WWE SmackDown Live: 4 ways how Kofi Kingston should win the gauntlet match tonight

Kofi has a mountain to climb.
Kofi has a mountain to climb.

#2 Kofi pulls a quick one on the Bar

Kofi pinned two men in less than 10 seconds.
Kofi pinned two men in less than 10 seconds.

One of the biggest nights in Kofi Kingston's WWE career came at Survivor Series 2009, during his feud with Randy Orton. He captained his team against Orton's clan of slithery snakes, in what was a pretty fun match. It came down to Kofi being alone against Orton and CM Punk, but what happened next blew everyone's mind. The Ghanaian rolled Punk up to eliminate him and as Orton entered the ring to face him, Kofi hit him with the Trouble in Paradise immediately and pinned him less than ten seconds after pinning Punk.

That showing turned him into a star and it is a shame that WWE failed to capitalise on it. Now, ten years later, WWE could recreate the exact same moment in this gauntlet match. After a competitive match between an exhausted Kofi and Cesaro, which is obviously won by the babyface, Sheamus should enter the ring only to be hit with Trouble in Paradise for the shockingly quick pinfall. Maybe Sheamus gets his heat back by attacking Kofi afterwards. Almost every long-form gauntlet match like this one has a match that lasts seconds. And this one would have meaning, as a call-back to one of the protagonist's greatest nights ever.

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