Interesting quote from the article:

The storyline consisted heavily of racial and class-warfare undertones that everyone assumed McMahon was responsible for. It was actually Kingston, Ewen and Watson who insisted on telling that aspect of his story. When they went on television and said, "People like us don't get to be champion," it was part of the story, but it was also real life."

"It was important for us to walk that line," Kingston says. "The facts are out there. How many African American champions have there been over the course of WWE's history? It's something that was the elephant in the room. Nobody wanted to talk about it, but it was important for us to address it."

Two weeks after Elimination Chamber, Kingston was told the company planned for him to replace Kevin Owens at Wrestlemania and beat Bryan for the championship.