Kofi Kingston has been a Phoenix who received new wrestling life from ashes over the past couple of weeks. Otherwise, it’s been a surprise to consider him as the number one contender for the WWE Championship. But this has become a reality following the post Elimination Chamber edition of Smackdown Live.
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He was not even supposed to be in the Elimination Chamber match unless it would have been for an injury. Mustafa Ali could not go in his scheduled spot due to an injury. This forced WWE officials to send one of the New Day members to take his spot. It was a wise decision to choose Kofi Kingston instead of Big E or Xavier Woods.
A veteran like him always brings something fresh in the table and look at what he has done with the given opportunities. First, he put on a benchmark performance in the Gauntlet match on Smackdown spending over an hour. He also eliminated Daniel Bryan, Jeff Hardy, and Samoa Joe, single-handedly before succumbing to AJ Styles.
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Thereafter, he was the show himself during the Elimination Chamber match. The crowd broke into loud chants for Kofi Kingston which was really heart-touching. So he deserved the WWE title opportunity more than anybody on that WWE roster. Shane McMahon handed him the opportunity he pinned Daniel Bryan on Smackdown, once more.
One of the New Day members, Big E recently appeared on the Gorilla Position Podcast recently. He talked about his buddy getting an opportunity of a lifetime. He brought up the best qualities of Kofi Kingston who does not complain about his spot, at all. For years, he’s done what the creative team has asked him to do, (transcript courtesy WrestleZone’s Michael McClead)
“He always does it quietly and humbly. He’s a guy that never gets in trouble. He will never be in the papers, in the press. He’s a guy that always does his job from week to week and for him to get an opportunity like that and really take it, and grab it, it was really heartwarming to see the response from fans, from other talents.”
Big E added that Kofi Kingston is a beloved guy on the WWE roster. He has the respect of the locker room that automatically keeps him in a good spot. Plus, he transitioned in the role of a singles competitor from a tag team wrestler, quite well,
“He’s a beloved guy. He’s one of the best humans you will ever meet in this industry, or otherwise. It was just a genuinely heartwarming moment to see him go out there and kill it. Especially when you go from tag matches – we’re in a lot of tag matches – 10 minute tag matches, 15, sometimes we’ll have a 20 minute tag match – when you go from that to wrestling an hour of a singles match where you get a new guy every 20 minutes or so is incredible and he held his own.”
With that being said, we can’t wait to see a big title match featuring him and Daniel Bryan in due course. We are sure that the feud will live up to the hypes as expected by the WWE Universe.
