The devil went down to Georgia, but Kofi Kingston comes to Atlanta for Hell in a Cell
Intercontinental Champion returns to where his WWE career began for pay-per-view title defense
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- Kofi Kingston displays his agility in a recent match
Consistently one of WWE’s most popular performers, Ghana’s Kofi Kingston has grown accustomed to defending championships in high-pressure situations. And even though the main event at this Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view at Philips Arena features CM Punk (Kingston’s one-time tag team partner) defending the WWE Championship against the wrestling machine known as Ryback inside the the gigantic steel cage, Kingston’s Intercontinental Championship defense against former WWE Champion the Miz has quickly become one of the event’s marquee match-ups. Considering that the happy-go-lucky Kingston spent his formative WWE stages at the now-defunct McDonough-based developmental promotion known as Deep South Wrestling, Hell in a Cell is also an odd sort of homecoming for the high-flying superstar. As he prepares for a match that could help push him into the main event picture, Kingston discusses his Deep South training, his history with the Miz and the unpredictable nature of WWE that led to this renewed rivalry.