During a recent interview with Ryan Satin of FOXSports.com, Big E discussed The New Day being split up in the 2020 WWE Draft:
āWe probably got two days in advance. Which, I think a lot of it was to ensure that we didnāt show up to work and if we heard the news then, I assume that people just imagine that we would be tearing up the halls, knocking down doors, crying in public, just fits of rage. So I feel like they decided, letās give āem a couple of days to simmer down at home before we had to actually do this on TV.ā
āInitially, obviously, we were not pleased. Iād heard some rumors maybe a month prior that it was something discussed. But Iāve heard rumors for years that weāre gonna be broken up, that one of us is gonna turn on the other, and weāve been able to weather a lot of those storms. But it felt like there was more momentum towards some kind of a split. So I had an opportunity to talk to one of the writers and say, 'Hey, just so you know, I heard one of these rumors. Is this a viable option?' And I was told, like, 'Hey, there are many options being presented,' and they would neither confirm nor deny. But we just wanted to let them know that we feel like thereās still a lot of cache in us as a trio.
We still feel like thereās so many things that we havenāt done as a trio. As much fun as weāve had doing the goofy, slapstick New Day stuff, when Woods came out in that white and red suit in 2014, you never got to see militant New Day. You never got to see us really be aggressive heels. We were just goofy heels and it worked, but I feel like thereās so much we can offer as a trio. Thatās kinda what I wanted to present to them. Thereās so much we can do as a trio.ā