8 WWE Stars Who Will Never Be World Champion

Kofi's chance to break through wrestling's glass ceiling came and went at the end of 2009, when he was briefly embroiled in a career-defining feud with Randy Orton, which threatened to propel him into the main event just a year after he first appeared on our screens.

In the end, he never quite made it beyond the status of plucky underdog, and faced a tumble back down the WWE pecking order thereafter.

In some ways, the 35-year-old is now a victim of his own tag team success. The New Day have reached such heights that it would be unwise to contemplate a break up until the audience grows tired of them.

That means Kofi probably faces being stuck as part of a stable - instead of rising up he singles ranks - for the foreseeable future.