Pro Wrestling's Dreadlocked Dynamo: My Proposal for Kofi Kingston's WWE Future

Since his debut in WWE’s now-defunct reincarnation of ECW in 2007, Kofi Kingston has been my favorite WWE Superstar.

Because of this, I am often asked why I am such a fan of Kingston, and don’t choose more popular selections amongst the Internet Wrestling Community such as CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett or a handful of others.

After giving it thought, I answer that Kofi has a special it factor very few others have.

As soon as his pyro hits and he bursts through the curtains, the fans go nuts for the Ghana, Africa native. He oozes charisma, which I describe as the ability to connect with the fans.

Inside the ring, Kofi has a very unorthodox style, using kicks, sporting possibly the best cross-body in professional wrestling today and has superhuman-like hops. I sometimes find myself questioning if the guy has springs on the bottom of his boots, have you?

Kofi, though, has only received one legitimate main-event push in his career—quickly to be derailed when he stood up for a RKO rather than a punt by ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton in a No. 1 Contender’s Match on Monday Night Raw.

If this didn’t happen, where would Kofi be?

That’s a question I ask myself to this day, yet is rather irrelevant when it comes to his current status in the WWE.

You see, Kofi recently dropped the tag team championships along with his Air Boom partner, Evan Bourne, to Epico and Primo at a WWE Live Event in Oakland, Calif.

My initial reaction was to wait-and-see what happened on Raw the following night, which ended up being the duo losing their obligatory rematch and no heel turn that I was anxiously awaiting from Kofi.

The next day, WWE.com revealed Evan Bourne had been suspended for 60 days for violating the Wellness Policy for the second time in a couple months, explaining why Air Boom dropped the bronze (the belts don’t look gold to me) so instantly.

Kofi is reportedly in-line for a push with the United States Championship again, which would be his eighth time holding one of the seven imaginary brass rings of Vince McMahon.

In my opinion though, Kofi holding a mid-card title has the same effect as John Cena holding any title in WWE—it’s absolutely pointless.

I mean, barring a reign of the likes of the Honky Tonk Man or Bruno Sammartino, Kofi Kingston has already done all there is to do in his current position and feuded with everybody there is to feud with.

That’s why I am here to propose a plan on how to push Kofi Kingston, so I’m not holding my head in disbelief as he is relegated to another loss to put over a guy on his way to main event stardom (Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Alberto Del Rio anyone?)

The Push

The logical thing to do here is to insert Kofi into the 30-man Royal Rumble match, which is exactly what I’m going to do.

Kofi should enter in one of the first two spots. He will stave off elimination many times, with pure stubbornness and athleticism.

The WWE would simply plant the seed into fans’ minds that Kofi may just pull off the upset and win the entire thing, until eventually being eliminated by The Miz after a nice 30-minute run.

Angry, Kofi would then get his revenge by eliminating The Miz and attacking him a la his beatdowns of Dolph Ziggler and Randy Orton before.

The next night on Raw, The Miz lays out Kingston during his entrance, telling the WWE Universe that Kofi Kingston made the biggest mistake of his life the previous night at the Royal Rumble.

The next two weeks, Kofi gets a roll-up pin on The Miz and Miz dominates Kofi to finish him off with the Skull Crushing Finale to qualify for the Elimination Chamber.

The two temporarily go their separate ways until the Elimination Chamber, when Kofi comes out of the bottom of the structure to shock Miz with the Trouble In Paradise to cost him his chance to regain the WWE Championship.

On Raw, Michael Cole blasts Kingston for costing The Miz his match for no reason whatsoever. Cole swears Miz will get his payback, and Kingston will sink back down to irrelevancy as he always seems to do.

After a win against Jack Swagger, Kingston confronts Cole at the announce table telling him to shut his mouth. When he refuses to comply, Kingston decks him and throws him against the steel steps. Security backs Kofi up the ramp as The Miz comes to check on Cole.

Later in the night, Miz goes to John Laurinaitis, convincing him to suspend Kofi for a week due to his actions.

The momentum continues to shift back-and-forth until the WrestleMania match, although Miz seems to keep a little bit of an edge all the way through.

At WrestleMania, Kofi defeats The Miz.

They split their final two meetings at the following two pay-per-views, with Miz winning at Extreme Rules and Kofi claiming victory at Bragging Rights.

At Money In The Bank, Kofi knocks Miz off the ladder to become Mr. Money In The Bank.

Kingston patiently waits to cash in, as he puts on impressive matches with upper mid-carders and main eventers week after week.

When the time is right, Kofi cashes in on a major face to turn heel.

Far Fetched?

My storyline to get Kofi Kingston to the top may seem a little unrealistic to you. However, keep in mind he would feud with The Miz from January to June, wins the Money In The Bank briefcase in July and doesn’t cash in until, say, September.

This is so he can fix any problems he may have, and he climaxes the entire thing with a heel turn in a CM Punk sort of a fashion.

Now, I hand this over to you. What do you think about Kofi Kingston and my proposed push for him? Also, please be sure to follow me on Twitter @THERYANFRYE. Thank you.