Former WWE Intercontinental Champion publicly apologizes to Xavier Woods: "I'm sorry"
A former WWE Intercontinental Champion recently sent a message to Xavier Woods while recalling a hilarious incident involving the duo. Rikishi revealed that he once failed to recognize Woods at a convention and added that he owes him an apology.
The Samoan Stinker is enjoying his retirement from pro wrestling and is quite active at cons and meet-and-greets. He regularly shows up at conventions and hangs out with fans.
While speaking on the latest edition of his RIKISHI FATU OFF THE TOP podcast, Rikishi revealed that he once could not recognize Xavier Woods at a convention. He then said sorry to the 38-year-old star. Check out his full comments below:
"I've seen Xavier Woods at DragonCon. I had no idea... Xavier Woods is, he likes cosplay stuff. So this guy walks up. I'm getting ready to walk out to go do my sighting. And he walks up and he looks like Xavier Woods and I'm like, 'Man, that guy looks just like... he's pretty good.' And then he comes, introduces himself to me. It was Xavier Woods! I owe him an apology. I just... oh man. I'm sorry. Oh man, my eyes are bad." [37:37 - 38:14]
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Xavier Woods recently turned into one of WWE's biggest heels
On this past week's episode of WWE RAW, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston turned heel, betrayed Big E, and kicked him out of The New Day. The duo made it clear to the former NXT Champion that they did not want anything to do with him.
In an emotional and heartbreaking visual, Big E left the ring and headed backstage while Kofi and Xavier held each other's hands. The New Day members are now two of the most despised men in all of WWE.
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