Kofi Kingston was recently a guest on Edge & Christian’s Pod Of Awesomeness. During Kofi’s appearance, he spoke about the whirlwind that has been the past 10 days of his life.
During this span, Kofi has put on incredible performances in the gauntlet match on Smackdown and the Elimination Chamber match on Sunday night.
On the podcast, Kofi revealed how he found out that he was getting the opportunity.
Here is what Kofi said (h/t to Wrestlezone for the quote below):
“As far as cardio is concerned, I don’t really do cardio. Once in a blue moon, I might get on the treadmill and walk briskly for like 20 minutes. Even saying that makes my skin crawl because I have to be on there for that long. For whatever reason, last Monday we were about to go to the house show and I said, ‘You know what? Let me jump on this elliptical,’ and I stayed on for an astounding 45 minutes. This is probably the longest cardio I’ve done in probably like 8 years, so that very night I get the text from Road Dogg saying, ‘Mustafa Ali is gonna be out. We’re gonna put you in this Gauntlet Match and we’re gonna put you in this [Elimination] Chamber, but first we’re gonna put you in this Gauntlet Match and you’re gonna be in there for over an hour. Are you OK with that?’ I obviously respond back, ‘Oh yeah, of course, it’s gonna be fine.’ As soon as I get off I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this is gonna be a long time”
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