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

#1 Clean victory against Rowan

KofiMania is ON!

After winning two matches with help and two completely on his own, it would come down Kofi Kingston fighting against Daniel Bryan's intellectual peer, Rowan. The former Wyatt Family member is huge and would be a massive obstacle for an inevitably exhausted Kofi. With a little interference from the WWE Champion and maybe some from the New Day to neutralise the effect, Kofi should end up pinning Rowan clean to finally earn his opportunity.

Rowan has not yet suffered a defeat since returning at Royal Rumble alongside Daniel Bryan, so a clean victory for the New Day member would be a big deal. It would also be the culmination of possibly an hour-long story to start tonight's show. By beating all five of these opponents, Kofi Kingston will have earned his WWE Championship match against Bryan at WrestleMania.

Once again, this is probably the most exciting story heading into 'Mania as Daniel Bryan is hoping to vanquish the ultimate underdog that he once was. The layers to this are incredible, with the top one being when Bryan called Kofi a 'B-plus player'. Who would have thought any of this would have happened, even a few months ago? From Daniel Bryan turning heel as the WWE Champion to Kofi Kingston beating five men in a row to get a WWE title match at WrestleMania, nobody could have ever predicted it. Wrestling is funny sometimes.