# @thewrestlingclassic on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-09-01T17:51:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Justin Dhillon (@thewrestlingclassic) — https://gondola.cc/thewrestlingclassic

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“You’re not supposed to go to work and be frustrated with whatever’s going on, you wanna be able to have time to have matches that are incredible and entertaining. That’s what the goal was and four months later, here we are. 

“Manifesting and believing in yourself, that’s the major message. This is so arrogant to say, I don’t mean it in a cocky way, but when you’ve had the career we’ve had, you feel like you wouldn’t have to be in a position where you have to bet on yourselves again.

“But here we were, we found ourselves in that exact position, and as a father, if we didn’t try and do this, and follow our heart, how can I tell my kids to follow their dreams, to believe in themselves?”

(Ariel Helwani Show)

#Kofi #AustinCreed #NewLevel #NewDay #AEW

Kofi opens up on the New Day’s WWE departure, confirms compensation played a big part, but they also wanted to get involved in AEW’s tag team division:

“We just thought that the terms that they wanted us to perform under were not fair based on what we brought to the table, based on what we’re worth, based on the knowledge and prowess that we have as performers, as wrestlers, what we can give back to the younger people, what we do from a point of entertainment, being able to go out there and garner a reaction whether as good guys or bad guys.

“So the terms of which, compensation was definitely a big part, but more so we wanted to work. We wanted to go out there and showcase our skills and showcase our talents. We love going out there and messing with fans and threatening to ground kids and really garner reactions to people and send them home with incredible memories they’ll never forget. We really take a lot of pride in being able to give the people their money’s worth and what they came for, so we wanted to work.

“When it came to tag team wrestling, it really wasn’t a priority so to speak, so we look across the pond and see the Bucks, FTR, Cope and Christian, Private Party, the Dogs, all these teams going out there having bangers, and just sitting there thinking ‘what if we could be involved with that?’

“You watch AEW pay-per-views and I’m jumping out of my seat as a fan again, so Woods and I were thinking what

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austincreed, aew, newlevel, kofi, newday

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