At WrestleMania 35, Kofi Kingston defeated Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan) to win his first WWE Championship, thereby becoming WWE’s 30th Triple Crown Champion, 20th Grand Slam Champion, and the first African-born WWE Champion.
In an interview with The Ringer, Danielson reflected on his loss to Kingston at WrestleMania 35 and explained why it is his favorite match of his WWE career. The American Dragon said,
“To me, the whole thing was magic. And you look at the live events, like the number of shows that he did for WWE, the amount of TV time that he filled in every time, going out there and always having a positive attitude and all that kind of stuff. What a great human being, you know what I mean? Like I said, it was my favorite match.”
“I think the whole thing was my favorite part of my WWE career. And conversely, the most demoralized I ever was, was seeing him lose it to Brock Lesnar the way that he did.”
Kingston held the WWE Championship for 180 days before getting squashed by Brock Lesnar on the 20th-anniversary episode of WWE SmackDown on October 4th, 2019.
