WWE SmackDown Live: 3 Signs that indicate towards Kofi Kingston losing the WWE Title to Randy Orton at Clash of Champions

This week’s RAW and SmackDown Live have been concluded and if one is to make a list out of the biggest things to look forward to, then the feud between Randy Orton and Kofi Kingston for the WWE Title won’t be on the top three for many of them.

It is a shame that it had to come to this point as this storyline had a lot of promise. Kingston began feuding with the Apex Predator after overcoming the likes of Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, and Samoa Joe.

Orton is already a legend in the business and the two actually have a history between each other. The platform was there for this to be an epic battle but for some reason, it has fallen flat.

In the last episode of SmackDown Live, Randy Orton paired up with The Revival (again) to beat down Kofi Kingston (again). There is basically nothing creative here as the two are just going physical against each other every other week without any real story.

The latest episode of SmackDown Live was perhaps the best indication of Kofi Kingston losing his title to Randy Orton at Clash of Champions – and here are 3 signs that suggest that…

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#3 KofiMania is over

KofiMania is over

Kofi Kingston wasn’t supposed to be the WWE Champion. However, the fans’ KofiMania movement made it possible for the New Day member to have the belt around his waist.

He got himself over after some tremendous performances in gauntlet matches preceding WrestleMania 35 and the fans filled the arenas with Kofi chants, something that forced the company to put him in a match against Daniel Bryan at the Show of Shows and win the title from him.

While he still does get cheers, the adulation is nowhere near to what it was back then and it was perhaps at its lowest point in the last episode of SmackDown Live.

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#2 Momentum is with Orton

Orton has the momentum

So far in this feud, Randy Orton has come out as the stronger person. He may have lost his SummerSlam bout against the WWE Champion but that match had no real hype to it because of the lack of build in the weeks prior.

As a result, the feud was reignited following the Biggest Party of the Summer and since then, it has been Orton with the dominance against his rival. He formed an unusual alliance with The Revival to make a stable of his own and battle Kofi Kingston’s New Day.

At Clash of Champions, the three members of both stables are set to lock horns against each other as The Revival are facing Xavier Woods and Big E for the SmackDown Live Tag Team Titles while Orton faces Kingston for the WWE Title.

None of the previous challengers formed such a strong 3-man stable as Orton has and while there has been a lack of proper story in the current feud, Orton has gained a lot of moment in the past few weeks and that might allow him to win the WWE Championship at Clash of Champions.

#1 WWE Title has become an afterthought of sorts

An afterthought of sorts

This is perhaps the most worrying sign about the WWE Title. The Championship is supposed to be the most prestigious title that the company has to offer and yet, it now feels more like an afterthought more than anything else.

It is difficult to remember the last time the belt featured in the main event match in a PPV. In fact, Kofi Kingston hasn’t even had a main event match as the WWE Champion in any of the PPVs following WrestleMania.

If that alone wasn’t bad enough then the last few episodes of SmackDown Live takes the cake.

Last week’s episode of SmackDown Live featured Roman Reigns in the main event. This week’s episode, too, closed with Roman Reigns’ storyline. The feud for the WWE Title got a spot right in the middle of the episode, sandwiched between King of the Ring matches.

Even the match between Aleister Black and Shelton Benjamin took place after the segment between Orton and Kingston, which goes to show that the title has become somewhat of an afterthought and it might be time that it changes hands.

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