Episode 5: The New Day gets back to their origin story with the tale of how they finally broke free of their poorly-received preacher characters and convinced He Who Shall Not Be Named to let them embrace the villainous personas they’d been pushing for all along. It’s got something for everybody: Backstage accounts, tales of unruly fans, and the story of the time Xavier Woods got slapped so hard his skin began to boil.

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