7 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Money In The Bank 2019

By Scott Carlson / May 20, 2019

3. Kofi Gets Retribution

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At some point, it’s going to strike midnight on Kofi Kingston’s fairy tale WWE Championship reign. But that point did not come Sunday night.

Kofi managed to defeat Kevin Owens in a spirited match that featured a series of finisher reversals and the usual KO trash-talking. Kingston overcame Owens’ Pop-Up Powerbomb and a Stunner, pulling out a Trouble in Paradise for the victory.

After weeks of KO sticking it to New Day, it was good to see Kofi get a measure of revenge rather than just becoming a statistic. He might be an unusual choice for champ (a career midcarder), but it’s good to see WWE at least giving Kingston a bit of a run here.

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: 20th May 2019

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