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Kofi Kingston has officially crossed a 100 days as WWE Champion - more than what a lot of people expected. Not only that, but he has been presented as a strong, fighting champion, defending the title every PPV and on regular free television as well.
Kingston's oppponents have been quite solid as well, with some of the names he's beaten including Daniel Bryan, Sami Zayn, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler and Samoa Joe.
However, he faces his biggest and toughest challenge since WrestleMania as he takes on a demon from the past in the form of Randy Orton. As you know, the two have a history going back together all the way to 2009, where Kingston's push was abruptly cancelled after he made a botch during a match with Randy Orton.
The fact that WWE is playing it up makes the story all the more interesting and we fully believe that Kingston will be walking out still the WWE Champion. Here are a few reasons why Vince McMahon won't allow Randy Orton to win at WWE SummerSlam 2019.
#5. Randy Orton has already won it so many times
Randy Orton is a 13-time World Champion and sometimes it's hard to believe that he actually held the World titles that many times, especially since many of the reigns have been underwhelming.
If you think about it, he's held only one world title less than Triple H and 3 less than John Cena - yet he's not viewed as being on their level. Although it wouldn't be surprising to see Randy Orton get another title reign before he retires, the fact of the matter is that he has already won it way too many times. He doesn't need to get closer to John Cena and Ric Flair.
#4. It makes no storyline sense
One of the biggest factors that drives this Kofi Kingston-Randy Orton feud is the fact that there's a big story behind it. Randy Orton was the man who tried to hold Kofi Kingston's career back by using his influence - and it worked....until it didn't.
As we said before, this is the biggest test in Kofi Kingston's incredible WWE title reign and storyline-wise, has everything you'd want in a main event. The story is a big driving force in the feud and ultimately, the central figure of it is Kingston and about his redemption.
Randy Orton winning makes even less storyline sense than Daniel Bryan beating Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35. The way the story has been told is so that Kingston himself can get that redemption and his story can come full circle. It'll certainly do wonders for him.
#3. Kofi Kingston's WWE title reign needs to be legitimised
As mentioned, Kofi Kingston's WWE title reign has been far better than what most people expected. Sure, there have been the usual complainers who find a problem with practically everything, but as a whole, fans have very little to complain about it.
Despite the fact that Kingston has defended the title against the likes of Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe, Dolph Ziggler, etc. he still needs that one defining win to legitimise his reign as WWE Champion and cement it as one of the best babyface reigns in a while (Daniel Bryan's heel run with the title was fantastic).
Having a win over Randy Orton in a big stage at SummerSlam will undoubtedly legitimise his title reign and make it one that will be remembered for years to come. WWE wants to focus on Kingston now and that's who they need to build.
#2. Huge fan backlash
Kofi Kingston's rise to the top this year was 100% organic and he undoubtedly will have infinite gratitude to the fans for getting louder each week and helping his push to the top. KofiMania was absolutely magical to witness as a fan and his support seemingly grows stronger each week.
Now, here is another problem WWE will face if Randy Orton defeats Kofi Kingston for the WWE title at WWE SummerSlam 2019: There is going to be a lot of backlash from fans. While WWE always loves for heels to get "heat", this won't be the kind of heat that they want. This will be the "go away" kind of heat and that is definitely not what they're looking for.
For all their faults, WWE has been listening to fans this year from a storyline perspective and that's reflected in the fact that we can't complain about any of the titleholders right now.
#1. Vince McMahon is high on Kofi Kingston
When Vince McMahon is feuding against a superstar on television or being one of the forces that "holds them back" or "puts them down", then you know for a fact that he has huge plans for them. That's exactly what happened with Kofi Kingston this year and it culminated in a huge WrestleMania championship win.
If Vince McMahon weren't a fan of Kofi Kingston as WWE Champion, he would easily have taken the title off him and given it to another superstar. Despite this, he has protected Kingston throughout, with the WWE Champion having been finished or pinned on only two occasions in tag team matches.
He has clearly been booked as a strong champion and it seems clear that Vince McMahon could be very high on Kingston as the WWE Champion.
