10 WWE Finishers Leftover From Old Gimmicks

5. Kofi Kingston - Trouble In Paradise

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When Kofi Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35, few were particularly bothered about the strike that felled the titleholder before the referee's hand slapped three.

What mattered in the moment was the victory itself, not how it happened. In fact, the only link to the Trouble In Paradise label still attached to Kingston's match-winning scissor kick was in the video package serving as a reminder of how many years The New Day man had gone without a singles title shot.

There was thus something quite fitting about him making history with it on that memorable New Jersey night. "Trouble In Paradise" was a catchphrase clinging on to a past Kofi had disregarded nearly a decade earlier. No longer required to stroll along the beaches of Jamaica with an affected accent, the only paradise he was troubling in 2019 was the paradigm he was shifting with his win.

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