New Day Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

– New Day recently met up with Joe La Puma at Flight Club in New York City to talk about the sneakers they wear in the ring with special guest Wale. Check out the video below and some interview highlights from Kofi Kingston…

Kofi Kingston on the special LeBron 9 sneakers he wore the first time The New Day wrestled together: We just made a match in Miami, and we ended up losing the match. Woods comes out in the all-white suit with the red stripes looking stout. We spent so much time trying to get on TV as a unit, and I’m getting goosebumps again, and we finally got our chance in Miami that day. [These LeBrons] are the shoes that I had on. I had been saving them for Miami, with the University of Miami colors on them. It’s crazy to think about where we are now and where it all started. It all started, literally, in these shoes.

Kofi Kingston on having “fake” sneakers growing up: I couldn’t get my parents to buy me expensive shoes. We would get all of our shoes from Payless. I went there and saw a purple-and-white shoe, and I was like, “Oh, this looks hot.” So I got it. I wore to the first day of school and everyone was like, “Ohhhh! You got the LJs on.” I was walking around and everyone was talking about these awesome shoes I had on my feet. Then lunchtime came around and people took a closer look. We used to call no-brand shoes “bo bos.” [They said], “He ain’t got LJs. He got bo bos on!” I threw those shoes away. It was embarrassing, man.

Kofi Kingston on wearing the white Curry 2 lows in the ring: We try to do things where we’re on the cutting edge of pop culture. It got a lot of pick up. That was like the whole segment. I came out and just got roasted. I was like, “I actually don’t think these are that bad. I’m the target audience for this shoe.