Top 20 Matches of WrestleMania 35 Week (Part II)

Kofi Kingston overcame all odds to become the new WWE Champion at WrestleMania 35
Kofi Kingston overcame all odds to become the new WWE Champion at WrestleMania 35

#1 Daniel Bryan (c)/w Rowan vs. Kofi Kingston/w The New Day (for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

Sometimes fairytales do come true. Sometimes WWE gets it right
Sometimes fairytales do come true. Sometimes WWE gets it right

Sure on a wrestling scale, the IWGP Intercontinental title match has the slight edge, yet nothing tops the sheer emotion of the WrestleMania WWE championship bout. Eleven years (and more if you count the greater social narrative at hand) is what it has taken for Kofi Kingston to finally fulfill a lifelong dream, most in his position are never awarded.

Yet that award doesn't come easy, in the perfect story WWE managed to tell since ironically Daniel Bryan's own organic rise to the top. Organic because this narrative fell into the lap of WWE and due credit they assembled it into perfection.

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Even the critical moments where cameras cut back to a rabid locker room cheering Kingston on, added an authentic detail to a battle Kingston and the New Day have fought since their ill-timed debut as a team.

This is the story of the power of positivity, as New Day and all make one believe that Kofi is channeling each and every ounce of support even through the screen to keep fighting for the cause.

It's poetically mirrored by an underrated performance from Daniel Bryan, who gives Kofi his all and selflessly makes him the heroic spirit for the story to come to a rousing conclusion.

Kofi and his New Day brethren are no slouches either, going tooth and nail at it to secure the championship. This is all spread even wonderfully by a chain of moves. The heel Bryan has to beatdown Kofi with his submission maneuvers and vicious kicks before Kofi turns the table on him and finishes it off in appropriate style.

Everyone from the crowd, the Superstars at the back, his brothers and those at home; screaming in delight at that final three count.

There are very few moments that can admittedly bring wrestling fans to tears, this is what WrestleMania is about. This is KofiMania!

Result: Kofi Kingston hits Trouble in Paradise to reach his own and win becoming the NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion!

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