WAW is tracking this developing story across 5 independent wrestling outlets. This is a WAW-built coverage index: it measures how widely and how quickly the story is being reported while keeping every publisher credited and linked.
WAW coverage signal
Broad same-day convergence: multiple independent wrestling outlets are now carrying the development.
- Coverage intensity: WIDESPREAD (96/100)
- Independent outlets: 5
- Coverage window: 1.6 hours
- Approx. outlet velocity: 3.2 outlets/hour
- Promotion: WWE
- Status: Developing coverage
- Earliest source timestamp: 1 Sep 2026, 5:44 pm
- Latest coverage detected: 1 Sep 2026, 7:17 pm
Who is involved
Austin Creed · Kofi Kingston · Xavier Woods
Coverage timeline
- 1 Sep, 5:44 pm — Ringside News: WWE Wanted Kofi Kingston and Austin Creed to Take More Than 50% Pay Cut
- 1 Sep, 5:48 pm — NoDQ: Kofi Kingston says WWE wanted New Day to take more than a 50% pay cut
- 1 Sep, 6:02 pm — WrestleTalk: Kofi & Austin Creed Open Up On WWE Departure, Say Pay Cut Offered Was More Than 50%
- 1 Sep, 6:02 pm — Wrestling News: Kofi Kingston Says The WWE Pay Cut He And Austin Creed Turned Down Was More Than 50 Percent
- 1 Sep, 7:17 pm — Wrestling Headlines: Kofi & Austin Creed Detail WWE Exit, Reveal Proposed Pay Cut Was ‘Not Fair’: “More Than 50% …”
How WAW Tracker works
A Tracker is created only after WAW detects reporting from at least 4 independent eligible outlets on the same clustered development. The WAW signal is calculated from source diversity and coverage velocity; it is not a claim that every reported detail has been independently verified.
WAW Tracker does not replace or claim the reporting of the credited publishers. Follow the source links above for each outlet’s original reporting.
