WWE Royal Rumble 2011 Roster: Where Are They Now?

14. Kofi Kingston

Bray Wyatt Royal Rumble 2011
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Then: Kofi was a man struggling for confidence as calendars turned to 2011. His main event aspirations seemed dead, and he was just sorta' treading water on the midcard when he worked 26-minutes in the 40-man Royal Rumble.

Oh, and old foe Randy Orton eliminated him here.

Now: Kingston finally captured the WWE Title in 2019, and that seemed to vindicate his decade-plus long journey through the company system. Now, he partners with Xavier Woods on Raw and is kind of still buddies with SmackDown's Big E.

If one believes that New Day split story from the 2020 Draft, that is.

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