WWE: My Kofi Kingston playlist

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I’m very excited about Kofi Kingston getting a one-on-one shot at the WWE Title at WrestleMania, to the point that I’ve been creating my own little Kofi Kingston playlist for WWE Network subscribers, with the help of Wikipedia and the Pro Wrestling Wiki.

Since WWE Network doesn’t yet have the functionality necessary to literally create a playlist like you can do with YouTube, I’ll post my progress here in this thread. I’ll see how far I get before I grow bored or tired of the entire exercise. Can I make it all the way to 2019?

I’ve watched each one of these matches, and I’ve weighted them for length, notability, and how much they allowed Kofi to shine, specifically.

2008

Kofi Kingston vs. David Owen; ECW 1/22/08: Kofi’s debut

Kofi Kingston, CM Punk, Jimmy Wang Yang, and Shannon Moore vs. Elijah Burke, Shelton Benjamin, and Deuce 'n Domino; ECW 4/15/08: The start of Kofi’s first feud, with Shelton Benjamin

Kofi Kingston vs. Shelton Benjamin; ECW 4/22/08

Kofi Kingston vs. Shelton Benjamin; ECW 5/20/18: Kofi’s first loss

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne vs. Shelton Benjamin and Mike Knox; ECW 6/10/08

Kofi Kingston vs. Shelton Benjamin; ECW 6/24/08 (Extreme Rules match)

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho ©, Night of Champions 6/29/08: Kofi’s first WWE title shot and first match on the RAW roster

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Paul Burchill; RAW 7/14/08

Intercontinental and Women’s Title Match, Winner-Take-All: Kofi Kingston © and Mickie James © vs. Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix; SummerSlam 8/17/08

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Santino Marella ©; RAW 8/25/08

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio vs. Kane, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, and Manu; RAW 9/29/08

Kofi Kingston and CM Punk vs. John Morrison and The Miz; RAW 10/20/08

World Tag Team Title Match: Kofi Kingston and CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase ©; RAW 10/27/08

World Tag Team Title Match: Kofi Kingston and CM Punk vs. John Morrison and The Miz ©; RAW 12/15/08

Kofi Kingston, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, and JTG and Shad Gaspard [Cryme Tyme] vs. Kane, John Morrison, The Miz, Mike Knox, and Dolph Ziggler; RAW 12/29/08

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2009

Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison and The Miz {Timestamp: 34:49}; RAW 1/5/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Kane, Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match; RAW 1/26/09

Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio vs. Kane and Mike Knox; RAW 2/2/09

Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, and John Cena vs. Kane, Mike Knox, and Chris Jericho; RAW 2/9/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho, Money in the Bank Qualifying Match; RAW 3/9/09

Kofi Kingston vs. CM Punk vs. Mark Henry vs. Finlay vs. Christian vs. MVP vs. Kane vs. Shelton Benjamin, Money in the Bank Ladder Match; WrestleMania 25; 4/5/09: Kofi’s first WrestleMania

Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz, Draft Pick Match; RAW 4/13/09: Stay for the post-match

Kofi Kingston vs. Matt Hardy; RAW 5/4/09

Kofi Kingston and MVP vs. Matt Hardy and William Regal; RAW 5/11/09 {Timestamp: 1:03:34}: Impromptu Match

Kofi Kingston vs. William Regal vs. Matt Hardy, United States Title #1 Contendership Match; RAW 5/25/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. MVP ©; RAW 6/1/09: Kofi wins the title

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. MVP vs. Matt Hardy vs. William Regal; Extreme Rules 6/7/09

Kofi Kingston, MVP, and Primo vs. Big Show, Carlito, and Jack Swagger; RAW 7/20/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Carlito vs. Jack Swagger vs. The Miz vs. MVP vs. Primo, Six-Pack Challenge Match; Night of Champions 7/26/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Big Show; RAW 8/3/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Carlito; RAW 8/17/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Jack Swagger vs. Carlito vs. The Miz; RAW 8/31/09: First time I heard the Boom Drop referred to by its name

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. The Miz; Breaking Point 9/13/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger; Hell in a Cell 10/4/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. The Miz; RAW 10/5/09: Kofi loses the title

Kofi Kingston vs. Evan Bourne, Bragging Rights Qualifying Match; RAW 10/12/09

Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Big Show, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, and Shawn Michaels and Triple H [D-Generation X] vs. Chris Jericho, Kane, R-Truth, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd [The Hart Dynasty], Bragging Rights 7-on-7 Tag Team Match; Bragging Rights 10/25/09

Kofi Kingston chases off Legacy in Randy Orton and John Cena’s WWE Championship Iron Man Match {Timestamp: 2:03:00-2:05:06}; Bragging Rights, 10/25/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho; RAW 10/26/09

Kofi Kingston destroys Randy Orton’s car {Timestamp: 56:17}; RAW 10/26/19

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton; RAW 11/2/09

Kofi Kingston, MVP, and Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase [Legacy]; RAW 11/2/09

Kofi Kingston saves “Rowdy” Roddy Piper from being punted; performs the Boom Drop on Randy Orton through a table at Madison Square Garden {Timestamp: 1:08:26}; RAW 11/16/09

Kofi Kingston’s Survivor Series team has a strategy meeting {Timestamp: 33:30}; Survivor Series 11/22/09

Kofi Kingston, Christian, Mark Henry, MVP, and R-Truth [Team Kingston] vs. Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, William Regal, and CM Punk [Team Orton], Traditional Five-on-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match; Survivor Series 11/22/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler, Breakthrough Battle Royal Qualifying Match; RAW 11/23/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Mark Henry vs. MVP vs. R-Truth vs. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase, WWE Title #1 Contendership Breakthrough Battle Royal; RAW 11/23/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton; RAW 11/30/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton, Mark Cuban as special guest referee; RAW 12/7/09

Kofi Kingston confronts Legacy before his match with Randy Orton {Timestamp: 1:57:44}; TLC 12/13/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton; TLC 12/13/09

Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes; RAW 12/14/09

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase [Legacy]; RAW 12/14/09

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase [Legacy]; RAW 12/21/09

Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz; RAW 12/28/09

United States Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz ©; 12/28/09

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2010:

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton {Timestamp: 1:10:53}; RAW 1/4/10: If Orton loses, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase will throw him out of Legacy

Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, and John Cena booked by Mike Tyson in a triple-threat match to determine the #1 Contender to Sheamus’s WWE Championship {Timestamp: 4:19}; RAW 1/11/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton vs. John Cena {Timestamp: 42:35}; #1 Contendership Triple Threat Match; RAW 1/11/10: The match where Orton calls Kofi “stupid”

Kofi Kingston and John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase [Legacy] {Timestamp: 45:00}; RAW 1/18/10

Kofi Kingston vs. The Big Show; Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match {Timestamp: 1:08:20}; RAW 2/1/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Triple H vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Sheamus ©, WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match; Elimination Chamber 2/21/10: Stay for the post-match

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Yoshi Tatsu vs. Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Randy Orton [Legacy]; RAW 2/22/10: Orton turns on Legacy

Kofi Kingston vs. Batista; RAW 3/15/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Vladimir Kozlov, Money in the Bank Qualifying Match; RAW 3/22/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Evan Bourne vs. Kane vs. Matt Hardy vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin, Money in the Bank Ladder Match; WrestleMania XXVI, 3/28/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus; RAW 4/12/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho, Kofi’s first match on the SmackDown roster; SmackDown 4/30/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler, Intercontinental Title Tournament Quarterfinal {Timestamp: 36:00 for better context}; SmackDown 5/7/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Christian, Intercontinental Title Tournament Final; SmackDown 5/14/10: Stay for the post-match

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre ©; Over the Limit 5/23/10: Kofi wins the title

Kofi Kingston and The Big Show vs. Jack Swagger and Drew McIntyre; SmackDown 5/28/10

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Drew McIntyre; SmackDown 6/4/10

Kofi Kingston, Drew McIntyre, Matt Hardy, and Theodore Long angle {Timestamp: 35:50}; SmackDown 6/18/10: Listen for the guy around the 49-minute mark who says, “Teddy, unemployment is not that bad, baby!”

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Drew McIntyre; Fatal 4 Way 6/20/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler; SmackDown 7/2/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre; SmackDown 7/9/10: McIntyre’s qualifying match for the Money in the Bank ladder match

Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, Skip Sheffield [The Nexus] vs. Alex Riley vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Eli Cottonwood vs. Husky Harris vs. John Morrison vs. Kaval vs. Lucky Cannon vs. Mark Henry vs. Michael McGillicutty vs. MVP vs. Percy Watson vs. The Miz vs. Zack Ryder in a 20-Man Battle Royal; NXT 7/13/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kane vs. The Big Show vs. Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Matt Hardy, SmackDown Money in the Bank Ladder Match; Money in the Bank 7/18/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler; SmackDown 7/23/10 (A Kofi move gets called the “Superman Punch” about two years before Roman Reigns’ WWE debut)

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler; SmackDown 7/30/10 (Ziggler becomes I-C Title #1 Contender if he wins; a good example of what happens when Kofi gets angry)

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Dolph Ziggler; SmackDown 8/6/10: Kofi loses the title; stay for the post-match

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; SmackDown 8/20/10: Stay for the post-match

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler © {Timestamp: 32:27}; SmackDown 8/27/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger; SmackDown 9/17/10

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler ©, if ZIggler gets counted out or disqualified, he loses the title; Night of Champions 9/19/10

Kofi Kingston, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, Kane, and The BIg Show vs. David Otunga, Heath Slater, Husky Harris, Justin Gabriel, and Michael McGillicutty [The Nexus] in a ten-man tag-team match; SmackDown 11/5/10

Kofi Kingston vs. David Otunga; Old School RAW 11/15/10, Special Appearance by George “The Animal” Steele

Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, The Big Show, Chris Masters, and MVP vs. Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Drew McIntyre, Tyler Reks, and Alberto Del Rio, Traditional Five-on-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match; Survivor Series 11/21/10: Funniest part of the match is Big Show’s reaction to getting slapped in the back of the head by Del Rio

Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger, King of the Ring Tournament Qualifying Match; SmackDown 11/26/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus, King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match; RAW 11/29/10

Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger, #1 Contendership Match for Intercontinental Title; SmackDown 12/3/10

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; SmackDown 12/10/10

Intercontinental Title Ladder Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; TLC 12/19/10

Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio; SmackDown 12/24/10

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; SmackDown 12/30/10

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2011

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; SmackDown 1/7/11: Kofi wins the title; stay for the post-match

Kofi Kingston vs. Kane vs. Alberto Del Rio in a Royal Rumble Exhibition Match; SmackDown 1/28/11

Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio vs. Kane and Alberto Del Rio; SmackDown 1/28/11

Kofi Kingston in the 2011 Royal Rumble Match {Timestamp: 2:09:51-2:30:30}; Royal Rumble 1/30/11: A 26-minute Kofi appearance in the Rumble, but no “Kofi Signature Royal Rumble Moment”

About this point, Michael Cole starts to get really annoying. Just FYI.

Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre, Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match; SmackDown 2/4/11

Non-Title Match: Kofi Kingston (Intercontinental Champion) vs. The Miz (WWE Champion), SmackDown 2/18/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio, Elimination Chamber 2/20/11

Non-Title Match: Kofi Kingston (Intercontinental Champion) vs. Sheamus (United States Champion), SmackDown 3/18/11

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston © vs. Wade Barrett; SmackDown 3/25/11: Kofi loses the title

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett ©; SmackDown 4/1/11

Kofi Kingston, The Big Show, Kane, and Santino Marella vs. Wade Barrett, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, and Justin Gabriel [The Corre]; WrestleMania 27, 4/3/11: A very short match but it is a WrestleMania match, and it’s also pertinent to Kofi’s story.

Kofi Kingston, The Big Show, Kane, and Santino Marella vs. Wade Barrett, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, and Justin Gabriel [The Corre], Two out of Three Falls Match; SmackDown 4/8/11

Intercontinental Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett ©; SmackDown 4/22/11

Kofi Kingston, Brodus Clay, Chris Masters, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, Kane, The Big Show, and Wade Barrett [Team SmackDown] vs. Daniel Bryan, Evan Bourne, Mark Henry, Mason Ryan, Santino Marella, Sheamus, Ted DiBiase, The Great Khali, Vladimir Kozlov, and Yoshi Tatsu [Team RAW] in a 20-Man Team Battle Royal to determine a pick of the WWE Draft; RAW 4/25/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus to determine a pick of the WWE Draft; RAW 4/25/11

Kofi Kingston assaulted by Sheamus before their match {Timestamp: 16:47}; SmackDown 4/29/11

United States Title, Tables Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus ©; Extreme Rules 5/1/11: Kofi wins the title

Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger and Drew McIntyre; RAW 5/2/11

United States Title: Kofi Kingston © vs. Jack Swagger; RAW 5/9/11: Perhaps most notable for Jerry Lawler beating Michael Cole with his tie

Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre, RAW 5/23/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler, RAW 5/30/11

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger, RAW 6/13/11

United States Title: Kofi Kingston © vs. Dolph Ziggler, Capitol Punishment 6/19/11: Kofi loses the title

United States Title, Two Out of Three Falls Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; RAW 6/20/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler, RAW 6/27/11

Kofi Kingston, Alex Riley, Evan Bourne, The Miz, R-Truth, and Jack Swagger confront each other {Timestamp: 39:15}; leads to a six-man tag-team match; RAW 7/11/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Alex Riley vs. Evan Bourne vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio, RAW Money in the Bank Ladder Match; Money in the Bank, 7/17/11

WWE Championship Tournament Match, First Round: Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio; RAW 7/18/11

WWE Championship Tournament Match, Semifinals: Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz; RAW 7/18/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio; RAW 7/25/11

Alberto Del Rio vs. Evan Bourne, RAW 8/1/11: Kofi saves Bourne after the match

Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz, RAW 8/8/11

Kofi Kingston, John Morrison, and Rey Mysterio vs. The Miz, R-Truth, and Alberto Del Rio; SummerSlam 8/14/11

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty, RAW 8/15/11

WWE Tag Team Title: Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty ©; RAW 8/22/11: Kofi wins the title

8/29/11: Brand Extension Ends

WWE Tag Team Title: Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] © vs. David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty; RAW SuperShow 8/29/11: Very short but worth watching for the post-match

Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz; RAW SuperShow 9/12/11

WWE Tag Team Title: Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] © vs. The Miz and R-Truth [Awesome Truth]; Night of Champions 9/18/11

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Sheamus, and Justin Gabriel vs. Christian, Wade Barrett, David Otunga, and Michael McGillicutty; RAW SuperShow 9/19/11

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. The Usos; SmackDown 9/23/11

United States Title: Zack Ryder vs. Dolph Ziggler ©; RAW SuperShow 9/26/11: Pertinent to the next match

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Zack Ryder vs. Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, and Mason Ryan; RAW SuperShow 9/26/11

WWE Tag Team Title: Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] © vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler; Hell in a Cell 10/2/11

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, John Cena, CM Punk, Mason Ryan, and Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Cody Rhodes, David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler, and Jack Swagger in a 12-man tag-team match {Timestamp: 47:30}; RAW SuperShow 10/3/11

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler; SmackDown 10/7/11

Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Mason Ryan vs. Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, and David Otunga; RAW SuperShow 10/10/11

Kofi Kingston and Zack Ryder vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler, SmackDown 10/14/11

WWE Tag Team Title: Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] © vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler; Vengeance 10/23/11

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. The Miz and R-Truth [Awesome Truth]; SmackDown 10/28/11

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett; RAW SuperShow 10/31/11

Kofi Kingston and Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes and Hunico; RAW SuperShow 11/14/11

Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Mason Ryan, Sin Cara, and Sheamus [Team Orton] vs. Wade Barrett, Jack Swagger, Hunico, Dolph Ziggler, and Cody Rhodes [Team Barrett], Traditional Survivor Series Five-on-Five Elimination Match; Survivor Series 11/20/11

Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett; RAW SuperShow 11/21/11

Kofi Kingston introduces Evan Bourne to Miss USA; Tribute to the Troops 12/17/11 {Timestamp: 1:01:00}

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. Primo and Epico; Tribute to the Troops 12/17/11 {Timestamp: 1:02:00}

WWE Tag Team Title: Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne [Air Boom] vs. Primo and Epico; TLC 12/18/11