5 WWE Superstars who turned famous botches into positives

#1 Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston’s feel-good WrestleMania 35 moment came 11 years after he debuted in WWE, but many fans believe that it took far too long for the New Day member to win the WWE Championship and that his run in the main-event scene should have been kick-started during his first major push in 2010.

At the time, it looked as though Kingston was going to win the Money In The Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 26 and go on to become a possible world champion, but his career began to stall after he botched a finish against Randy Orton on an episode of Raw.

Orton was originally supposed to deliver a Punt Kick to his opponent but Kingston stood up too early, forcing “The Viper” to use an RKO instead. This prompted an irate Orton to yell “Stupid! Stupid!” at the up-and-comer.

Nine years later, Kingston turned the 2010 negative into a 2019 positive by repeatedly shouting “Stupid! Stupid!” at Orton after hitting him with a clothesline during a tag match on SmackDown Live.