Kofi Kingston Discusses Breaking Up The New Day

Kofi Kingston was recently interviewed by Argus Leader to promote the upcoming WWE live event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota this Saturday. He discussed a number of topics, including how he arrived in the United States, potentially breaking up The New Day, the Royal Rumble and more.

Below are some highlights from the interview along with Kofi’s responses:

On coming from Ghana, to Boston College, to the WWE:

“My parents came to the United States when I was two years old looking for a chunk of the American dream; I’m talking about a better life for themselves and their kids. We came over here and sometime along the way I became an avid wresting fan. I used to watch Superstars every Saturday morning religiously. In high school, I was the guy who was always watching Raw. I’ve always been a fan, and this is the only thing I’ve wanted to do. I was told I couldn’t do it because I was too small and got laughed at. But those same people who laughed at me are now asking for autographs for their kids.”

On the formation of The New Day

“Initially Woods and E were talking about getting together and doing some sort of a faction. At that point in my career I was looking for a change, and it seemed like the perfect change. It was going to be three guys who were disgruntled with their positions in the company and wanted better, and that was the truth. Obviously, when we debuted, it ended up being a lot different from that. But we embraced what we were given, and we are what we are now. The evolution process has been amazing. The gimmick was going to be put on us and we knew that regardless of what we were out there talking about, our chemistry would shine through. And here we are today still doing it.”

On WWE breaking up The New Day:

“I think stereotypically, when you have groups or tag teams, it’s a matter of time before they’re broken up. But with us, it’s a lot different because I think that we have something that nobody else has or nobody has had for a long time. We’re a three-man group who essentially cover all the bases.

All of us are entertaining, all of us can wrestle very well and all of us can speak very well. To me, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for them to break us up. We’re at the highest now than we’ve ever been. We’re doing a lot better now as a group than we were as singles. A lot of times when teams break up, it’s to do better as singles competitors than they’re doing as a group. It’s kind of hard to justify that with the things we’re doing right now with our merchandise sales and all the products we’re coming out with, the fanbase that we have, people clambering for pancakes and Booty-O’s and ice cream. We have a unique way of connecting with the crowd, so it doesn’t really make sense to split us up at all, even if we wanted to.”

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On the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in Phoenix on Jan. 27:

“You never quite know what’s in store for the Royal Rumble, and I think that’s the beauty of it. For me, the goal has always been to win. That would be the greatest “trick” of all, getting the win. So that’s been the goal and we’ll see how that comes about. We really have no idea with what’s going on with the Royal Rumble, even on that day, because there’s so much stuff going on. I’m sure it’ll be as entertaining as in the past if not more.”

Kofi also discusses appearing in Disney’s “Kickin'”, Midwest wrestling fans and more.

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