WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston took to his Instagram account to share his thoughts on his botched Royal Rumble elimination from Saturday night. Kofi was meant to perform one of his trademark “saves” when he landed on the barricade. However, the force of the landing was too much and his feet had touched the floor. WWE called it a shoot and therefore he was eliminated from the match. Since then, this elimination was heavily criticized by many within the WWE Universe on social media. Had Kofi survived the elimination, he was meant to last a little longer in the match and had a planned spot with Big E. that was obviously scrapped.
Kofi Kingston posted the following comments to Instagram regarding the botch:
“The past couple of days on social media, I’ve gotten a lot of “Why would you think that was even possible?” and “Why would you even try that?” The answer to that question is quite easy: because of the potential reward. What if you were to succeed in overcoming what is deemed “impossible”?
The sense of accomplishment felt when you beat the odds and brazenly defy the probabilities is purely ecstatic. People’s questions then morph into “How in the world did you do that?!” and “I never thought that would be possible!”
But alas, it was not to be…this time…
However, even in failure, there is also a reward; one that may be more valuable than success. That reward is Self-learning and growth. True strength. Failure forces you to take look within and learn about yourself. Do you mope around and sulk? Do you hide and feel sorry for yourself? Maybe for a little while. I think that’s natural. But then you use those emotions as a catalyst to push yourself and to drive yourself to be better.
The castles of success are built in part from keystones of failure…
Anyway, this isn’t a cry for sympathetic messages in the comments or anything lol. I just saw this as a great opportunity to encourage people out there who might be on the fence about trying something because it’s too risky or because they are afraid. Push yourself to try, even when you know the risks.
In my case, all the possible risks became a reality: physical injury, the emotional weight of letting people down by literally falling short of delivering on their expectations, the risk of being laughed at and ridiculed for deciding to try the impossible.
And still if given another chance in choosing whether or not to make the attempt…I’d change nothing.
No guts, no glory. No risk it, no biscuit. No pressure, no diamonds. You gotta bet it to get it. All the quotes…
Many great rewards come to those who push the limits…
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#royalrumble”
