Along together with his long list of other accolades in WWE, Kofi Kingston will without end be often known as the star who achieved essentially the most ridiculous feats throughout quite a few Royal Rumble matches to avoid letting his feet touch the ground. From handstands, to jumps from the commentary desk to the ring apron, to landing on the shoulders of former Recent Day stablemate Big E, Kingston avoided elimination loads of times. Following his appearance within the 2026 Rumble match, “WWE Raw” newcomer Je’Von Evans revealed on “Busted Open Radio” that he practiced a Kingston-like spot that he didn’t find yourself doing within the bout.
“Everyone was form of expecting me to do the Kofi Kingston save and, ‘Oh, is he going to leap from the table to the apron?’ or whatever,” “The Young OG” explained. “I attempted it and it worked! But I’m glad we didn’t do it because, I feel like Kofi, he made that so memorable together with his that I don’t desire to proceed something that he already made legendary. That was his thing, so I would like to create something that everyone will probably be like, ‘Oh. That is Je’Von Evans.’ I at all times need to be myself.”
In his first-ever Rumble match, the 2025 “WWE NXT” Iron Survivor spent a powerful 48 minutes within the ring before he was eventually eliminated by Randy Orton. Evans called the experience “magical” in a previous interview and said he was grateful for the experience, even after taking a German suplex and F5 from Brock Lesnar.
Evans was called as much as the principal roster following his Iron Survivor win at Deadline, then subsequent loss to then-NXT Champion Oba Femi. He signed with the red brand on January 5.
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