15 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (May 28)

14. How Much Kofi Struggled With His Promo

Kofi Kingston
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Minutes later, Kofi Kingston was tripping all over his own words like this was 1996 and he was Sycho Sid asking Jim Ross to start over again. Unfortunately for Kofi (and just like big Sid back then), SmackDown is "live, pal". That meant Kingston had to fight against himself and rescue things by falling back on a catchphrase.

It wasn't great, but it was still one million times better than ye olde scripted promos from hell that fans once suffered through. At least Kofi's words, whilst stilted, were his own.

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