Kofi Kingston was recently interviewed by talkSPORT. During the interview, he spoke on a wide variety of topics.
One of the most interesting parts was when Kofi shared the backstage reaction after he won the WWE Title. This includes the reaction of Vince McMahon and more.
Here is what Kofi had to say:
“The whole thing was amazing, man. It was almost a blur. So when we came back through the curtain, we got to walk almost down the side of the ramp and there was a whole bunch of fans there and just seeing the happiness in peoples faces and my family was just in the ring, my kids – my son jumped up to the second rope and he got the t-shirt out and he’s throwing it into the crowd! – like, it was just surreal. It was a dream. And then walking through the curtain and back up to gorilla, everybody in gorilla was on their feet clapping. Vince had a huge smile on his face. Big, big hugs in there, you know?
“I’m just so proud to be champion and to have the support of my peers and my fans. This whole eleven-year journey has been, not just an eleven-year journey for me, but for all the people that have followed me throughout these years. After Elimination Chamber, I realized that the WWE Universe wanted this as much as I did and I’m getting kind of choked up even talking about it right now!
“It is awesome to have that support and adulation of the people that I do this for. I’ll have to watch the tapes back, but there was just so many people right there when I came back. I remember [Tyler] Breeze being right there. Rusev was right there. God, everybody was right there and just so happy for me. That means the world to me. It was just an amazing experience, I’ll never forget it.
Pretty cool to hear.
On a related note, check out my early predictions for Summerslam here.