WrestleMania 35: What if Kofi Kingston wins the WWE title at the PPV?

3. A huge response from the stadium crowd

Kofi Kingston winning the title could make the live crowd explode.

There’s very little to suggest that positioning Kofi Kingston in the WWE Championship picture was a long term plan for WWE. Rather, his tremendous gauntlet match performance on the SmackDown before Elimination Chamber, before his inspired run in the Chamber itself won over fans to the point that he became the undeniable best choice to chase the title going into the biggest show of the year.

It's tough to say whether WWE would go all the way with Kingston—delivering on the feel good moment, or treating him more as an upper mid-card guy like he has been for most of his career, and making his challenge a footnote in Bryan’s larger WWE Championship story. We can’t know just yet what would be right in the long term, either, without the benefit of historical hindsight. Nonetheless, one thing is for sure. Kingston is as hot as anyone on the WWE roster in this moment, and if he were to beat Bryan for the world title at WrestleMania, it would garner a huge reaction from the stadium crowd, offering a pop WWE could replay for years to come.