WWE Superstar Xavier Woods pledged his support to Pokemon Go‘s Team Valor during last night’s episode of RAW, with his allegiance to the squad of Pokemon trainers sparking a chorus of boos from those in the Rhode Island stadium.
In a segment during the show, Woods bragged about his Pokemon Go skills, saying: “Considering the fact I am a level 21 – yes, level 21 – Pokemon Go trainer… Team Valor for life.” A large portion of the crowd then began booing Woods, who as a member of the popular stable The New Day is one of the biggest “babyfaces” (wrestling vernacular for “good guy”) on the show’s roster. It seems that even the Power of Positivity that The New Day promotes couldn’t hide the vocal disdain for Team Valor.
You can check out the moment at the 3:20 mark in the below video:
Woods is a noted video game fan, with him hosting the WWE’s dedicated gaming YouTube channel UpUpDownDown. This also isn’t the first time that Pokemon Go has been mentioned by a WWE Superstar, with tag team partners Tyler Breeze and Fandango having previously appeared in a a backstage segment in which Breeze attempted to explain the game to his teammate.
Pokemon Go players are asked to choose between joining three teams when they reach level 5 in the game – Team Instinct, Team Mystic and Team Valor – though there are no key differences between each group outside of their respective colors. However, that still hasn’t prevented players from becoming pretty dedicated to their chosen team, with Woods learning this the hard way following his RAW promo.
