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SummerSlam 2019 was mostly a good show that saw many major booking decisions that turned out to be great. One of them that did not, was the WWE Championship match. The WWE Champion, Kofi Kingston won the title in a fairytale fashion at WrestleMania 35 earlier this year by defeating Daniel Bryan.
But soon after his title reign was starting to become stale before his big match at SummerSlam was announced against a former rival - Randy Orton. The match was all set to be one of the biggest attractions of the night but ended bizarrely after both the competitors were unable to beat the ten count.
This happened moments after Randy was setting his eye on Kofi's family (sitting at the ringside). The whole angle was confusing and weird and even met with some harsh crowd chants from the fans in the arena.
In this article, let's take a look at the five reasons why the WWE Championship match ending was a bad booking decision by the company. Feel free to let us know your views and opinions on the same in the comments section below.
#5 Kofi needed that big victory to establish his title reign
As mentioned earlier, Kofi Kingston's title reign hasn't been very spectacular, and there have been many reasons for that. Part of that is because of his over-involvement with New Day as a trio and sticking to the comedy acts of the faction, even after being the WWE Champion.
Another reason was that he had not had any major feuds for the title. But the one with Orton had the potential to uplift the level of his title reign. A victory at SummerSlam over a 13-time World Champion would have been a major plus-point for his four-month-long reign. But WWE missed this opportunity by letting the match end in a No Contest.
When you look at the other brand's top champion, Seth Rollins got a huge win under his belt at the PPV by defeating the Beast yet again for the Universal Title, cementing himself as the company's top guy. Unfortunately, the higher-ups don't seem to be that high on our WWE Champion, Kofi.
#4 Repeat of last year's WWE Title match at Summerslam
The ending of the match at the PPV has striking similarities with the WWE Championship match last year at Summerslam 2018 between AJ Styles(c) and Samoa Joe. It was Joe who had set his eyes on Styles' wife and kid which infuriated the Phenomenal One who took him out, ending the match without a fair result.
The same happened this year as well when Randy was trying to target Kofi's family. This was just lazy writing from the creative who could not come up with a new idea. This situation deserves that meme - "Can I have your homework? Yes, just make sure you change it up a bit!"
#3 There is no point in dragging the feud
As a result of a No Contest finish, the feud between Orton and Kofi will drag on to the next PPV, or maybe even after that. The issue is that there is no point in dragging this feud. Orton is an accomplished wrestler who doesn't need the title, and WWE is taking a risk of making this feud stale by dragging it to multiple PPVs.
As much as the fans respect the Apex Predator, him dethroning Kofi won't go well with them. Let's see how they keep us invested in the program going forward.
#2 Different rules in two world title matches?
It's irritating when a rule decides the outcome of one fight but is ignored during the other. While Randy vs Kofi ended due to a double count-out, the Universal Championship match between Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar saw the referee ignore any such rule as the two wrestled outside the ring for a long time.
WWE is known to manipulating the rules according to their storyline needs, but to give it a more sports-like feel, they need to be careful with such mishaps in the future. Some rules need to be established and followed in each match without any disparities.
#1 No one was benefitted from it
The biggest problem with the outcome of this bout was that none of the two competitors gained anything from it. Yes, Kofi did bring out the vicious side of his, but that didn't deliver much. As for Randy, he has done way more vicious things than staring at a kid.
It's one thing when you lose your patience and get yourself disqualified, and then there comes losing your patience but getting counted out. Not a very smart booking, Vince!
What do you think is next in the Kofi-Orton saga? What are your thoughts on that match finish? Let us know in the comments section below.
