Kofi Kingston Talks About Getting Into An Actual Fight With Vince McMahon During A Flight

Kofi Kingston has had a terrific WWE career, however early on he struggled to get his footing.

Kofi recalled an incident that went down during the WrestleMania 26 Media Loop where a fight broke out between himself and Vince McMahon. The whole ordeal started when Vince made a comment about Kofi not being over with the crowd.

“Upon exiting the plane, Vince McMahon quipped “Kofi, maybe one day you’ll be over.”

One of the people on the plane at the time was former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho. Jericho went up to Kofi who had been kicked off the plane, and gave him some advice.. to go and fight Vince McMahon.

“It’s one of my vivid memories in sports because it’s the wild world of wrestling. You know what I mean? We were on the way to a press conference. As we were getting off, Vince started trying me a little bit. He’s like, ‘You wanna fight an old man?’ I’m like, ‘Whoa, what is going on? What’s happening?’ I got kicked off the plane because I wouldn’t fight him. ‘Uhhhh, okay.’ Jericho did come down and he said I had to go back up there, because in this weird world of wrestling, this is how you had to get respect. I’m like, ‘Uhhh, okay, I guess I’ll go up there and try to fight my boss.’ We get up there and we start going back and forth. All of a sudden, I got double legged on the plane. I’m like, ‘Oh my God, we’re really fighting.’ This is crazy.”

Kofi continued recalling the incident, stating:

“I had the whizzer in. The ref probably wouldn’t have given him the two points. But you’ve got to keep in mind, the aisle in the plane was three or four feet long. All of a sudden, he started laughing, ‘Ah, if I’d have known that you want it.’ I’m thankful that Jericho told me to go back on there because who knows, in this weird world of wrestling, if I don’t go on there, all of a sudden, ‘he doesn’t have what it takes.’ I don’t know if I would have had the career that I would have had. A very different time, back then. It was a wild night, for sure. Anyone who is an amateur wrestling aficionado, if you have that whizzer in, they can’t award control. Who knows what would have happened. I’m pretty sure I might have been able to get my legs out and get a sprawl on. It didn’t have to go that far. I don’t think it was about the actual takedown. Who knows.”

“We were still kind of in the early state of our relationship, so I don’t know if there was a shift or anything, I’ve been real lucky to have a really really good relationship with Vince over the years. I’ve been really lucky to have experience so much in my career. Obviously, Vince is the one making those decisions at the end of the day. I’ve taken a lot of pride in being able to deliver over the years and maximize the opportunities I’ve been given. I’m always thankful to Vince for giving me those opportunities for the past decade plus. I just keep trying to knock them out of the park every single time.”

You can watch the entire interview Kofi Kingston did with Fightful where he recalls his fight with Vince McMahon below.

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