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Old 04-19-2013, 08:34 PM   #81
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The commentators have been trying to make it sound like he's "evolving," but he needs to show it in the ring. When he gets serious and works a ground game, he can be so fucking good.

I'm wondering if once Swagger is done in the World Title picture, they might move him down to work a program with Kofi? Kingston could get over as an "American by chocie" babyface. The US Title being the centerpiece of this feud might get it some attention.

First stop for Kofi Kingston is probably his rivalry with Antonio Cesaro, who, following WWE logic, will probably get a rematch for the US Title. In the UK, they might as well put Wade Barrett and Antonio Cesaro together as a "Very European" tag team against Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (since feuds seem to be building there). Have Cesaro & Barrett win in England and then have Truth move into a match with Barrett, which Truth wins because it's like they have no idea what they are doing with the IC Title, and Truth can then drop the belt off to Fandango. Kofi and Cesaro can have a Ladder Match, and while I would love to see Cesaro get the win there, Kofi winning and getting some momentum behind his US Title reign is probably the best way to go.
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Old 04-19-2013, 08:42 PM   #82
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A heel turn couldn't hurt. But really, heel or face it all comes down to WWE committing to pushing him long term which is something the company has been awful at doing for quite a long time now. I could see them turning him heel and pushing him for a couple months before the short attention span kicks in and he becomes a heel jobber to the stars and the cycle begins again.
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Old 04-20-2013, 07:39 PM   #83
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I bet their a little reluctant to turn him heel on the off chance he fails miserably. Then they'd have to release him to TNA since they'd know he's bland as fuck.
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Old 04-20-2013, 10:31 PM   #84
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Kofi Kingston turning heel would freshen him up, of course, but the problems have been brought up. The longer they wait with a heel turn the more meaningful it will eventually be when it does happen.
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Old 04-20-2013, 11:37 PM   #85
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So, the universe will implode when Cena turns heel?
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Old 04-21-2013, 02:58 AM   #86
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A heel turn couldn't hurt. But really, heel or face it all comes down to WWE committing to pushing him long term which is something the company has been awful at doing for quite a long time now. I could see them turning him heel and pushing him for a couple months before the short attention span kicks in and he becomes a heel jobber to the stars and the cycle begins again.
Yep.

With some decent setup and proper build starting from a couple of years ago, we could have been looking at something like Kingston v. Ziggler for the WHC as a PPV headliner, and not bat an eye about it. Nobody would be talking about how they're not ready, or don't generate heat... because they would be. However, it's impossible to get there with the whole manic depressive, push-then-forget-about style.

People clamoring for him to cut his dreads to be taken seriously is asanine. Booker T didn't have to. Like a certain big man said, they have lives outside of the ring. I get the idea of freshening up a look, but dreads are an investment in time. It doesn't just grow that way, and it doesn't grow back in a month like a mullet could. Besides, even if he made a decision like that, it would warrant at least a "___ vs. Hair" match stip.

Also, the "spot monkey" argument falls flat, because Jeff Hardy. Jeff also did "the same shit every match", and also had that one high spot a year people would talk about akin to Kofi's annual Royal Rumble thing. Jeff was a goddamn train wreck who only got where he was because he jumped off of shit and girls hitting puberty liked to see him take his shirt off mid-match after watching a whole night of guys better built than him without shirts. His promo skill slowly lurched from "God awful" around his first ME push to "tolerable" around the time he feuded with Punk. He also did this in "not serious" ring attire of full street pants and muscle shirts. Kofi actually wears ring gear, so he already has two things up on him for you supposed "purists".


As far as becoming the next Game, though, that would take a bit of circumstance beyond better booking in the day to day for him specifically. Yes, he would have to show "edge" and "personality", but he already showed he could do that in his feud once upon a when with Orton. That happened all of a couple weeks, then he was back to random matches and no promos.

It would require things like being booked strong after "setbacks" such as the end of Air Boom (Sydal fucks up, so Kofi gets punished with lack of TV and ring time), and not getting depushed when they lack things for him to do- feuds that have to do with just feuding, which seems to be a dying art. Anymore, if there is not a title chase or someone with a hot, new gimmick, they just have guys just aimlessly having random matches.

I said before that Hunter was in his position because of everything he was given. I didn't neccessarily just mean all of the forced shoehorning of him into the opening, 3 backstage segments, and the main event of RAW and Smackdown for consecutive months on end... though that was quite a bit of it. For as overrated as I said he was (actually, I think I said he was "just average"), WWE sold it. They sold his badassery until it became fact, and to his credit, he took the ball and ran with it. If they had dropped him as often as they drop so many others mid-stride, this thread would have taken place years ago about The Game himself. It doesn't matter how much charisma, ring awareness, athleticisim, etc., etc., he may or may not have: he will never have the opportunity to be taken seriously if he's never put in a position to be taken seriously. And THAT is Kofi's biggest detriment.
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Old 04-21-2013, 09:52 PM   #87
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They got to do something with Kori, Cesaro, Barrett and the rest of the mid-card because all I see when I watch my half hour of RAW is Snore is a bunch of talent getting wasted and not having any storylines.
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Old 04-22-2013, 11:38 AM   #88
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The next game? No way.

Kofi is athletic, but I find him boring as hell; he mumbles his way through promos, his in-ring repertoire is bland, tired, and laughable - the guy just bounces around like a cartoon and there's no real weight or credibility to anything he does.

He's found a niche and he's filled it, good for him - that's certainly a lot more than can be said about a large portion of the roster.

So, In my opinion he's fine where he is, but for now he should just concern himself with fixing his weird deflated pecs before he tries climbing the ladder.
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Kofi might make a decent midcard heel but he's never shown anything that even hints he should be an ultra main event dominant world champion. Even for Kingston thats a bit of a leap.
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Kofi Kingston is the modern day Koko B Ware...talented but nothing to be a main event for. Kind of reminds me of CHW star Xacutor. Fun to watch, entertaining, talented...but lacks that "IT presence" to become a main eventer.
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Old 04-02-2015, 04:43 PM   #93
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I was thinking the other day that Kofi Kingston could really be a top face for the company. He seems like the sort of guy that could always be coming up with new moves and sequences, yet he hasn't really added anything to his repertoire in years. He also doesn't get much chance to talk and have his character connect to crowds. He's a father now and could want to show his son right from wrong, and have a career he can be proud to show him.
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Unfortunately, I can't see Kofi progressing to bigger and better things for the long term. Perhaps at some point, you'll see him get re-packaged and get a 'R-Truth-like' temporary push, but other than that, I think Kofi will pretty much be where he's at for the rest of his time in the WWE.
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