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* CreatorBacklash: He doesn't look back fondly on his old Jamaican character, if a backstage interview is to be believed.



* OldShame: His old Jamaican character, if a backstage interview is to be believed.
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* BreakupBreakout: The (relative) Jannetty to Wrestling/CMPunk's Michaels. Kofi has had an extremely successful career, but much like Wrestling/{{Christian}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}, he's overshadowed by Punk, who is one of the greatest wrestlers of ''all time''. That being said, he's by far the most successful out of all of Punk's former partners and stables, and even managed to accomplish something Punk never did in WWE -- becoming a Grand Slam Champion.

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* BreakupBreakout: The (relative) Jannetty to Wrestling/CMPunk's Michaels. Kofi has had an extremely successful career, but much like Wrestling/{{Christian}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, he's overshadowed by Punk, who is one of the greatest wrestlers of ''all time''. That being said, he's by far the most successful out of all of Punk's former partners and stables, and even managed to accomplish something Punk never did in WWE -- becoming a Grand Slam Champion.
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* BreakupBreakout: The (relative) Jannetty to Wrestling/CMPunk's Michaels. Kofi has had an extremely successful career, but much like Wrestling/{{Christian}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}, he's overshadowed by Punk, who is one of the greatest wrestlers of ''all time''. That being said, he's by far the most successful out of all of Punk's former partners and stables, and even managed to accomplish something Punk never did in WWE -- becoming a Grand Slam Champion.
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* FakeNationality: Was billed as being from Jamaica in NECW at a booker's suggestion. "Everyone knows reggae music and Bob Marley" being her reasoning. This kept up all the way until WWECW but it was eventually revealed on Raw he's from Ghana, [[ShapedLikeItself West Africa.]] [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] when Wrestling/TripleH questioned him about his lost accent and he explained he was paying tribute to the Jamaican culture.

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* FakeNationality: Was billed as being from Jamaica in NECW at a booker's suggestion. "Everyone knows reggae music and Bob Marley" being her reasoning. This kept up all the way until WWECW but it was eventually revealed on Raw he's from Ghana, [[ShapedLikeItself West Africa.]] [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] when Wrestling/TripleH questioned him about his lost accent and he explained he was paying tribute to the Jamaican culture. Wrestling/TheUsos mocked him for it during their feud with Wrestling/TheNewDay, saying that he was "Ja-''[[{{Pun}} fakin]][='=]''".

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Up until he won the WWE Championship in 2019, he had an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. That's ''all'' of WWE history - including the old days where champions were known to hold their titles for several years at a time
Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Up until he won the WWE Championship in 2019, he had an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. That's ''all'' of WWE history - including the old days where champions were known to hold their titles for several years at a time
time. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Up until he won the WWE Championship in 2019, he had an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Up until he won the WWE Championship in 2019, he had an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. That's ''all'' of WWE history - including the old days where champions were known to hold their titles for several years at a time
Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.
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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has Up until he won the WWE Championship in 2019, he had an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.
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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 7 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has an odd version of this. You see that list under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 7 8 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.
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* OldShame: His old Jamaican character, if a backstage interview is to be believed.
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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has an odd version of this. You see that list of TagTeam|s on the main page? Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 7 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.

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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has an odd version of this. You see that list of TagTeam|s under TagTeam on the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston main page? page?]] Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 7 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.
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* ConsolationWorldRecord: Kofi has an odd version of this. You see that list of TagTeam|s on the main page? Well, Kofi's won championship titles with all of those pairings (for a total of 7 under his name) and actually holds the current mark for cumulative days spent as a tag team champion in WWE ''history''. Most superstars would probably like to have main event singles glory, but of October 2018, Kofi's approaching a combined total of ''three years'' with some form of tag gold around his waist. Between that, his reliability as a singles midcard face (for most of his pre-New Day career, he was either holding or fighting for a secondary title when he wasn't holding a tag belt), and being well-known as "that guy '''''nobody''''' can eliminate from battle royals on the first try", his career has been a master class for WWE hopefuls in carving an invaluable niche for yourself in a wrestling promotion when the headliner opportunities never arrive.
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* OneOfUs: In an interview with ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', he said he wanted a [[VideoGame/PunchOut pink hoodie]].
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* FakeNationality: Was billed as being from Jamaica in NECW at a booker's suggestion. "Everyone knows reggae music and Bob Marley" being her reasoning. This kept up all the way until WWECW but it was eventually revealed on Raw he's from Ghana, [[ShapedLikeItself West Africa.]] [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] when Wrestling/TripleH questioned him about his lost accent and he explained he was paying tribute to the Jamaican culture.
* OneOfUs: In an interview with ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', he said he wanted a [[VideoGame/PunchOut pink hoodie]].
* PromotedFanboy: Was in the audience for ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] XIV'', March, 29, 1998, almost a decade before he made his [=WWE=] debut.

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