Popular WWE Star Discusses Current Story Spawned From On-Air Injury

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A popular WWE star has opened up on their current storyline that stemmed from a real life injury that took place on air.

On the Day 1 special episode of WWE Raw on January 1, the tag team match between Imperium’s Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser against Jey Uso and Kofi Kingston was abruptly stopped due to a concussion suffered by Vinci.

Vinci made his return to action on this week’s Raw show, where Imperium and New Day took their heated rivalry to the next level when they brawled into the crowd.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Kofi Kingston discussed the angle, and how it has allowed Kaiser and Woods to show another side of themselves.

He said:

“We were just talking about this, storyline-wise, me and (Xavier) Woods, we weren’t involved in a storyline for almost a year. Still on TV, doing stuff, having great matches, being able to do all that. But from a storyline perspective, it wasn’t — it was NXT when we went there and we had a whole run with the titles and all that, which was great.

“It wasn’t until… the time period between that and what we are doing now with Imperium, that just happened, because when me and Giovanni (Vinci) were in there… he ends up getting hurt and getting concussed and we have to stop the match mid-match. They would have never written that into a storyline and only because that happened, allowed for me to go in there and go against Ludwig (Kaiser) and allow him to show a different side that you didn’t think that he had. You always look at Ludwig and Giovanni as GUNTHER’s side pieces, you know what I’m saying? That’s what you visualize them as and now you give them a chance to step up and be their own people and level up.

“So, that only happened because me and Gio were in there and he ended up getting hurt so, then that happens and then Woods comes in the next week and he’s allowed to show a different side and now all of sudden it’s like, oh my God, New Day’s turning up and then we have this match this past week and we’re out in the stands and we’re fighting and we’re going through tables and all of sudden, people are like, ‘Oh, this is great. This is an aggressive side of New Day that we haven’t seen before.’ You’ve seen it before, but it’s really one the situation warrants for it to happen, and I take a lot of pride in being able to do that and be able to adjust based on what the situation demands.”

Kofi is set to challenge Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship on next week’s Raw.

Both Kingston and Gunther are set to be a part of tonight’s Royal Rumble match.

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