Posted on 9/01/126 by Colin Vassallo
Appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show, Kofi and Austin Creed
discussed leaving WWE, with Kofi revealing that TKO wanted
them to take more than the 50% pay cut which was reported
online.
“I will say, it was more than 50%, it was more,” Kofi told
Helwani.
“Like the compensation is a big part of it for sure but
again the bigger part of it is being able to go out and live
your dream in the way you want to live it out and be
appreciated for it,” he continued.
He said that both he and Creed took everything under
consideration and they knew leaving was the only path they
had to take.
“It was scary at times with the uncertainty and everything
but sometimes you gotta do, you just gotta go through and
face the fear and you have to keep on going and believe in
yourself,” Kofi said.
Creed added that when he was at his kids’ football practice,
he received a call with a 203 area code, which covers
Stamford as well. At first he thought nothing about it and
then he remembered it was just after Mania and usually
releases take place during that time of the year.
Eventually, he got a call from Kofi who explained TKO called
with the news and what they offered, after which they
decided they gotta go as the offer did not work out for
them.