The Intercontinental Champion Big E recently appeared as special guest on Hot 97 and was asked about Kofi Kingston’s reaction on the early days of The New Day.
Then, Big E revealed that Kofi Kingston was considered retiring from WWE because he wasn’t happy with WWE at that point. He wanted to be a heel for some time but they wanted to be him babyface, then, Kofi felt that he got stuck at one lane. Big E also stated that Kofi isn’t the guy working only for paycheck.
“Well, Kofi had wanted to be a heel for quite some time, but he was the guy that they saw as the Ricky Steamboat. The perennial babyface that will never turn and he was the guy they’d cheer for. But – I didn’t realize it at the time until he told us, he was thinking of retiring. He was at a point in his career where, you know, you just get to the point where you’re stuck. You are in this one lane, this is how they see you. The moment with Randy (Orton) was 09-10, but this was 2014, so it’s a while where Kofi could’ve done what he was doing and been around for a while. But he didn’t just want to be a utlity guy. He wasn’t having fun just being there, just getting a paycheck.” (H/T: SK Wrestling)
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