5 Reasons why Vince McMahon is delaying Kofi Kingston's title shot

#2 He still doesn't consider Kingston a main-event guy

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One unfair but totally logical truth that might be behind the constant toying with Kofi Kingston is that maybe the top brass or just Mr McMahon don't consider Kingston to be a main-event guy.

Mr McMahon traditionally loves guys who are built like John Cena, Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns. That means over 6'4'' and 240 pounds.

Kingston is billed as six feet and about 210 pounds. That's a little bigger than Daniel Bryan but a little smaller Shawn Michaels.

Although smaller wrestlers like Michaels, Bret Hart, Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio have held gold in WWE, some guys just aren't ticketed for main-event success.

With the huge amount of superstars now on the roster, it is hard to give everyone a top spot that the fans and the superstars might believe they deserve.

Someone like Kingston is certainly a workhorse and could have easily been given a WWE Championship run during the brand split. Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton had short title reigns, and Kingston could have easily carried the title for a few months.

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Matt Serocki is a sports journalist from outside of Boston, Massachusetts who has written about sports for a local newspaper, the MetroWest Daily News.

Matt has written about professional wrestling for the past year but has been writing lyrics, short stories and novels in his spare time. He writes around 30-50 articles per month.

During his time on writing for Sportskeeda, Matt has written about a variety of topics including the history of the business as well as about the current stars and product. He follows numerous promotions like the WWE, AEW, ROH, MLW, NJPW, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and WOW.

Studied Communications with a focus on writing at Framingham State University from 2000-2004.

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