{"id":216475,"date":"2026-05-13T23:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=216475"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:30:20","slug":"people-in-aew-reportedly-pushing-to-sign-new-day-lashley-says-hed-like-new-day-to-join-hurt-syndicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/05\/13\/people-in-aew-reportedly-pushing-to-sign-new-day-lashley-says-hed-like-new-day-to-join-hurt-syndicate\/","title":{"rendered":"People in AEW reportedly pushing to sign New Day, Lashley says he&#8217;d like New Day to join Hurt Syndicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1130713189\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>People within AEW want Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston to sign with the company.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a heavy push internally for AEW to sign Woods and Kingston according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/update-on-new-158106762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Fightful Select. Almost a dozen sources that were asked about Kingston and Woods said they were in favor of them being signed by AEW. Usually when sources are polled about whether or not new talent should be signed, there&#8217;s at least one person that says no, but everyone that was spoken to for the story approved of signing both men.<\/p>\n<p>A number of big names in AEW were making a push for the duo to be signed. Kingston and Woods are highly expected to join AEW once their 90 Day No Compete clause expires according to the report.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;Worse or Better&#8221; with Stephanie Chase and Josh White, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/worse-or-better-josh-white-and-guest-host-chris-lansdell-expand-on-last-week-s-discussion-on-entrance-music-in-wrestling--71964892\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Worse or Better - Josh White and guest host Chris Lansdell expand on last week's discussion on entrance music in wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=71964892&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>AEW wrestler Bobby Lashley recently publicly stated he would be in favor of The New Day signing with AEW. \u201cMan, I tell you what, I think the problem that we have right now is that the Hurt Syndicate is too strong,&#8221; said Lashley during an interview on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UL-IZAogb2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Ocean Show<\/a>. &#8220;If we bring those guys on there, we\u2019d be just unstoppable. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any guess game in what\u2019s going to happen next. I think Kofi and Woods, I think they\u2019re just amazing talent and I think that anybody and everybody is going to throw in their money to try to pick those guys up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lashley noted that he wanted to work with Woods and Kingston noting a familiarity with them from his time in WWE.<br \/>\n&#8220;Hopefully they come to AEW and if they do, we\u2019ll try to get them if we can because I would love to be able to work with those guys,&#8221; said Lashley. &#8220;I like those guys. I\u2019ve worked with those guys for years over at the other organization and if they came over here and wanted to be a part of The Hurt Syndicate, it\u2019s game on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entire interview with Lashley follows:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bobby Lashley Talks AEW, The Hurt Syndicate &amp; What\u2019s Next | 3NT Wrestling x Dirt Sheet Radio\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UL-IZAogb2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - PWTorch NXT Post Show (5\/12) w\/Lindberg &amp; Miller\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1ASFCxtN_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3324299141\"><div id=\"pwtor-2733142803\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>People within AEW want Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston to sign with the company. There&#8217;s a heavy push internally for AEW to sign Woods and Kingston according to a report from Fightful Select. Almost a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/05\/13\/people-in-aew-reportedly-pushing-to-sign-new-day-lashley-says-hed-like-new-day-to-join-hurt-syndicate\/\" title=\"People in AEW reportedly pushing to sign New Day, Lashley says he&#8217;d like New Day to join Hurt Syndicate\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":189085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.24.16\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216481,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216475\/revisions\/216481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}