Former WWE World Champion Kofi Kingston who is also a former 14 times WWE Tag Team Champion recently talked about the WWE Championship win of his best friend Big E who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract recently on Bobby Lashley.
There had been is strong rumour that WWE was planning a big push for the former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E earlier this year. It was rumoured that the first choice for Vince McMahon of winning the Royal Rumble match was Big E. He was also scheduled to be booked for the main event of WrestleMania 37. But for some reasons, the push was delayed, not canceled though.
Kofi Kingston Talks Big E’s WWE Championship Win
The push finally came after a number of months when E won the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank pay per view event. He kept on teasing to cash in the contract on Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship. But it was very much clear that he would not be cashing in on Roman Reigns since there was no slot for him.
And that is what happened as well as E recently arrived on RAW and cashed in his contract on the previous WWE champion Bobby Lashley after he defeated Randy Orton in a championship match. But the booking was a little bit poor. They could have kept all these cash in thing a secret which would have been more fun to watch. Instead they decided to announce the cash in earlier on the night. It killed the surprise totally.
Kofi Kingston who is also a former 14 times WWE Tag Team Champion recently spoke to Rich Ucchino for Sportskeeda Wrestling where he talked about the WWE championship win of his best friend Big E. He said;
“It was incredible. I’m still getting goosebumps just thinking about it, and the fact that it actually happened. That’s not saying it like I didn’t expect it to happen, but being around for so long, you kind of get accustomed to things changing, especially at the last minute, so I didn’t want to get my hopes up. All of a sudden, ‘Things have changed. We’re going to go this route and we’re going to try to do this.’
“I try not to invest emotionally into anything until it actually happens because you get upset, you’re devastated, and all of that, but it happened, and Big E made it happen. I couldn’t be happier. It’s so amazing. I talk about growth. Big E, and he’ll tell you, his career started when somebody asked him, ‘Hey, do you want to try out this wrestling?’ He said, ‘Yea, sure, why not? I’ll give it a shot’, off a whim.
“Him being at the right place at the right time, if he doesn’t have that conversation, then who knows what he’s doing? He may be playing football somewhere, or teaching somewhere, which is what he was doing before. But, that conversation did happen, and Big E made the most of it. There’s a lot of people that come from a lot of different walks of life in WWE. You see some people maybe get to a certain point and they coast or they rest on their laurels. Big E has never been one to do that.
“I’ve watched him go from the stoic bodyguard to the man with the most personality in WWE. He is always trying to get better literally every single day. Me, him, and Woods, we text every single day. He always has ideas. ‘Hey, maybe we should twist this up. Maybe we should do this.’ He’s always constantly thinking about how to get better. He got better and better and better and really forced the people to embrace him. You couldn’t help it because he’s such a loveable guy.
“This huge behemoth of a man with 30 inch arms legit, huge man, comes out and can make you scared if he wanted to, but then he can be a teddy bear if he wants to. He’s an incredible athlete. He should not be able to move the way that he moves. He should not be able to do that, but he does. He’s a powerhouse. He’s agile. The people have wanted this for so long. There’s people on social media who will say, ‘Oh man, you need to break off and go on your own. You need to turn on The New Day.’
“He stuck to his guns. Our bond is like a brotherhood. People told him that he had to be serious. ‘Well, now that you’re on your own, you can’t come out there yacking and doing all these things. You have to be serious.’ You’re trying to tell Big E how to be Big E when the reason that you embraced him in the first place was because he was himself. He was able to stay true to himself and get to the top, the pinnacle of wrestling.
“To hold the most prestigious title in the history of the wrestling industry is amazing. What a story, just constantly climbing. Even still as champion, he’s trying to find ways to be the best champion. I couldn’t be more proud of him. He’s worked so hard, grown as a competitor, grown as a performer, grown as a person, and he’s changed so much for the better. He’s always getting better, and he’s always had that mentality.
“The people have wanted this for so long, so I’m glad that we get to give that to them. For me to see the product of the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice that E has put forth over the years is just awesome, not to mention it happened in my hometown, Boston.”
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