Former WWE Champion Kofi Kingston has talked about his relationship with Vince McMahon and the extent of the creative freedom he is allowed in WWE in an interview with Muscle & Fitness. Kingston also touched on the importance of social media and how the platform has impacted his character and persona.
“I think it is just a matter of going out and having a good performance and the crowd reacting to you,” Kingston stated. “People will then leave you alone because they trust you. We earned that trust with Vince. If the character that somebody writes is not getting over, it’s gonna be on us. Nobody will say the writer is to blame for not writing correctly. We take pride in going out to live and die on our swords.”
Regarding the power of social media and modern technology, Kingston said “This is something you did not have in the 80s and 90s. There were no cell phones, no pictures, you did not know people went out to party. But today you are in a time where you can literally see what the people want.”
He continued, “My social media is not monitored by WWE. It kind of was at one point. It’s great because you can control where you want your character to go. You often don’t have that control on TV on where storylines are going. You can control how you want to sound on social media.”
Looking to ventures outside of the ring, Kingston claimed how “You’d be a fool not to in this day and age,” pointing to how New Day teammate Xavier Woods has his UpUpDownDown YouTube channel.
