A lot of people were infuriated with the way Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship reign ended and the list of names includes his tag team partner Big E as well.

The former Champion recently had an interview with Sports Illustrated to promote his upcoming Netflix film, The Main Event which will be released on April 10, 2020.

During the interview, Kingston talked about his long title reign and he remembered how he was able to motivate people when he was the champion. Though the former Champion also admitted that he would have liked things to end differently:

“Six months is a very long title reign in this day and age, and I was able to motivate people and push people to be the best version of themselves. At the end of the day, that’s really all I want to do in this industry.

I want to push people to follow their dreams, and I feel like I did a great job of that in that title reign.“ said Kofi Kingston. ”That’s what I focus on. I would have liked for it to end differently, but at the end of the day, you go out and do the job you’re asked to do.”

Elsewhere in the interview the New Day Member recalled his trip to Ghana while being the WWE Champion and said that he takes a lot of pride in it.

Kofi also recalled how he felt the same as others when he found out about the finish of his match with Brock Lesnar and revealed that he had a different version of the story in his mind. You can check out his full interview at this link.

Big E has revealed an angle that was planned ahead of Kofi Kingston’s WrestleMania 35 match. The angle would be pulled, much to their chagrin. Speaking on their podcast, The New Day: Feel the Power, Big E recounted how there were plans in place for Kingston and himself to burst into Vince McMahon’s office. They would have then proceeded to rip it apart in frustration. 

According to Big E, there was an original plan that would have seen the two Superstars knock on Vince McMahon’s door for a meeting. They would have been told, however, that he had no time for them. This would have triggered their frustrations boiling over, angered at always being overlooked and undervalued. 

Big E & Kofi Kingston Cause Carnage

Big E shared how he was legitimately excited to kick down the door before tearing up his office. For him, the entire angle represented their visceral anger about how Kingston had been treated. He paralleled Kingston’s storyline to that of Daniel Bryan’s back at WrestleMania 30. Big E noted that, despite the similarities, it didn’t feel derivative or recycled to him. He argued how, if anything, there was a greater sense of pathos because of how Kingston went on to face Bryan at WrestleMania 35.

He reflected on how the language used heading into their feud was interesting. In particular, how “He Who Shall Not Be Named” referred to Kingston as B Plus player. This angle would have been cathartic for them both, with Big E reasoning that given Kingston’s years of experience, it begged the question as to why people didn’t consider him good enough.

Kofi Kingston spoke about the most painful moment of his in-ring career on the latest installment of WWE’s The New Day: Feel The Power podcast.

This week’s episode focused on ‘KofiMania,’ Kingston’s underdog story that culminated with him winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35.

Back in February 2019, Kofi was included in a Gauntlet Match prior to the Elimination Chamber PPV event. The match was to determine who would enter the Chamber bout last, thus gaining a huge advantage in the match. Interestingly, Kofi Kingston was not originally pegged to be in the contest. WWE Superstar Ali had that spot but he was unfortunately injured and could not compete, thus allowing the New Day member to take his place in the match. In what was seen as a standout moment in Kofi’s career, he would go on to eliminate The New Daniel Bryan, Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe before being eliminated by AJ Styles.

Kofi Kingston’s Most Painful WWE Moment

It was during the opening section of the match that Kofi suffered the “worst pain” he has ever felt inside a WWE ring.

“Actually this is the worst pain that I’ve ever felt in a wrestling match. Rowan (Daniel Bryan’s henchman at the time) hit me so hard in the back with a steel chair” Kofi Kingston began. “To everybody out there who’s like ‘well all those chairs, they’re not real chairs, you know.’ OH THEY REAL.”

“It’s probably not the best idea”

Kofi then discussed how the pain was so intense that he could’ve cried. Kingston also talked about how this could’ve been a way to build ever emotion into the match, but he chose against it.

“Rowan hit me so hard, and immediately like my eyes are welling up with tears” Kofi Kingston revealed. “I’m just like, oh, and I’m like, I’m almost about to cry. And I’m like, you know what, it’s probably okay if I shed tears because that really really really hurt. They’ll [the fans] understand that hurt so badly. And I’m just sitting there, I’m like, maybe not. It’s probably not the best idea. Maybe, I’ll hold these ones in. If I let myself go I would have been boo-hooing in front of the world.”

You can actually view the chair shot in question in the video embedded below:

Post-KofiMania

Since Kofi’s short run in the main event title picture he has been back in the SmackDown tag team scene with New Day partner Big E. The third member of the group Xavier Woods is currently rehabbing an Achilles Tendon injury. Woods is expected to be out of action for quite some time. It is unlikely that Kofi will be back in the WWE Championship picture anytime soon following his loss last year to Brock Lesnar on SmackDown’s FOX debut.

You can listen to The New Day: Feel The Power every week via Endeavour Audio.

The New Day made some interesting comments regarding their original heel turn back in 2015 on the latest episode of The New Day: Feel The Power. The trio discussed their first turn back in 2015 on the show and also discussed some members of the WWE creative team and how they would present “trash” to the group to say on air in promos.

“I don’t like when there’s the three of us and a writer is just kind of in the room just lingering.”

“We don’t write our own promos, I don’t want to say that” Big E began. “We are given promos and often times, Mike, who we always consider the fourth member of The New Day, when he left…actually he left right after we won the [tag team] titles for the first time. He was gone and moved on to new things in Hollywood, we [then] had some other writers that didn’t gel as well with us, and we were able to thankfully, with Vince, we were able to get a promo and say ‘we don’t really care for this. So we aren’t going to say that, that AANNND that.'”

Big E elaborated further, saying “let’s go huddle in a room for an hour and we’ll come up with what we wanna say. We’ve said this many times, our creative process together…is so fun, and easy and organic. I don’t like when there’s the three of us and a writer is just kind of in the room just lingering. I don’t want to take shots at anyone. But if we just read what was given to us on a regular basis…basura, basura, basura…THAT MEANS TRASH. Man, we’ve had some real stinkers.”

“I feel like all those people on the internet do talk about that and make that point.”

Xavier Woods also interjected with some interesting insights into WWE’s creative process and how The New Day managed to start apart. “To that point, which I didn’t think we were jumping into. I feel like all those people on the internet do talk about that and make that point. ‘Oh this was bad, this was bad.’ But I feel like there are certain situations…wrestling definitely being the top one. Where if you have someone writing something for you that doesn’t have similar life experiences, or the same sense of humor. Or has nothing really in common with you, it’s a lot harder for them to write in your voice. I feel like that’s something that we definitely ran into.”

“You can’t tell me what New Day is, I invented this”

Kofi Kingston is the longest tenured member of the group, having joined WWE over a decade ago. The former WWE Champion discussed how Vince McMahon would let the New Day find their own promo groove; “I feel like I’ve heard so many writers try to ‘sell’ me a promo. ‘You would say this, New Day would say and feel this..’ It’s like hold on a second, you can’t tell me what New Day is. I invented this, you know. You can’t tell us how to be us. Just let us have our process. He who shall not be named (Vince McMahon) would often get the promo we sent back. He’d read it and then just be like ‘I don’t get it. But if wanna do it just let them do it.’ Because he got it. The fact that we know our characters well enough and we connect with the people. That’s all that he [Vince] wants.”

Big E did also mention that he doesn’t want to pull “all of the onus” on WWE creative for the bad promos. As he mentions that there’s certain talents who just aren’t that good at talking; including himself in the early part of his career.

While 2019 was probably the best year Kofi had for his career – with reaching the top of the WWE to becoming WWE Champion at WrestleMania – the ending was not as great as fans expected it to be.

During SmackDown’s first episode on Fox, Kingston lost his WWE Championship in just a few seconds to Brock Lesnar in a squash match.

Kingston spoke to Yahoo! Sports recently and touched on this topic, and stated that he appreciates the passion and support for him from fans. Kofi believes that sometimes, you just have to make the best of what you’re given and be happy with it.

“I appreciate the passion [from the fans], I do. There are people who have careers that span years and they never have this kind of following, so I’m really fortunate to have that.

“It’s their right to be angry if they want to be angry, but it’s my job to keep moving forward. There’s a whole lot of stuff we don’t have control over, but we work with what we’re given, try to get a little bit more and claw your way back. It might not be a direct, linear path.”

Even though there’s a lot of things that Kofi didn’t have control over and maybe things didn’t go as he or his fans expected, he’s still thankful that he worked hard and achieved his dreams.

“It’s been an amazing year. You never know what kind of career you’re going to have, you just kind of keep aspiring to be at the top of the mountain.

“You work as hard as you can, knowing there’s not a lot of stuff you have control over, but sometimes the cards fall just right and fate pushes you into this position,” Kofi said.

While Kofi reached a career milestone in 2019, there’s still a lot he could achieve with the coming new year and decade. It will be interesting to see how Kofi’s career pans out from this point onward.

Kofi Kingston had recently confirmed on Feel The Power podcast that he signed a new contract extension with WWE and now the company has announced that all three members of the New Day have done the same.

The promotion announced on their website that the trio of Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E have all agreed to ‘matching multi-year’ contract extensions:

“Kofi Kingston, Big E & Xavier Woods solidified a pact of identical length and compensation on their contracts to maintain equal status among the team.”

While the release did not confirm the length of their new deals, Kingston had said that he has signed a new 5 years long contract with the company.

• Also Read: Xavier Woods Says Recent Injury Has Shaken Him To His Core

So contracts of matching length will mean that all three members of New Day will be staying with the company at least until 2024.

Out of these three, Xavier Woods is recovering from an Achilles injury. There is no solid timetable for his return but it’s said that Woods can stay out of action for 6 months to a year depending on his recovery process.

On the other hand, both Kofi Kingston and Big E are currently holding the SmackDown Tag Team Championships and they are announced for a match against Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

WWE Superstar and New Day member Big E recently discussed the Kevin Owens/’Big O’ angle that took place on WWE television earlier this year. Big E’s comments were part of the latest episode of The New Day: Feel The Power podcast available via WWE and Endeavour audio.

Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens made his return from injury back during WrestleMania season. There had been reports that Owens was due to face Daniel Bryan at ‘Mania, however the swell of support for Kofi Kingston meant that plans were changed late in the day. In April Kevin Owens ‘joined’ The New Day whilst Big E was rehabbing an injury. Kevin Owens brutally attacked Kingston and Xavier Woods, turning heel on the April 23rd episode of SmackDown Live and starting a feud with Kingston over the WWE Championship.

Big O

During the latest episode of New Day’s official WWE podcast, Big E talked about Kevin Owens joining the stable and how he felt whilst on the sidelines. “I’m in the bed just as I’ve had my surgery and I turn on the TV. And, I know you guys [Kofi and Xavier] have to do what you’ve got to do. But I see you two and there’s ‘Big O’ Kevin Owens doing MY intro that I came up with and doing my tag move with you.”

“Laugh it Off”

Big E elaborated further, saying “I get it, I just suck it up and be a man and like laugh it off but it feels like a slap in the face to see someone in your position and just doing this. I felt disrespected. I obviously know you guys [Kofi and Xavier] didn’t come up with it so there’s no issue with you. But from a larger picture just that you’re alone in a hospital room, briefly, but I was alone and I was there and just everything goes on without you and you just move on and does anyone care? Does it even matter? And you feel very alone in this situation.”

You can check out the latest episode of The New Day podcast here

Kofi Kingston is the latest star to sign a new contract with WWE. 

The former WWE Champion shared the news during the latest episode of the New Day’s podcast, “The New Day: Feel the Power. This is where The New Day was talking about health and how short of a window of their life is in WWE compared to everything else. 

Kingston mentioned how he’ll be sticking around WWE as he had signed a new deal that will keep him under contract with WWE through the end of 2024.

Other WWE Stars Re-Signed

It’s no secret that WWE has been re-signing talents to four and five-year contracts this entire year with the launch of All Elite Wrestling and the competition that they bring with their weekly television show on TNT. 

Kingston joins several stars who have signed new deals with WWE including Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Braun Strowman, Lana, Jerry Lawler, Jinder Mahal, and Mojo Rawley among others. 

Kingston had a great 2019 with his biggest accomplishment thus far in his pro wrestling career coming at WWE’s biggest show of the year, WrestleMania 35, when he won the WWE Title. 

Kingston lost the WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar in a match that lasted about 10 seconds on the premiere episode of SmackDown on FOX back on October 4th. 

• Kofi Kingston Wanted A Longer, More Compelling Match With Brock Lesnar

WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods revealed some interesting details about how WWE decided on calling their faction, The New Day.

‘The New Day: Feel The Power’ is now on the second episode. The group ran down the ‘list’ of potential names that they could have been called originally and were given by WWE creative, some of which they found completely ridiculous.

The Tribe!? – The New Day

Some of the names included Healing Through Harmony, The Tribe (which they completely lambasted for racial reasons) and The Commotions.

Kingston stopped whilst going through the list and names and said “it’s one thing to have the thought and to put it on a piece of paper. But to actually like submit it as a possible name…like this is our likelihood man.”

The Modern Marvels

Xavier the chimed in and said that a terrible stable name would’ve likely been the end of his WWE career. “Let us recap, y’all were both set. If [it didn’t work out] you (Big E) would’ve gone to NXT and Kofi would’ve stayed on the main roster, I’d of got fired. I’ve we were called THE MODERN MARVELS, I would’ve been gone.”

Big E also had some comments regarding the list, mentioning his most memorable name. “The one I didn’t need to check an old email to see was…KBX.” Woods then said “Let’s break that down. Kofi starts with a K, Xavier starts with an X and your first name…” Big E then replied “is Big?”

More Bad Name Suggestions for New Day

The guys rattled off a long list of names that WWE pitched them for their group. Some of the “highlights” include:

• The Beat
• The Tribe
• Perfect Harmony
• Healing Through Harmony
• The Wonders
• The Miracles
• The Sensations
• The Modern Marvels
• Vibe And Vision
• The Commotions
• Harmony’s Three
• Trillogy
• Triverse
• KBX (Kofi, Big E, Xavier)
• The House Of Light
• The Triumph
• The Beacon
• New City
• The Cause
• The Voice
• The Regulators
• House Of Positive Energy (H.O.P.E.)
• House Of Purpose
• The Calling
• Voices Of Triumph
• The Prime
• The Charge
• The Reach
• The Concept
• The Achievers
• The Sentinels
• Genesis
• Born Again
• Revelation
• Nation Of Salvation
• The Congregation
• The Advent
• Trinity
• Crusaders
• Exodus
• Redeemers
• Almighty
• Modern Day Saints
• The Sainthood
• The A-Men
• Brothers Of Xavier
• Saving Our Souls
• Million Man Ministry
• Resurrection
• Penance

The guys pitched three of their own ideas: By Any Means Necessary, New Way and New Day, which they ultimately went with.

Submission Sorority & PCB

The New Day also mocked names that WWE creative came up for two women’s factions.

“We wouldn’t have lasted five years with a name like that, I wipe my cheeks with that name” Big E said of the Submission Sorority. “In fact you can actually customize toilet paper…I should customize toilet paper with KBX on each sheet. This harkens back to Paige’s group’s name, the Submission Sorority.”

Xavier Woods then discussed the ‘copyright’ issues surrounding that name, PCB stable, which consisted of Charlotte, Becky Lynch and the since-retired Paige. Woods said, “for one that’s already copyright-ten, and two, that’s not something that WWE can co-sign on.”

Big E then chimed back in, saying “so, we can’t use that name, we have Paige, we have Charlotte, we have Becky…let’s refer to them as PCB! Oooooh we did it!.”

WWE’s The New Day: Feel The Power podcast can be heard on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and all other notable podcast hosts.

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New Day member and one half of the current SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Kofi Kingston, has spoken about his frustrations following his WWE Championship loss to Brock Lesnar. Kingston would drop the belt to Lesnar in seconds during the premiere episode of SmackDown on FOX.

“I was in the same boat as everybody else,” Kingston explained to The Sun. “You never know what is going to happen that day when you get to the building. I would have loved to have a longer match because I feel like the story that Brock and I could have told could have been a lot more compelling than it was. At the same time, you realize it is a business and what the boss wants at one point is what the boss wants. I let go of trying to control what I couldn’t control a long time ago. That’s not to say I didn’t try to fight for a longer match or a more compelling story, but that’s not the route they wanted to go.”

He continued, “That’s the nature of the business. You can be mad and complain and come to work miserable, but I had a six-month title reign, which is few and far between. I got to achieve my dream and I’m all about pushing forward, to strive to achieve great things rather than dwell in this dark space of negative energy. That’s not me. I want to maximize my time here to achieve as much as I can.”

At the time, WWE highlighted Kingston’s 11-year journey into the championship scene. He would win the title by defeating Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35—a matchup he credits Bryan for being instrumental in putting together.

Former WWE Champion Kofi Kingston recently shared how instrumental Daniel Bryan was in helping him secure his championship opportunity at WrestleMania 35.

Speaking with Corey Graves on WWE’s podcast After The Bell, Kingston revealed how Bryan actively pushed to have Kingston face him for the championship.

“The plans weren’t for me to be at WrestleMania,” Kingston explained. “I’m not sure who it was for Daniel to face, but it wasn’t me, and Daniel went in and went to bat for me and the situation for the title match between us to happen. He had a big part in it too. […] It’s testament to his state of mind as far as advancing the business and doing the right thing for the people and for the match and product.” 

He gave credit to Daniel Bryan, believing him to be a generational talent amongst the WWE roster. Kingston reflected on how it meant so much to him given how hot Bryan was at the time, praising his mic, character work and generosity for helping develop their story.

Kingston would eventually lose his hard-won WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar during the premiere episode of SmackDown on FOX. He has since gone on to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships alongside New Day member Big E.

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The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods) recently joined the After The Bell podcast with Corey Graves to promote their new podcast. 

During the interview, they spoke about Kingston losing the WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar in a match that lasted about 10 seconds on the premiere episode of SmackDown on FOX back on October 4th. 

When Big E found out about the plans, he was upset. 

“Kofi Kingston is a lot more level-headed than maybe anyone else that I have met in the business because everyone else would have reacted. I was irate when I found out about it and that is a testament to Kofi.”

Big E continued by stating that he thinks very few people would have had that approach and not many people would not have sour grapes and be able to move on. 

Big E recalled how Kingston winning the title from Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 was a big win for the whole group due to the long journey that they were on that lead to that point. 

Kofi Kingston Says Vince McMahon Started Dancing When He Heard New Day’s Theme Song

This interview was done to promote The New Day’s podcast, “Feel the Power” that aired its first episode this past Monday. 

In the history of WWE, nobody has spent more days with a tag team championship title than Kofi Kingston. The former WWE Champion has now held a WWE Tag Team Championship for more than 1000 days and is the first and only WWE Superstar to accomplish the feat.

Last fall, Kofi passed Billy Gunn in terms of having spent more days as a tag team titleholder than anyone in history. WWE noted the accomplishment on Twitter:

Kofi Kingston and the Elusive 1500 Days As A Champ Club

Kofi is also a member of a very elusive WWE Championship club. He has held a title in WWE for over 1500 days, something only 6 other wrestlers in history have done. The 6 other wrestlers Kofi is in that group are Bob Backlund, Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, John Cena, The Miz, and Triple H.

“No matter how you look at it, that’s an impressive group to be counted among Two Hall of Famers, a 16-time World Champion, and a fellow Grand Slam Champion. Congratulations once again to your W. W. E. World. Heavy. Weight. Champion,” a WWE Press Release for Kofi’s accomplishment reads.

• Kofi Kingston Passes 1500 Days Spent As Champion, Joins Exclusive Club

Kofi Kingston Championship Statistics

• 1x WWE Champion
• 4x Intercontinental Champion
• 3x United States Champion
• 4x WWE (RAW) Tag Team Champion (1x w/ Evan Bourne, 1x w/ R-Truth, 3x w/ New Day)
• 5x WWE (Smackdown) Tag Team Champion (all w/ New Day)
• 1x World Tag Team Champion (w/ CM Punk)
• 13th Grand Slam Champion in WWE History
• 30th Triple Crown Champion in WWE History

New Day member Kofi Kingston has recalled the past frustrations he had when he found himself booked as the happy-go-lucky-guy who always lost. During this time, Kingston confessed he wasn’t enjoying wrestling anymore and that he was naturally losing his motivation when it came to performing.

“I was accomplishing my dream, doing everything that I always wanted to do, I thought I was having fun and then it got to the point where I would be the happy-go-lucky guy that would come out, have a good match and end up losing,” Kingston said on the premiere episode of The New Day’s podcast, Feel the Power.

He continued, “You know, do some high-flying unique moves, lose the match and that was my character and persona so I was getting like real bored. Just really not fulfilled coming into work, just I knew what was going to happen, I didn’t really know who I was going to face but I knew what the match was going to be and then I was approached by Woods and E one day and they asked me to join this group. They asked me if I was interested in joining a group of guys who were like disgruntled with their positions with the company. I was like, ‘100%.’”

Kingston explained how he was all in on the idea for two reasons. He believed this stable could help change the course of his career, and he wanted to be able to use his veteran status to help both Xavier Woods and Big E make a name for themselves within WWE. 

H/T to Wrestlezone for the transcription.

Smackdown tag team champion Kofi Kingston was recently interviewed by AL.com in Alabama to promote tonight’s episode of Smackdown in Birmingham. During the conversation, Kingston said that New Day have a great deal of creative freedom in WWE and that Vince McMahon trusts they know how to be entertaining, even if he doesn’t get all the jokes.

“Vince [McMahon] knows that when we’re out there, people are entertained. When we’re talking about what we’re going to do and Vince has to approve it, he’ll say ‘I don’t get it, but if they want to do it, then let them do it,’ because he has the faith that we’re going to be entertaining with our delivery. We just kind of do whatever is entertaining to us and what we think might be funny, and most of the time it is. We’ve earned a long leash, sold a lot of merchandise and we’ve got a lot of support from people, so more or less, we kind of do whatever we want.”

Kingston and Big E won the Smackdown tag team championships from the Revival recently. Xavier Woods is dealing with an Achilles injury which will keep him on the shelf for the next 5 to 9 months.

Is New Day A Tag Team or Faction?

Kofi was also asked during the interview about recent comments made by Corey Graves regarding a potential single’s push for Big E.

“Big E is a phenomenal competitor and just a really, really funny dude on so many different levels, easily the funniest one out of all three of us. Me and Woods say all the time, it’s not fair. He can just kind of look at you and have people dying laughing. He has his finger on the pulse of what is good in wrestling. He knows how to make things unique. I agree 100 percent that he would have an amazing singles run. I think a lot of people think a lot of people think that would mean the New Day would have to break up, and that’s not the case. We’ve always looked at ourselves as a faction. We’ve never looked at ourselves as just a tag team. We’ve never put ourselves in a box as far as being one thing. One of the possibilities that we’ve discussed is all of us having singles titles and still being a group and doing it because we are brothers. It’s a very real friendship and bond.”

The full interview with Kingston can be read here.

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.

Kofi Kingston had an incredible run with the WWE title but a lot of fans were disappointed with the way his WWE championship reign ended during SmackDown’s Fox Premiere back in October.

During a recent interview with Alex McCarthy of Talk Sport, the former WWE Champion opened up about his title reign and his ‘disheartening’ loss to the Beast Brock Lesnar.

Kingston first talked about his long reign with the title but he then admitted that it was a disappointment to go out there and lose the championship so quickly on such an important night in SmackDown’s history:

“It was a bit of disappointment to go out there and have it go so quickly. On the biggest night of SmackDown. To have it end like that is a little bit disheartening, but at the end of the day, it is what it is. It’s not like I can do anything about it. “

Though Kofi is keeping a positive outlook on the whole situation. He later said that you have to lose the title after winning it to become a multi-time champion and he is hopeful about more reigns in the future.

Kofi Kingston held the WWE Championship for almost 6 months after winning it at WrestleMania 35. However, he lost the title in quick fashion during the SmackDown 20th anniversary special after Brock Lesnar beat him with just one F5.

On Friday night’s SmackDown on FOX, “The Beast” Brock Lesnar dethroned Kofi Kingston in mere seconds to become the WWE Champion. Lesnar immediately hit an F5 on Kofi as soon as the match began and ended Kofi’s reign.

The loss was shocking in the way it ended as Kofi’s reign was a historic one and many fans believed that it didn’t deserve to end like that.

After the match Kofi reacted to his loss and said that he is dealing with a lot of emotions but he knew what kind of a man he was up against, and that he takes pride in taking up the challenge of facing Brock Lesnar. Kingston said that he is trying to figure out how to get back into the WWE Championship picture again.

Soon after the surprising upset, WWE stars recognized Kofi’s accomplishments and gave huge praises and support to him on Twitter. You can check out the posts below:

The former champ later issued a statement where he stated that he was overwhelmed by the support from fans and his coworkers alike and he considers that his mission has been accomplished. He then thanked everyone for letting him live his childhood dream of becoming a champion.

“Once again, I’m so overwhelmed by the outpouring of love I’ve seen on here over the last 24 hours. As a WWE Superstar, one always hopes to experience moments in this industry that have a real and positive impact on people’s lives. Judging by all of these messages, I’d say that mission’s been accomplished.

And again, without all of you and your support, none of this happens, so thank you all for letting me live out my childhood dream to the fullest. I am forever indebted to you.

I’m not sure what comes next, but I will always be so proud and honored to have been your champion… “

Kingston became WWE Champion at WrestleMania 35 when he defeated then-champion Daniel Bryan. It was the first time he held a major WWE title.

Kofi Kingston has issued a statement on no longer being WWE Champion. 

Kingston expressed his feelings in this post that he wrote on his official Twitter account: 

“Once again, I’m so overwhelmed by the outpouring of love I’ve seen on here over the last 24 hours. As a WWE Superstar, one always hopes to experience moments in this industry that have a real and positive impact on people’s lives. Judging by all of these messages, I’d say that mission’s been accomplished.

And again, without all of you and your support, none of this happens, so thank you all for letting me live out my childhood dream to the fullest. I am forever indebted to you.

I’m not sure what comes next, but I will always be so proud and honored to have been your champion… “

Kingston dropped the WWE Title to Brock Lesnar in the main event of the premiere episode of Friday Night SmackDown on FOX in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center.

This show marked the first episode on FOX and the 20 Anniversary Show. After the contest, things got interesting when former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez came to the ring and attacked Lesnar. 

Brock Lesnar Wins WWE Title, Gets Attacked By Cain Velasquez

Kingston’s reign started when he knocked off Daniel Bryan as the WWE Champion at the WWE WrestleMania 35 pay-per-view event.

This marked the first time that Kingston had held the WWE Title or a major World Title under the WWE banner for that matter.

Kofi Kingston’s historic WWE Championship reign finally came to an end on this week’s episode of SmackDown when the Beast Brock Lesnar defeated the New Day member with just one F5 to become the new champion.

Kingston was interviewed backstage about this shocking loss after the show was over where the now former champion reflected on his championship reigns and also commented on losing the title.

The SmackDown Star explained that it’s a lot of emotions to deal with but he knew what kind of man he was up against and he takes pride that he was up to take the challenge of competing with Brock Lesnar:

“It’s a lot of emotions, to be honest, I knew what kind of man I was up against you know and maybe I was a little bit too anxious I’ll go back and watch tape and see exactly who went wrong it is what it is I said all along that Brock Lesnar was an enormous mountain to try and climb but I pride myself on being up to the challenge to climb those mountains”

When asked about the event that transpired after his title loss, Kofi said that he is not surprised with former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez’s WWE debut because the WWE title is the most coveted title in all sports:

“Honestly, it doesn’t it surprise me because the WWE title is the most coveted title in all the sports really I’ve heard rumors and I’ve seen some things. It’ll be interesting to see kind of what happens. I think I’m still trying to process what I’ve lost right now before I start speculating on other people coming in.”

Kofi Kingston then went on to explain that he is trying to figure out how to get back into the WWE title picture and he is ready to take on Cain if he is on the road of it. You can check out his full interview in the video below:

Brock Lesnar is back on top of WWE as a champion. 

“The Beast” dethroned Kofi Kingston as WWE Champion when he beat him on Friday’s episode of SmackDown on FOX. This show marked the first episode on FOX and the 20 Anniversary Show.

Lesnar did so in seconds as Kofi ran at Lesnar and Lesnar immediately hit an F5 for the win. Things got interesting after the match when Rey Mysterio walked out with Cain Velasquez to the ring. 

Velasquez took him down and pounced on him with strikes until Lesnar retreated out of the ring to close the show. 

WWE SmackDown On FOX Results & Live Coverage (10/4)

It’s been reported that WWE was in talks with Velasquez but things hit a snag as Velasquez was also interested in signing with NJPW, AEW, and AAA full-time. 

It appears that this angle has solidified his status with WWE. Velasquez’s appearance comes as part of the storyline that WWE started this past Monday night on RAW where Lesnar attacked Mysterio and his son. 

We’ll have more on Velasquez’s appearance shortly. 

This match between Kingston and Lesnar was set up back on the September 17 episode of SmackDown Live when Lesnar walked down to the ring where he had a staredown with Kingston.

Paul Heyman cut a promo about how Lesnar stands in the way of the longevity of Kingston’s WWE Title reign. 

What are your thoughts on Brock Lesnar winning the WWE Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE Champion Kofi Kingston has shared his thoughts ahead of his clash with Brock Lesnar next Friday during SmackDown’s FOX premiere.

Taking to Twitter, Kingston stated that the championship match is another opportunity for him to prove his doubters wrong. He also aims to prove those who believe in him right and show that nothing is impossible.

“One thing I’ve learned about myself is that I enjoy proving people wrong. Not as an “I told you so” but rather as a reminder that nothing is impossible. Next Friday, I get the chance to prove a lot of people wrong. And those who do believe in me, I get to prove them right!”

He continued, “When I do, hopefully believers and nonbelievers alike will see it feasible that they too can overcome the “impossibilities” they face in their own lives. 8 days…Friday night Smackdown is coming…#BeatBrock #Smackdown #Fox”

The two have wrestled one another in the past during the 2015 WWE Network special, The Beast In The East, which took place in Tokyo, Japan. Lesnar defeated Kingston during this previous exchange.

Kingston and Lesnar compete for the WWE Championship on the blue brand’s FOX premiere on October 4th. This show also happens to coincide with SmackDown’s 20th Anniversary.

Last night, Brock Lesnar made an impactful return to SmackDown Live.

‘The Beast Incarnate’ appeared following a matchup between The New Day and The Revival and Randy Orton. This match kicked off last night’s episode. Lesnar’s advocate, Paul Heyman, informed WWE Champion Kofi Kingston of his challenge for the belt. They will compete for the championship on the FOX debut of SmackDown Live.

The segment ended after Brock Lesnar laid out Kofi Kingston with an F5 after feigning a handshake.

Since the challenge was set, Kofi Kingston has tweeted about his most dangerous opponent to date, writing:

“Another day, another mountain. Let’s climb…”

Kofi Kingston’s last mountain was in the form of ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton. Kingston succesfully defended his WWE Championship against Orton at WWE’s recent Clash of Champions pay-per-view.

It was rumored that WWE would move Lesnar to SmackDown to set up this match for SmackDown’s FOX debut. His inclusion creates a stronger roster for the blue brand, as it is speculated SmackDown will become WWE’s new A-show because FOX is available in more home nationwide than USA Network.

The premiere episode of WWE SmackDown Live on FOX, which coincides with SmackDown’s 20th Anniversary, takes place on October 4th from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

Brock Lesnar has made a return to WWE SmackDown Live. 

“The Beast” showed up after The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods) beat The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) and Randy Orton in a six-man tag team match that opened the show. 

Lesnar, who had Paul Heyman at his side, walked down to the ring where he had a staredown with Kingston. Heyman cut a promo about how Lesnar stands in the way of the longevity of Kingston’s WWE Title reign. 

Heyman informed Kingston that it’s a bad day for The New Day and Lesnar will challenge Kingston for the WWE Title on the FOX debut of SmackDown. 

Lesnar then laid out Kingston out with an F5. This was an unadvertised appearance by the former WWE Universal Champion. 

WWE SmackDown Live Results (9/17)

Once the deal of WWE moving SmackDown to FOX was announced, there was some speculation that Lesnar could be moved to SmackDown as the show is expected to become the new A-show of the company as FOX is in more homes than the USA Network. 

The premiere episode of WWE SmackDown Live on the FOX network, which will be a 20th Anniversary special, takes place on October 4th from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

Kofi Kingston has remained on top of the mountain in the WWE as “The Viper” wasn’t the man to end his reign as the WWE Champion in this bitter rivalry. 

Kingston retained the WWE Title in one of the key matches at the WWE Clash of Champions pay-per-view event in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Spectrum Center over Orton. 

The two stars have been feuding since July once Kingston issued a challenge for SummerSlam. 

WWE Clash Of Champions Results (9/15)

This was a rematch between the two stars. Kingston and Orton went to a double count-out at the SummerSlam event in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena last month. 

Post-match, Kofi hit Orton several times with a kendo stick. As a result, Kingston retained the WWE Title. 

The premiere episode of WWE SmackDown Live on the FOX network will be a 20th Anniversary special on October 4th from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

This show comes two days before the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event. WWE is also starting another draft the week after Hell in a Cell. Unless WWE just wanted to do a one-off feud, it appears that Kingston vs. Orton will continue at Hell in a Cell.

What are your thoughts on Kofi Kingston retaining the WWE Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.