Kofi Kingston had also lost his WWE World Championship belt to Brock Lesnar at SmackDown in 2019.
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Former WWE World Champion Big E will be taking a cautious approach towards his future after losing his belt to Brock Lesnar at the Day 1 pay-per-view. Lesner pinned Big E to capture the belt and is now scheduled to defend it against Bobby Lashley at Royal Rumble 2022. Big E took a leaf out of former World Champion Kofi Kingston’s book and hopes not to follow in his footsteps. Kingston captured his WWE World Championship belt at the WrestleMania 35 for the first time in 11 years and enthralled the fans with his long-run with the title.
His run, however, came to an end after dropping the belt to Brock Lesnar in less than 10 seconds during a special edition of SmackDown in October 2019. Kingston then moved on to a new settlement with the tag team and never made a run for the World Championships. Big E admitted that he was disappointed with the loss but also accepted that there is no shame in losing to a superstar like Lesner.
“I don’t want to position it as learning from Kofi’s missteps. I know what his intentions were, and mine would have been the same. He didn’t do anything wrong. But I have learned that losing this title hurts. I love being myself and being entertaining, but you can’t go from dropping a world championship to saying everything is golden. This title meant a lot to me, and it meant to a lot of people, too. My focus is clawing back to that spot,” Big E said in an interview to Sports Illustrated.
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed to see it end that way. And it’s not anything against Brock. Brock is a very special athlete, human and performer. There is no shame in losing to Brock Lesnar. I took a moment to soak in the sadness. The highs of winning, like at Money in the Bank or cashing in, those are incredible. But the lows suck, too. And that’s motivation to fuel me, said Big E,” he added.
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The former powerlifter, who dreamt of becoming a professional footballer, grew through the ranks at WWE after he was convinced of his prowess following a tryout at Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment. He later signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2009 and since then has achieved remarkable success in his career.
