Kofi Kingston recently spoke with WWE.com to comment on the milestone of his ten years in WWE; you can read a few excerpts below:
Kofi Kingston comments on the feeling of being a ten year veteran:
It’s really, really cool. Ten years is a long time. I always tell people when you’re with WWE for a while, it starts to become the thing you’ve done the longest. It used to be, high school was four years, then college was four years, you worked at a certain job for two years and another job for another two years, then all of a sudden, you’re here … for 10 years? It’s a really weird feeling. I remember when I debuted; it feels like just yesterday, but at the same time, it feels forever ago. It’s like this bizarre time warp. But I’m grateful to be one of the guys that’s been here for that long.
Kofi comments on some of the biggest changes in his on-air career:
Being allowed to speak. My first, what, five, six years I was never given a microphone. Now we have this New Day thing where we talk pretty much every single week. It allows me to open up a whole different side, so I just think it’s really important to be able to adapt. That was the main goal. Even now it’s the main goal in The New Day. We’re always thinking of different things to be on the cutting edge of what’s entertaining or what’s hot on Twitter or social media or even society in general. I’ve had little goals here and there. But that’s the main goal. Always changing, always be prepared to adapt.
Kofi comments on his rivalry with Dolph Ziggler; does he have a favorite match?
Can’t do it. Can’t pick a single match. All of them that I remember were so good, so fun and so competitive. At that time, we were two guys who were really trying to take it to the next level in our singles careers and we always wanted to outdo each other. The one that I can think of right now was Capitol Punishment in Washington, D.C., and I think it was me and Dolph for the United States Championship. I think Vickie was there too. We had so many matches, and I’m probably getting all the details wrong, but that one I remember being really, really proud of. I think we opened up the show, and we just made it a hard match to follow. He’s one of my favorite opponents for sure. It’s always fun, it’s always competitive and it’s always a great match. I hope the Zig Man comes back to the company! I don’t want to see him go out the way he did.
Is there a secret to staying relevant?
There is no secret. It’s just grind. Relentless grind. I’m so lucky to have jibed so well with Woods and E, and I’m so grateful for them. They were the ones who actually came to me with the idea of getting together. I knew I needed to make a change in my career at that point. I had a bunch of ideas that weren’t being allowed to get off the ground. Luckily, with the whole New Day scenario, we’re allowed to travel together, we were together on Live Events, we still have not had, to this day, a fight between all of us. That’s crazy. What was the question again?
