WWE Smackdown - Grading tonight’s show (2nd July 2019)

#4 - Kofi flips the bird

The scheduled ‘face-to-face’ segment between Kofi Kingston and Samoa Joe was up next. Kayla Braxton was out to host this confrontation, but Samoa Joe quickly took over proceedings and went on to accuse Kofi of being a fake.

Joe claimed that Kingston uses the fans, just like he uses his New Day teammates Big E and Xavier Woods, to get his own way. But Kofi came back with a strong retort and ran down his recent victories, pointing out that he’s done them all by himself, while all Joe has done recently is lose his United States Championship to Ricochet.

Kofi's face is priceless while showing middle finger 😂😂 #SDLive pic.twitter.com/2bf4OpcfZM

— FM Anton McFarlane (@Sixstars1989) July 3, 2019

After some more back and forth, Samoa Joe threatened that Kofi’s loved ones would not be safe unless he shook Joe’s hand. Kofi defiantly refused the handshake and instead flipped Joe off before laying him out with ‘Trouble in Paradise’.

Did Kofi just make a huge mistake?

Kingston came across as a fearless and resolute babyface in this segment, but it will be interesting to see how Joe responds to this humiliation next week.

Grade: B