As we etch closer and closer to WrestleMania, the WWE Championship\nmatch seems to get more enticing by the day. Will Kofi finally win? Will Big E\nturn on Kofi? Will \u201cThe New\u201d Daniel Bryan retain? Sadly, I don\u2019t have the\nanswers to any of these questions yet but what I do know, is that Kofi Kingston\nis one of the greatest wrestlers in recent history. Athletic, innovative &\nundeniably reliable, Kofi Kingston has been with WWE for over 11 years and he\u2019s\nfinally getting his break with a shot at the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.\nWith his match at WrestleMania looming, I thought it would be a great time to\nlook back through the career of Kofi Kingston and pick out my 5 favourite Kofi\nKingston matches of all time. Now, I am not going to count any of the Money in\nthe Bank ladder matches or Royal Rumble matches that Kofi has been in but\nrather am going to try to stick to singles and tag team matches. Without\nfurther ado, let\u2019s get right into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5: Big E & Kofi\nKingston vs Lucha Dragons vs The Usos \u2013 Tag Team Championship Ladder Match,TLC\n2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This match was incredible and there were many, many memorable\nmoments. The ladder was used in so many unique ways and every single team\nshowed off their athletic prowess. These teams beat the life out of each other\nand all the ways each team used the ladder was incredible. Kofi took some\nincredibly bumps in this match but this match isn\u2019t known for that. This match\nis known for the salida del sol, off the ladder, through a ladder. Sin Cara\nfollowed it up with a swanton bomb onto the ladder. Kofi showed off his great\nladder match innovation in this and The New Day ended up holding the titles the\ntitles after Xavier Woods threw a trombone at the back of Kalisto and Kofi Kingston\nended up climbing to the top of the title to retrieve the titles. This match\nwas hard-hitting and definitely very painful for all involved. For me at least,\nit was a great viewing experience and an excellent match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4: Gauntlet Match \u2013\nSmackDown Live (February 12, 2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The most recent match in this list and the one which started\noff all the love for Kofi Kingston, Kofi put in an over an hour performance in\nabsolutely phenomenal effort. First up, Kofi had an over half an hour\nmasterpiece against Daniel Bryan. I\u2019d be tempted to put that match in by\nitself, it was phenomenal. Kofi showed off his athleticism throughout this matchup\nand both men put on an incredible performance. The gutsiness and heart of Kofi was\nshown as he managed to connect with the Trouble in Paradise as he countered the\nrunning knee to pick up his first pinfall of the match. Kofi then took on the\nequally innovative Jeff Hardy in a match of around ten minutes which saw an\nexhausted Kofi pick up the pin after an SOS. Kofi was then faced with the grave\nchallenge of the \u2018Destroyer\u2019, Samoa Joe. Joe dominated Kofi throughout but just\nas Joe was about to win the coquina clutch, Kofi propelled himself off the\nturnbuckles and turned his weight to pin Joe. A pissed off Joe attacked &\npassed out Kofi who was then set to face AJ Styles. Kofi, exhausted and beaten\nstill took on the challenge and put up a really good performance against Styles.\nStyles dominated for the most part but Kofi got some good offence in and even\nmade me believe that he might just pick up the win. Styles ended up locking in\nthe calf crusher to pick up the win. What a fantastic match and an excellent\nperformance. This match turned out to be the start of the road to KofiMania\nwhich has seen Kofi compete in Elimination Chamber and put in a great\nperformance on every episode of SmackDown Live for the past one and a half or\nso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3: Dolph Ziggler vs\nKofi Kingston \u2013 Intercontinental Championship, Night of Champions 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I absolutely loved this. Kofi was especially athletic and\nDolph an incredibly good heel in this match. Kofi was bouncing all over the\nplace and Dolph was doing everything he could to stop him. Both men gave each\nother their best shots and Dolph\u2019s selling was great throughout. One of my\nfavourite counter moments of all time was when Dolph managed to reverse an SOS\ninto a sleeper hold. Watching the match back, it seems like either competitor\ncould win at any point in the match. Ziggler managed to retain via pinfall\nafter a zigzag but this match was great. A showcase of both mans athleticism\nand selling, it really is a showcase of two great professional wrestlers\nclashing and putting on an incredibly entertaining spectacle of a match. This may\nbe a short match clocking in at under 13 minutes but every minute of the match\nis great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2: Christian vs Kofi\nKingston \u2013 Intercontinental Championship, SmackDown (May 14, 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A match between two of my all-time favourites, this was\nabsolutely superb and one of, if not the best Smackdown match of 2010. A match\nwhich marked the end of an Intercontinental Championship tournament, Christian &\nKingston both put on the performance of their lives and delivered a really,\nreally good match. With General Manager Teddy Long seated ringside, he watched\non as the two went on and delivered a great match. Both men wrestle a really\nsimilar style and as such had excellent chemistry with each other. There was\nsome great highflying, athleticism and some excellent counters. In fact, the\ncounter work done in this match had to be some of the most unique and best I\u2019ve\never seen. Christian managed to kickout out of an SOS but later in the match,\nKofi Kingston hit Christian with a Trouble in Paradise for the victory and to\nwin the Intercontinental Championship. This was an incredible match and I would\ndefinitely recommend finding it on the WWE Network and giving it a watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1: Kofi Kingston vs Cesaro\n\u2013 United States Championship, Main Event (May 1, 2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No, you are not hearing me wrong. My favourite Kofi Kingston\nmatch of all time was on Main Event. That makes me want to throw up just\nthinking about it. In what is my match of 2013, these two put on the best match\nin Main Event history. This is truly superb. Cesaro spent the whole match\nworking the left leg of Kofi and showcasing his strength whilst Kofi showed off\nsome incredible grappling, athleticism and heart. I\u2019m not going to spoil the\nending of this match as it is one of my favourites of all time. Seriously, just\nwatch this match. It is ridiculously good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With WrestleMania now only 4 nights away, I hope that this\nlist gives you something to watch up until then. That\u2019s it for now, have a\ngreat WrestleMania weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we etch closer and closer to WrestleMania, the WWE Championship match seems to get more enticing by the day. Will Kofi finally win? Will Big E turn on Kofi? 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