Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best
33. Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston's lone Championship run is remembered for its start and end, and how they reflected the very best and worst of WWE.
The former was just about as good as WWE could get by 2019. A glorious WrestleMania outing against Daniel Bryan on a night that seemed impossible until it was done. Kofi had slid into the spot almost by accident early in the year, and the booking did nothing to assuage the worries that the company would back him up to the finish line then bottle the big call on the 'Grandest Stage'. History was made, tears were shed, and impossible was nothing.
The latter found him needlessly and thoughtlessly squashed by Brock Lesnar in a pathetically grim creative decision devoid of any human emotion. Which is accurate of course - it was booked by the gurning wax toby jug in a toupee calling itself Vince McMahon. Hateful and pointless, like the man holding the pencil.
The in-between period was - with the generous exception of a rebooted Randy Orton feud - forgettable and best and underwhelming at worst. The run was for all the good of the crowning and should be celebrated as such, but the only way from there was down.