Kofi Kingston Had No Idea He Was The First To Hold All WWE Tag Titles

In an interview with WWE.com, Kofi Kingston revealed he had no idea he was the first superstar to win the RAW, Smackdown, WWE and World Tag Team titles. The New Day beat the Usos to become Smackdown Tag Team Champion at WWE Battleground. You can find our report here.

On being the first to hold all four versions of the tag titles: “I had no idea. I don’t think we look at accomplishments that deeply in terms of pursuing them. We usually find out on Twitter. Like, ‘Hey! Did you guys know you’re the only ones to win the Raw and SmackDown [Tag Team] Titles?’ It’s pretty cool when you sit back and look at it, but it’s weird; the more time that passes, we keep attaining these unattainable goals, if that makes sense. Hosting WrestleMania is not something set for yourself when you’re a kid. You don’t say, ‘One day, I’m going to host WrestleMania, and this is my goal; I’m going to work toward it.” It just happened. Same thing with winning this championship title. It’s a very strange stat to be celebrating. You don’t set these goals, but we’re very fortunate to have had these things happen to us.”

On his legacy: “Honestly, it’s all cool and everything, for sure. Since I’m still here and still doing this, it’s hard to reminisce about the things I’ve done or things in the past. It’s not something I really think about, but since you asked me, I will say it’s definitely cool. Obviously, what’s more important to me are the accolades that we achieve as a group, because this journey has been wild from the beginning. Obviously, as we’ve said in many interviews, it was a struggle to even get on TV. We finally get on and get rejected by the masses, then finally embraced by the masses. We hosted WrestleMania and, the year before, had the number one merchandise sales at WrestleMania. This has been the wildest ride ever. So, to me, it’s more important at this time to think about the things we have done as a unit, and the things we can do as a unit, to keep on climbing that ladder.”

Big E on the Freebird Rule: “But imagine ya boys ‘Freebirding’ — nay, ‘New Daying’ — a singles title. That’s fresh. That’s what the people need. That’s what the people want to see.”