you, to root for you, to uplift you, I'm gonna be here every single week, [Crowd cheers] to serve as your managers." [Crowd cheers and chants 'E' and 'New Day Rocks']

Xavier Woods: "Now? Now, you wanna come back? After you watched us fight for months, after you watched us argue to the edge of the cliff and the last thing left to do was jump? Now, you wanna come back?! E, you left us."

Big E: "I broke my neck! What do you mean? I've been doing my best."

Kofi Kingston: "YOU LEFT US, E! Yeah, you broke your neck, so what? Stone Cold Steve Austin broke his neck and he came back, [see Note 2] Kurt Angle broke his neck and he came back, [see Note 3] Edge broke his neck and he came back." [see Note 4]

Xavier Woods: "They didn't even have people here waiting for them, you had two family members who have the light on for you so you'd have something familiar to walk back into. And what'd you do with that, E, huh? Nothing, we didn't change, we didn't evolve at our own deficit for you." [Crowd boos]

Kofi Kingston: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, E, you mean to tell me that, as big as you are, as strong as you are, plus, with the fact that you never even had to have surgery on your neck, you mean to tell me that you couldn't have been back here, a long time ago, if you wanted to?

Big E: "Kof, I've been meeting with doctors, I've been doing scans, I've been x-rays, MRIs, I've been doing my best to get back."

Xavier Woods: "YES! We've heard it all before, you know what happened to me, E? I tore my Achilles tendon off the bone and I actually had to have surgery. I was back in nine months for you." [Crowd boos]

Kofi Kingston: "If you really, truly cared about us, you'd have been back here a long time ago. [Crowd boos] You'd have been by our side, clapping by our side, encouraging us, cheering us on, galvanizing us, but now you chose your new life over us. You chose your new projects over us, you chose your new girlfriend over us! You chose your new death job over us."

Xavier Woods: "Matter of fact, E, listen up, do you even realize the burden that you've become? [Big E drops his mic] No matter where we go, every single city, no matter who we meet, they all say the same thing, 'we miss E.' As if we don't miss E, but obviously E doesn't miss us." [Crowd boos]

Kofi Kingston: "Our philosophy, since day one, since the jump has always been about the brotherhood before anything else. The New Day before anything else. We before me, that's what the philosophy's been. But you, broken neck or not, you chose yourself over us."

Xavier Woods: "And matter of fact, matter of fact, E, let's stop teasing all these people. Let's tell them the truth, E. You are never going to be medically clear! [Crowd reacts with sadness] And since that's the case, [grids teeth] why don't you get the hell out of this ring... [Crowd boos] And get back to your desk?! Where you belong and we'll call you if we need you." [Crowd boos]

Big E: "No, I'm not gonna just throw this away like that. I'm not gonna let you throw this away. Not like that, come on, man. After a decade of this, I'm not throwing away like this. Come on, man. We can fix this. A decade, man, a family. Come on, man. Woods. Woods. You too? It's like that, it's over. [Fans chant 'Big E rocks!'] It's just over. Like that, it's over. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it."

Xavier Woods: Now it's just me and you. [Kofi and Xavier shake hands, ending the segment.]

- Credit: Thanks to inmate JediSaiyanMaster1203 for transcribing this promo.

- Note 1: Kofi Kingston refers to this promo that took place a week prior.

- Note 2: Steve Austin broke his neck in a match with Owen Hart at SummerSlam 1997. Owen botched a tombstone piledriver and nearly paralyzed Austin.

- Note 3: Kurt Angle has broken his neck twice. First, famously during the 1996 Summer Olympics and at No Way Out 2003, before his WrestleMania match with Brock Lesnar.

- Note 4: The then-Edge broke his neck after bouncing his head on the ground from spearing Brodus Clay.