WWE Money In The Bank 2019: 10 Things That Must Happen

3. Kofi Kingston Beats Kevin Owens

Money In The Bank 2019
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As soon as Kofi Kingston pinned Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35, thoughts started flooding fan heads. Thoughts like, will he be a paper champion? Did that actually just happen? Who will be Kofi's next big challenger? We now know the answer to two of those questions. Yes, it did happen, and Kevin Owens.

The first, well that's up for debate.

Kingston's story has been his rise in spite of Vince McMahon's on screen wishes. There have been kernels of truth sprinkled in to give the tale legitimacy, and it has worked; critics can say what they want about McMahon's leadership, but he did eventually give Kofi's fan base what they'd lusted after for over a decade.

KO won't change that. He's that first hurdle for Kofi to conquer as the champion, and it's pretty much set in stone that Kingston will beat Owens cleanly and celebrate with Xavier Woods mid-ring. What happens next is another thing entirely, but first...

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