3 reasons why Kofi Kingston absolutely must win the WWE title at WrestleMania

WrestleMania 35 is just hours away from kicking off as the biggest WWE event of the year promises to be its longest version ever. While there haven’t been many storylines going into this event, it still promises to be a huge one due to what is at stake.

While the main event might be the match between Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair for the WWE Raw and SmackDown Women’s Titles, the biggest hype surrounds the battle between Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston for the WWE Title.

After weeks of hurdles being placed in front of Kingston, he overcame them all with the help of his New Day buddies. And now, he goes into this match as the underdog since Vince McMahon doesn’t think he has the capability to win the match against the reigning champion.

However, he absolutely must – and here are three reasons why…

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#3 WWE’s promise

It wasn’t a very long time ago when the McMahons addressed the WWE Universe and promised them that they would listen to the fans. After years of shoving Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar down the throats of the general fan, the ratings plummeted and the McMahons knew that something had to be done.

While it is good to be unpredictable, too much of it makes you predictable. At one point, everyone started to expect the exact opposite of what they would have generally felt because too much unpredictability leads to predictability.

Right now, KofiMania is at its pinnacle – just like it was during Elimination Chamber – and most of the fans want the title to be put on him. However, WWE could once again do something that is not expected of them and make Bryan retain the title – but that would be breaking the promise that they made not so long ago.

#2 Best for business

It isn’t a coincidence that SmackDown recorded its highest viewership for 2019 on the 26th March episode of the show. That particular day, Xavier Woods and Big E took part in a gauntlet match which helped Kingston find a place at WrestleMania against Daniel Bryan.

Their win hyped up the fans to no end as KofiMania reached its pinnacle thanks to the other members of the New Day. So, it is safe to assume that should Kingston win, the viewership for SmackDown would increase even more.

And why not? After all, almost everyone in the WWE Universe wants to see the belt on Kingston and should that happen, they would obviously tune in to watch the follow the following SmackDown Live episode.

If, however, Kingston does lose the match against Bryan, WWE might lose a lot of its viewership – and that would not be good for business.

#1 Feel Good factor

Everyone loves an underdog winning story. Everyone roots for a David against a Goliath – even though Daniel Bryan might not exactly be the personification of the giant that Goliath is in the storybooks.

In terms of reputation, however, Bryan is a giant and winning against him would be somewhat pulling off an upset for Kingston. However, he is the face in this feud and who doesn’t want the hero of the story to win against a villain (who is also a vegan that judges everyone else for not being one)?

Kofi has been in the WWE for 11 years now, working as hard as ever. They say that hard work is the seed that reaps the best reward and should Kingston win the battle at WrestleMania, it would give a feel-good factor to the fans as it is always nice to know that hard work pays off – no matter how long one has to wait.