#2 Kofi Kingston
If you paid attention to the Road to WrestleMania, you couldn't have missed the ongoing tensions between Kofi Kingston and Mr. McMahon. Although it didn't turn physical like many of his other feuds, McMahon routinely showed up on SmackDown to consistently deter Kingston from getting a much-deserved title shot.
Kingston had been on fire right before Elimination Chamber and his perseverance after 11 years of not getting a main title shot finally caught fire. He would consistently face obstacle after obstacle from McMahon, from being replaced in one match to having to survive a gauntlet match in order to 'earn' his title shot.
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McMahon used the usual 'you aren't good enough' rhetoric that was used during the Daniel Bryan feud. Only this time, Bryan was also saying that Kingston wasn't good enough. At times, McMahon's actions just seemed mean, like pitting him in handicap matches and also pulling the rug out from under Kingston's feet. In the end, however, it all worked as Kingston won the title at WrestleMania 35 and still has it.