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Post by Elliot on Oct 17, 2012 8:34:05 GMT -5
Kofi Kingston will be a future star in years to come. Not that he isn't already loved by the fans, but he will be one of the mainstays; Kofi won't suffer the future endeavours fate. I'm a big fan of his, and it's time that he had a credible title reign.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 9:30:04 GMT -5
His feud with Orton was brilliant and probably the highest point of his career. He looked like he was going places but WWE dropped the ball imo. He was credible throughout it. I don't think he's quite ready for the main event scene yet. A few tweaks and tone down the gimmick a bit and maybe somewhere down the line yes. This is also why I'm not completely against having 2 world titles. There's so many guys on the roster capable of making the step up, it would be impossible to give them all pushes they deserve with 1 main championship. wrong wwe didn't kill kofi's push Randy Orton beeing an unprofessional bitch is what killed his push
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Post by jfinnomore on Oct 17, 2012 10:25:18 GMT -5
No many how many titles they throw on him, it's not going to change the fact that he has the personality of a dead bug. Complete truth, Kofi is so boring
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Post by ellisd on Oct 17, 2012 10:46:37 GMT -5
It is just surprising to me how poorly WWE uses Kofi. He has a big fan base and gets a good crowd response each time he's on TV. Ever since they dropped the Jamaican accent, Kofi can cut a decent promo and genuinely connect with the fans. Hopefully Kofi will go over Miz in this fued (longterm- I know he just took the title off him). I think it's time for Kofi to stand out. I don't want him to become the next John Morrison. Kofi has a lot of potential, and for those who say he's sloppy in the ring, I think he is just loose with a lot of his kicks and high flying moves so to minimize risk of hurting his opponent. I mean, his finisher must be one of the hardest to actually make look believable. He's jumping on one foot, turning completely 360 degrees and making believable contact with the opponent's face! all before ever falling back to the mat. Exactly His feud with Orton was brilliant and probably the highest point of his career. He looked like he was going places but WWE dropped the ball imo. He was credible throughout it. I don't think he's quite ready for the main event scene yet. A few tweaks and tone down the gimmick a bit and maybe somewhere down the line yes. This is also why I'm not completely against having 2 world titles. There's so many guys on the roster capable of making the step up, it would be impossible to give them all pushes they deserve with 1 main championship. I hear this alot when talking about Kofi, 'Tone down the gimmick' or something along those lines. They dropped the Jamaican thing, which was his main gimmick. Ever since then I've never really seen Kofi with much of a gimmick. There's the whole "Boom, Boom, Boom' thing, but I wouldn't really call that a gimmick, to me that just something kinda similar to Punk's 'its clobbering time' and 'doing the sleep sign with his hands before the GTS'.
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Post by Wuffles on Oct 17, 2012 10:50:22 GMT -5
It is just surprising to me how poorly WWE uses Kofi. He has a big fan base and gets a good crowd response each time he's on TV. Ever since they dropped the Jamaican accent, Kofi can cut a decent promo and genuinely connect with the fans. Hopefully Kofi will go over Miz in this fued (longterm- I know he just took the title off him). I think it's time for Kofi to stand out. I don't want him to become the next John Morrison. Kofi has a lot of potential, and for those who say he's sloppy in the ring, I think he is just loose with a lot of his kicks and high flying moves so to minimize risk of hurting his opponent. I mean, his finisher must be one of the hardest to actually make look believable. He's jumping on one foot, turning completely 360 degrees and making believable contact with the opponent's face! all before ever falling back to the mat. Exactly His feud with Orton was brilliant and probably the highest point of his career. He looked like he was going places but WWE dropped the ball imo. He was credible throughout it. I don't think he's quite ready for the main event scene yet. A few tweaks and tone down the gimmick a bit and maybe somewhere down the line yes. This is also why I'm not completely against having 2 world titles. There's so many guys on the roster capable of making the step up, it would be impossible to give them all pushes they deserve with 1 main championship. I hear this alot when talking about Kofi, 'Tone down the gimmick' or something along those lines. They dropped the Jamaican thing, which was his main gimmick. Ever since then I've never really seen Kofi with much of a gimmick. There's the whole "Boom, Boom, Boom' thing, but I wouldn't really call that a gimmick, to me that just something kinda similar to Punk's 'its clobbering time' and 'doing the sleep sign with his hands before the GTS'. On top of that, it is super over with the crowd every time he does it. Would be crazy to drop that.
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Post by pxkgotosleep on Oct 17, 2012 11:21:17 GMT -5
He's feud with Randy should of pushed him to the top. He's awesome-ness in the Survivor Series match against guys like CM Punk and Randy Orton should of elevated him.
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Post by jfinnomore on Oct 17, 2012 12:27:19 GMT -5
He's feud with Randy should of pushed him to the top. He's awesome-ness in the Survivor Series match against guys like CM Punk and Randy Orton should of elevated him. He's so boring on the Mic and offers nothing for the fans to connect with, he's pretty much John Morrison but not even as entertaining in the ring. He'll never break the glass ceiling to main eventer
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 13:15:32 GMT -5
A lot of Kofi hate here for no reason. The guy is solid and unique in the ring and CAN deliver a decent promo when he's allowed to have more than 30 seconds of mic time.
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Post by pxkgotosleep on Oct 17, 2012 13:21:10 GMT -5
He's feud with Randy should of pushed him to the top. He's awesome-ness in the Survivor Series match against guys like CM Punk and Randy Orton should of elevated him. He's so boring on the Mic and offers nothing for the fans to connect with, he's pretty much John Morrison but not even as entertaining in the ring. He'll never break the glass ceiling to main eventer He's gotta go heel. He used to own Dolph Ziggler, and he had this whole 'I have an evil side' gimmick going for him then suddenly he just dropped it completely.
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Post by McBlake on Oct 17, 2012 14:33:30 GMT -5
It is just surprising to me how poorly WWE uses Kofi. He has a big fan base and gets a good crowd response each time he's on TV. Ever since they dropped the Jamaican accent, Kofi can cut a decent promo and genuinely connect with the fans. Hopefully Kofi will go over Miz in this fued (longterm- I know he just took the title off him). I think it's time for Kofi to stand out. I don't want him to become the next John Morrison. Kofi has a lot of potential, and for those who say he's sloppy in the ring, I think he is just loose with a lot of his kicks and high flying moves so to minimize risk of hurting his opponent. I mean, his finisher must be one of the hardest to actually make look believable. He's jumping on one foot, turning completely 360 degrees and making believable contact with the opponent's face! all before ever falling back to the mat. Exactly His feud with Orton was brilliant and probably the highest point of his career. He looked like he was going places but WWE dropped the ball imo. He was credible throughout it. I don't think he's quite ready for the main event scene yet. A few tweaks and tone down the gimmick a bit and maybe somewhere down the line yes. This is also why I'm not completely against having 2 world titles. There's so many guys on the roster capable of making the step up, it would be impossible to give them all pushes they deserve with 1 main championship. I hear this alot when talking about Kofi, 'Tone down the gimmick' or something along those lines. They dropped the Jamaican thing, which was his main gimmick. Ever since then I've never really seen Kofi with much of a gimmick. There's the whole "Boom, Boom, Boom' thing, but I wouldn't really call that a gimmick, to me that just something kinda similar to Punk's 'its clobbering time' and 'doing the sleep sign with his hands before the GTS'. Maybe not a "gimmick" per se, but his constant dancing and such wouldn't make for a credible world champion imo.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 14:37:04 GMT -5
So I guess he wins tonight then judging by original post saying he won the Intercontinental title today. He already won it. I checked WWE.com earlier and they spoiled it there. -_-
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Post by homeslice1998 on Oct 17, 2012 14:50:30 GMT -5
Cool fact! Glad to see him IC champion again
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Post by v/\v on Oct 17, 2012 15:03:11 GMT -5
He's feud with Randy should of pushed him to the top. He's awesome-ness in the Survivor Series match against guys like CM Punk and Randy Orton should of elevated him. He's so boring on the Mic and offers nothing for the fans to connect with, he's pretty much John Morrison but not even as entertaining in the ring. He'll never break the glass ceiling to main eventer Jomo is planets better than him. His ring-work has always been uninspiring. His never-ending series of matches with Ziggler are nauseating. His title reigns whilst numerous and singularly mostly forgettable, combined they have him firmly on a platform for fans to embrace an upshift in his character's direction. He has to turn heel and be given prominence soon. The suit he wore @raw can be the shell to one hell of a character which with help from Mr. Punk can make him a main eventer. There is a lot of road to run into with Kofi because he is the midcard's John Cena but he's seems doomed to be penned into the midcard forever.
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Post by jfinnomore on Oct 17, 2012 16:49:53 GMT -5
He's so boring on the Mic and offers nothing for the fans to connect with, he's pretty much John Morrison but not even as entertaining in the ring. He'll never break the glass ceiling to main eventer Jomo is planets better than him. His ring-work has always been uninspiring. His never-ending series of matches with Ziggler are nauseating. His title reigns whilst numerous and singularly mostly forgettable, combined they have him firmly on a platform for fans to embrace an upshift in his character's direction. He has to turn heel and be given prominence soon. The suit he wore @raw can be the shell to one hell of a character which with help from Mr. Punk can make him a main eventer. There is a lot of road to run into with Kofi because he is the midcard's John Cena but he's seems doomed to be penned into the midcard forever. I can get behind that but I'd honestly much rather see R Truth get that push, he's already proven to he highly entertaining as a heel and let's face it just isn't as appealing as a face. I just don't think Kofi has the acting chops or charisma to be a big time player, mid card? Sure but I certainly can't see him vs the likes of Cena for the WWE title
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Post by TheEdgeHead41 on Oct 17, 2012 17:48:48 GMT -5
Kofi's awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 20:19:37 GMT -5
This thread is STUPID. STUPID. STUPID. Get it? Like when Orton had the temper of a five year old and then Kofi's push "mysteriously" came to a halt. Nobody cares about Kofi Kingston other than a few black kids. He should be thankful that he is a professional Intercontinental Champion and not a JTTS like Koko B Ware, which is what he should be. So whoever talks crap about Kofi, just know that your argument will be far more valid than this.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 20:45:56 GMT -5
he's f'n boring
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Post by King Silva on Oct 17, 2012 21:52:31 GMT -5
Kofi is an entertaining wrestler in the ring however promo wise I don't think he can become a legit main eventer.
Good luck to him though.
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Post by johnnyaustin21 on Oct 17, 2012 22:29:13 GMT -5
I really dig Kofi Kingston but like most have said I think he needs a character change or actually for that matter a character at all.I like the idea of Kofi turning heel and joining up with Punk and Heyamn.They could make a cool little faction,plus Punk and him a really close buds in really life and hanging around Punk and Heyman would to wonders for his mic skills.
So again turn Kofi heel and have him in a faction with Punk and Heyman.Hell why not just go all out with super heel faction of Punk,Lesnar,Heyman,Kofi,Cesaro,Hero and a returning Lita.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2012 1:44:47 GMT -5
Good for him. Hes in desperate need of a character change though. I say turn him heel and put him with Punk & Heyman. I have been thinking about this since I read this. I can totally buy him being a cocky, accomplished, suit along the side of Punk and Heyman.
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