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Kofi Kingston

The New Day’s Kofi Kingston is powered by positivity, and he’s used it to catapult himself to new heights, including the WWE Championship.

Since bursting on the WWE scene in 2007, Kingston has established himself as one of WWE’s premier high-flyers. That, paired with his upbeat attitude, made him a perennial favorite of the WWE Universe as he racked up Intercontinental, United States and Tag Team Championships. Kingston also cemented his place in WWE history with a series of daredevil moments where he saved himself from elimination in several Royal Rumble Matches.

When he joined forces with Big E and Xavier Woods to form The New Day, though, no one could have guessed that the trio of unicorn horn-wearing, Booty-O-chomping Superstars would achieve the feats that they have in WWE. In fact, the WWE Universe despised them at first, but soon grew to love them.

As the veteran member of the team, Kingston provides his wealth of knowledge to his younger compadres, and it has paid off. Not only has The New Day become one of the most popular factions in WWE histo

Kofi Kingston

Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler

This article is about the professional wrestler. For the soccer player, see Kofi Sarkodie.

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Rawbrand under the ring nameKofi Kingston and is part of The New Day.

After graduating from Boston College, he decided to pursue a professional wrestling career, and began performing on the New Englandindependent circuit as a Jamaican wrestler by the name of Kofi Nahaje Kingston.[4] After signing a developmental deal with WWE in 2006, he shortened his ring name to Kofi Kingston. He debuted in WWE’s brand ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) in 2008 using the same Jamaican character as he did on the independent circuit. In late 2009, he stopped being billed from Jamaica and dropped the accent, although he kept his ring name. He then started being billed from his home country of Ghana.

From 2008 to 2013, Kingston became a four-time Intercontinental Champion, a three

The New Day (professional wrestling)

Professional wrestling tag team

Professional wrestling tag team

The New Day

The New Day (from left to right: Xavier Woods, former member Big E, and Kofi Kingston) in 2016

MembersKofi Kingston
Xavier Woods
Name(s)The New Day
Billed heightsKingston: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Woods: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Combined
billed weight
417 lb (189 kg)
Former
member(s)
Big E
DebutJuly 21, 2014
Years active2014–present

The New Day is a villainousprofessional wrestlingtag team consisting of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. They are signed to WWE, where they perform on the Rawbrand.

One of the most popular and decorated teams in WWE history, The New Day holds several records, including the most reigns as SmackDown Tag Team Champions at seven, and the longest-reigning Raw Tag Team Champions at 483 days. As a team, they also hold the record for most WWE-branded tag team championship reigns at 12 (seven SmackDown, four Raw, and one NXT)—the only team WWE recognizes with more is

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