12 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Clash Of Champions 2019

By Scott Carlson / September 16, 2019

3. Kofi Gets Signature Win

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Heading into Sunday’s PPV, Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship reign would be defined by this match.

The feud leading into Clash of Champions was punctuated by Randy Orton labeling Kofi “stupid” and a fluke and a failure. Had Kofi lost, it would confirm all of that and leave him in a bad way as a former champ.

Instead, Kingston won clean, countering an Orton punt with a Trouble in Paradise for the 3 count, finally giving Kofi a big win over a major star. It’s unlikely that Kingston’s reign is going to be remembered years later as a significant one, but at least it now won’t be remembered as a joke, with a heel belittling him and then proving his point by beating him.

Authored by Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

Posted On: 16th Sep 2019

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