WWE Champion Kofi Kingston was recently interviewed by TV Insider to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Kingston talked about his recent trip to his native Ghana, how he was received, and facing Dolph Ziggler at the Super ShowDown this weekend in Saudi Arabia.
Here are the highlights:
His recent trip to Ghana:
It was incredible. I feel like it was very powerful for me to go back to the place I was born as the WWE champion, as somebody who has accomplished everything they’ve wanted to accomplish in life. This has always been my dream to become a WWE superstar and WWE champion. I have always been one to motivate and inspire others.
What better way of doing that than going back to my homeland and visiting with kids and people just like me, living in the same villages, same towns, and kids who might have a dream. I wanted to go back as living, breathing, tangible proof that these dreams are possible if you believe in yourself and keep on striving toward your goals.
It was very powerful to have me in the flesh. It means so much more to shake somebody’s hand, a child’s hand and motivate them in that way and a true sense of belief.
How he was received by the people:
Everybody is so welcoming. Even when I was in seventh grade, everyone wanted to welcome me in and let me experience what a family is supposed to be like. Everybody is family when you are there. I felt that 20-fold when I came back. There was dancing everywhere we went and a band playing drums, trumpets. That to me is the most heartwarming thing. I can be gone for such a long time and be welcomed as if I never left.
Facing Dolph Ziggler at the Super ShowDown:
Dolph is one of my favorite opponents of all-time, if not my favorite. Not to toot my own horn or our horn, our matches have always been off the chain. We have really good chemistry. I’m looking forward to facing him again. We’ve had a very similar journey of two guys who have been underrated in a sense, not been given their due, having to fight and claw and scratch our way to the main event scene. Now our careers have gone separately but here we are meeting again at Super ShowDown. We’re both looking to steal the show.
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