This story man...

This time two months ago, this would seem ridiculous. Kofi Kingston, career midcarder/tag team specialist in a world title match at WrestleMania? Madness. And yet, here we are, and its the best thing in the company and the best built story of the whole of WrestleMania: a WrestleMania that features Batista and Kurt Angle's last matches, a WrestleMania that features Roman Reigns' first singles match since returning from leukemia and a WrestleMania that features the first ever women's main event in the show's history. And this is the hottest thing? Goddamn!

This is a testament to coherent, consequential storytelling and utterly stellar character work. The New Day have been incredible in their various roles throughout. E and Woods, desperate for their brother to get the shot he has long since deserved in their minds, and driven to show the rest of the world just how good Kofi truly is. Kofi as the weary, wounded hero. His heart has been broken a thousand times, his body a thousand more, and still he stands tall, proud, taking a stand, to just have this chance, this moment, this opportunity. And Daniel Bryan, the underrated aspect in all this. No one has been more despicable, more villainous on WWE's main roster television programming in a long, long time. He's a hypocrite, a narcissist, a holier-than-thou creep. And he's arguably the best in the world. But he's scared, because deep down, he doesn't know if he can beat Kofi one-on-one. Not this Kofi, not at this time.

Its been terrific throughout and I can't wait to see its crescendo at WrestleMania. The fact remains, it's hard to get grizzled wrestling fans to feel a real emotional connection to a story. For me personally, it's been a long time. Maybe even not since Bryan's own ascent to the main event scene have I felt this way. But by God they've done it here. This will be not only Kofi's first singles match for a world's championship, but his first singles match at a WrestleMania. It's been 11 years in the making, and I hope, nay pray, that when the dust settles, he's holding that hemp and wood up high.

Let's go Kofi...