7 biggest WWE rumors of the past week (March 3, 2019)

#5 Reason for Kevin Owens replacing Kofi Kingston at Fastlane

Kevin Owens replaced Kofi Kingston in the WWE Title Match at Fastlane

This past week on SmackDown, Kevin Owens made a shocking return to WWE by replacing Kofi Kingston in the WWE Title Match against Daniel Bryan at Fastlane. This change in the match was done by Vince McMahon during the contract signing between Bryan and Kingston. The rumored reason for the change was later addressed by Dave Meltzer.

It appears that they flip-flopped Kevin Owens and Kofi Kingston. Because it was very clear that they’re going to do Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston and if they’re not gonna do it at Fastlane and Kevin Owens is getting the shot at Fastlane then that probably means that Kofi Kingston is getting the shot at Mania.”

Meltzer went on to say that originally Kevin Owens was slated to face WWE Champion Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 and the decision to switch Kingston with Owens was just made last week to protect Kingston from another loss.

WWE Champion Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston doesn't sound a WrestleMania caliber match, but it would definitely give Kingston his big moment after 11 years of his WWE career. The fans have shown support for Kingston, so winning the WWE Championship for the first time on the grandest stage of them all would be definitely appreciated by his fans.