Figure Four Weekly: #KofiMania

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A combination of timing, fan support, and strong performances have come together to make Kofi Kingston the unlikely star of WrestleMania season.

It was only a few weeks ago where this seemed completely implausible. Kingston wasn’t even originally supposed to be in the WWE Championship match at Elimination Chamber. He was on the outside looking in, with Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, Mustafa Ali, and Jeff Hardy set to take part in the match.

But Ali suffered an injury prior to Elimination Chamber and had to be pulled from the pay-per-view. Kingston was his replacement — and even if WWE didn’t intend for him to be in the title picture past Elimination Chamber, they put him in a position to thrive. Kingston went nearly an hour in a gauntlet match on SmackDown’s go-home show for the PPV, defeating Bryan, Hardy, and Joe before being eliminated.

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