WWE Elimination Chamber: 4 reasons why Kofi Kingston proved that he is a main event caliber superstar

The Elimination Chamber has concluded with Daniel Bryan retaining the title after a superb main event match. Kofi Kingston was once again the star of the show as he gave another brutal performance that put the crowd on its feet.

Chants of ‘Kofi!, Kofi!’ reverberated around the arena as the Ghanaian wowed the fans with his moves. Kofi’s performance comes a week after his insane outing at SmackDown Live, where a Gauntlet match might have changed his fate forever.

Kofi wasn’t even supposed to be in the contention for the WWE championship as Mustafa Ali was initially chosen to participate. However, an injury to him opened up a spot and Kofi grabbed it with everything he had.

So here are four reasons why he has proved that he is a main-eventer…

#4 Superb form

Last week at SmackDown Live, a gauntlet match took place and Kingston was at his brilliant best, performing for over an hour before losing out to AJ Styles. However, it wasn’t before he eliminated Daniel Bryan, Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe.

His performance made everyone cheer him for the WWE title but in the end, it wasn’t to be as he fell short against Bryan for the WWE title in the main event of the Elimination Chamber.

However, Kofi is going through a superb time right now. He has put in two amazing performances in a row and is in superb form. He might not have won the Elimination Chamber but was the best performer and was the last person to be eliminated.

With such momentum behind him, it is only logical to claim that he is of the main event bracket.

#3 Two great matches

Kingston and Bryan had an amazing match

One couldn’t help but notice the chemistry between Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston in the ring. The pair of wrestlers are two of the most agile in-ring performers and they used their strength to put up a superb final show at the Elimination Chamber.

They might not have the huge frame of Bobby Lashley or Roman Reigns as McMahon likes, but they don’t need it either as it is their agility in a rather smaller frame that makes them so compelling to watch.

Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan were the last two people in the Elimination Chamber and their one-on-one combat alone was worthy of the main event. The two superstars’ style of wrestling really complemented each other, ensuring a quality encounter in the end.

Daniel Bryan had already proved his worthiness long before and Kofi's performance in the Chamber proved his calibre.

#2 Most over right now

Kofi is very over now

Back in 2010, Kofi Kingston was close to the pinnacle during his feud with Randy Orton. The WWE Universe saw a very different side of Kofi as he was brutal in his matches against Orton.

In the end, however, nothing came of it for Kofi. He might have won the Intercontinental and US championship after that but the main title has kept eluding him.

But last week, he came into the reckoning for the WWE championship when his name was included in place of the injured Mustafa Ali. Ever since then, owing to that superb Gauntlet match at SmackDown, he has been very over.

And at the Elimination Chamber, chants of Kofi and the subsequent reaction to his loss shows that he is the most over star right now. And when someone is this over, it means that he is in the main-eventer bracket.

#1 Deserves more main events

The pair were excellent at Elimination Chamber

This might not be a direct reason but the idea is that if he appears in more main event matches, he will give us more reasons to show that he is deserving of it.

When a WWE star is very over, the usual thing to do is to use her or him as much as possible in order to juice out the maximum from the fans. Right now, almost every fan in the WWE Universe is worshipping Kofi Kingston.

Be it live in the arena or in the social media, fans are raving Kofi Kingston and want him to face – and win – Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania for the title. And why shouldn’t they?

After all, Kofi deserves it. The superstar has been at WWE for over a decade and is yet to win the most coveted title in the company. Even then, he has been loyal to them and continues serving Vince McMahon with pride.