There was a swerve on this week’s episode of Smackdown Live. Vince McMahon announced that he has replaced Kofi Kingston at Fastlane. Kevin Owens will now be facing Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship.
So where is this storyline going? Let’s speculate a little bit.
If you are a fan of Kofi, I am pretty certain that this is amazing news. I am basing this on some recent rumors that have been floating around.
The rumor suggested that WWE was planning on doing Owens vs Bryan at Wrestlemania. The other rumor was that they only decided to do Kofi vs Bryan at Fastlane because of the crowd response that Kofi has been receiving.
What this tells me is that WWE has officially flipped the script. They are now doing Bryan vs Owens at Fastlane and are saving Kofi vs Bryan at Wrestlemania. I love Owens but I think that this is the right call based on Kofi’s momentum right now.
Nothing else really makes sense here. They seem to be doing their best to get as much support for Kofi heading into Wrestlemania. My gut says that we are heading towards Kofi winning the Title at Wrestlemania to send the crowd home happy.
This would mean that Owens will likely be losing clean at Fastlane to Bryan. After this, Kofi will somehow earn his way back into Wrestlemania.
Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.
On a related note, check out our speculation on the plans for Roman Reigns at Fastlane.