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I think so, at WM? He dropped to The Miz I think, and win back the following night.
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Also, I agree with XL's post. Kofi is shit, IMO. Not a knock on those who like him, I just don't, at all.
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The black Corey Graves
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It's easy to say a guy shouldn't have the title, when he hasn't really been given anything meaningful to do. Like, do I think Kofi "deserves" the WWE Championship? Hell no. But do I think it's interesting that he's been relegated to Rumble spot whore, constant jobber, and for the longest has had no realistic, longstanding feud, or interesting direction? Definitely. Have I noticed that trend amongst the few black talents that come through the company? Yeah. And if he was the first, I wouldn't say anything, but he's not. They changed his pants and he got some ink. Again, not saying that black guys in the WWE haven't been given ANY opportunities. Just saying that over the years, it has seemed like less serious "okay, lets try some things to get him over" effort has been put into those characters. If you had told me in 97 that by 2014, Mark Henry would only have the WHC, and would never get the WWE Championship, AND it would only happen in 2011, I'd say you were crazy. Quote:
I thought AJ was bland and boring when she was called up to the main roster. Then she was given something meaningful to do, and she hit a home run. Same with Wade Barrett. Kofi's feud with Dolph was great. They traded victories, put on great matches, and you didn't know who would win. You got to see a mean streak from Kofi, just like in the Orton feud. Character development, woooo. You finding him shit is completely understandable, based off of what you've seen from him so far, and what he's been given to work with. |
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I didn't read any other posts, just XL's at the top of the page. I had no idea who or what he was replying to, I just agreed with it lol.
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Y2KoTF
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Maybe I should read the thread.
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I still agree with his post though.
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Inno Knows.
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In the opening punch exchange of a match, a wrestler gets KO'd
In the opening punch exchange of a match, a wrestler breaks his hand and taps out |
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Cranky Kong
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Not to deviate from the topic, but what makes Kofi "shit"? He's been in some really great matches.
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Spammy Certified
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They storyline progresses on Smackdown.
A period of time in TNA where there is no heel faction and no heel GM.Happened to Chavo when he was Cruiser Champ. |
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Y2KoTF
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I just don't like him in any form. His character does nothing for me, and I don't enjoy wrestling style. I get knocked a lot for saying this, but I dislike his 'jumpy' style as much as some hate those who 'flip' or are 'spot monkeys'. His spots he does in battle royals are cool, but it's about the only time I enjoy him. Like I said though, this is just purely MY opinion, and I don't expect everybody to agree with me, nor do I have issues with anybody who does like him.
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MVP Mark
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Ummm, there is a large margin of more white guys in wrestling than black guys. I don't mean WWE, I mean in all of America. Wrestling is a primary white thing. It is like asking why a white guy does not win the most awards at the BET awards.
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Cranky Kong
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BET awards are specifically for black entertainers, aren't they? That was kind of a dumb thing to compare it to.
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Cranky Kong
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Unless WWE stands for White Wrestling Entertainment now.
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MVP Mark
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There are white actors on BET though. Because the word black is in something does not mean it is strictly for black people.
Way to take a comparison to the extreme though. I am pretty sure you understood the point. |
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Resident drug enabler
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That's another good point to Shadrick's posts. If you look at the number of black wrestlers compared to the number of white wrestlers, the percent that succeed and the percent that fail for odd reasons is just about the same I would think. If Dolph Ziggler were black you could replace Kofi with him and have the same exact argument.
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Resident drug enabler
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Not Black Entertainers Television as in television featuring only black entertainers. It's still a more extreme example than WWE but I get what he's saying. lol |
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When was the last time Flair ever successfully came off the top rope without being tossed?
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Spammy Certified
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Spanish Announce team hiring bodyguards to prevent their table from getting smashed most of the time.
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Resident drug enabler
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Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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I like Kofi, and I agree with Tazz Dan here because he has nothing to do. He's most comparable to Jeff Hardy. He was great at the next TLC spotfest where he would fall off the next even taller ladder, but other than that, he was pretty useless outside of getting the "take my shirt off so the 13 year old girls can scream" pop. Then he started getting shit to do. Time to promo. Time to interact. He got pushed. He got feuds. It made people care. And Jeff's ladder stunts are much like Kofi's battle royal anti-elimination spots... but the day-in day-out purposeless "throw a bunch of spots in a match, then job" Kofi is boring. It works for RVD right now because RVD is a vet who basically comes back to help get younger guys over. I still maintain that Dolph and Kofi should have been a PPV headlining feud by now, had WWE taken the time and effort to build both guys, instead of letting Ziggles hit the "concussion ceiling" and have Kingston fuck off somewhere down the card doing random shit. He's a guy who would benefit from a character tweak. Not just a knee-jerk "heel turn", though that would be interesting to see if handled well and not shoehorned in without reason. This is why I also say I'd like to see Kofi become Sting's successor (crow or surfer- both could work, but preferably surfer): he can keep flying, but adopt a little more ground, add the SDD and the SDL into his arsenal, and give him a breath of fresh air instead of throwing him into yet another tag team then doing nothing with him. Once again, on topic: *** Eva Marie has been released from her WWE contract. We wish her the best in her future endeavors. We just hope those endeavors don't include wrestling. *** Due to a clerical error, JTG is actually still employed by WWE. We apologize to JTG in such a gross clerical oversight. Continue the clock. *** A tag team will stay a tag team in perpetuity, and will never doublecross one another for a singles run ever. *** Heels beat down a face 2 on 1 in the ring. The lights go out.... then the lights come back on, and there is no surprise whatsoever. An announcement is made that it was just a temporary power outage. *** Someone issues an open challenge to anyone anywhere in a manner that suggests that someone from another fed or UFC will accept their challenge. An actual person still under contract from that fed unexpectedly appears... Taz(z) vs. Awesome not withstanding... you know what, that counts, so nevermind. *** Jim Ross screams "BAH GAWD!!! DON'T DO IT!!! THAT MAN'S GOT A FAMILY, DAMMIT!!!" and the wrestler rethinks his attack on his opponent due to JR's compelling argument. |
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Hardy had that intangible charisma, an "X factor" if you will. Kofi either doesn't have it or is really good at keeping it under wraps.
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Feeling Oof-y
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The refs/security/backstage personnel/cops manage to breakup a brawl at the first time of asking.
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Feeling Oof-y
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A guy banned/removed from the building doesn't gain/regain access to the building.
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Feeling Oof-y
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A heel champion gets himself disqualified twice in a 2-out-of-3 falls match.
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Best Poster
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Should the BET awards feature tons of obese white chicks, since it's for black people?
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Feeling Oof-y
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Looks like Kofi might just have got interesting (or something interesting is about to happen around him).
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Feeling Oof-y
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All this talk of racism against black guys, at least Henry and Booker have all held the albeit secondary World Championship. The true crime is the rampant anglophobia that WWE display. Why has there never been an English World Champion!? Huh!?
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Lord of The Vale
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To go back to the discussion on Blacks not winning titles, There is a very simple reason.
Its bred into black people in the first world to believe that whites still hold them down in todays day and age. That the new generation of whites are still to be held accountable for the slave trade of long gone generations, and that the whites of today still owe the blacks of today for the misgivings of our ancestors. They can't be champions because then what would 'Whitey' owe them? Its almost as if they are more comfortable living in the past than arriving in the new equal future.. Come on guys its Middle Easterns we look down upon now, Can't we all join forces and be racist towards them instead? Then in 60-70 years we can have a discussion about why Arabs never win titles. |
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Resident drug enabler
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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When there's a big man in a battle royal and the announcers are always like "omg who's gonna eliminate Khali?!" or something along those lines... and then said big man never wins.
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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Obviously this may have happened back in the day, but rarely happens now.
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Feeling Oof-y
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A "Best of 5/7" Series that doesn't end in the final match.
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Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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Hell, a best of 5 series where someone gets swept in 3 would be a good way to build an up-and-coming cocky heel off the back of an established face... constantly tormenting his opponent about getting swept. Especially over some form of championship.
Tainted wins would be great, but not mandatory. |
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More than 2 divas matches happen on a card.
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Feeling Oof-y
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Two guys walking through the backstage area before a match actually bump into one another. Which you think would happen at least when they get to Gorilla.
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Inno Knows.
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A guy's music hits and he isn't within 5 seconds of the curtain
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