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Post by TheLastDude on Apr 6, 2019 19:32:02 GMT -5
I actually prefer when someone has to claw and fight their way to the top. I like it when it doesn't come easy. I like seeing someone start at the mid to bottom of the card and earn their spot. Had Benoit walked in as top guy, would WM20 have meant as much? Had Bryan come in and gone undefeated for two years, would his WM30 win mean as much? Sometimes the struggle is the most important part of the journey. Who? Never heard of him.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Apr 6, 2019 19:40:32 GMT -5
You never say who you would make champ? How Come? You can't answer questions, only vomit negativity? I like to look at it from what was down on previous year. Savage at Mania 3 losing his title to getting the big one at Mania 4. Same with Warrior for 5 and 6. Bret goes from IC at 8 to walking in champ at 9. You get what I'm typing up. You smell what I'm bringing. It's all about journey not the destination. I’ve wanted to see Kurt Angle wrestle Daniel Bryan for over a decade. The way wwe is booking, it doesn’t look like it will ever happen. Honestly I’m not clamoring for a title change at the moment. As I said, my main gripe with Kofi’s push has been the burial of everyone else to get him over. Burial? He beat the damn bar...rowan....old ass orton...the us champ who has been killing everyone else samoa joe... there have been no funerals at his hands. The drama is cute, but not accurate. Maybe kids sports are more your speed? Nobody has to "lose" and we can all get participation trophies!
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Post by ellisd on Apr 6, 2019 22:52:41 GMT -5
I’m a huge Kofi fan and I’m excited for him to get this opportunity. He should have had an opportunity like this years ago, but Orton had a temper tantrum. Although I hope he wins the title, even if he doesn’t, for him to get this push and a high profile spot at WrestleMania is awesome! I find it funny, that all the Kofi haters would be fine if it was Finn Balor in this spot. I completely agree. The problem with WWE now is that wrestlers stay for sooo long so I’m not sure how ‘he’s earned it’. Kofis biggest claim to fame is the played out ‘how would he survive the rumble elimination each year’. Being a jobber for 10 years and having 2 or 3 memorable storylines in 11 years somehow gets you a Mania Title match...no one is buying a ‘best of Kofi kingston dvd’ I did, years ago. And will gladly buy the next one they put out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 5:27:22 GMT -5
People seem to be forgetting The Rock was the first black WWE champ.
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Post by dante123 on Apr 7, 2019 7:40:44 GMT -5
People seem to be forgetting The Rock was the first black WWE champ. Kofi might be the first 100 percent black WWE Champ not counting the world belt either, but If Bobby Lashley would have stayed he would have been champ some point.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Apr 7, 2019 9:37:33 GMT -5
I actually prefer when someone has to claw and fight their way to the top. I like it when it doesn't come easy. I like seeing someone start at the mid to bottom of the card and earn their spot. Had Benoit walked in as top guy, would WM20 have meant as much? Had Bryan come in and gone undefeated for two years, would his WM30 win mean as much? Sometimes the struggle is the most important part of the journey. Benoit’s first PPV was a WrestleMania where he got a shot at two titles, and he had at least two WWF title shots on PPV in his first year. Bryan was world champion within his first two years, as Kofi pointed out on Smackdown. There aren’t really many comparable stories to his recent rise - Jeff Hardy and Edge are maybe the most recent that are somewhat close.
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Post by warriorlynx on Apr 7, 2019 11:57:21 GMT -5
Hey, airbud? Wrestling isn't real. So are movies, but they don't have to be $hitty. As much as I am fricken so glad Kofi is getting the push, he deserved a build to it. He might just lose tonight. Remember R-Truth's push as a heel? I was excited and it was gone quicker than you can imagine.
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Post by ellisd on Apr 7, 2019 12:19:12 GMT -5
I actually prefer when someone has to claw and fight their way to the top. I like it when it doesn't come easy. I like seeing someone start at the mid to bottom of the card and earn their spot. Had Benoit walked in as top guy, would WM20 have meant as much? Had Bryan come in and gone undefeated for two years, would his WM30 win mean as much? Sometimes the struggle is the most important part of the journey. I agree with this too. I hate when they bring people in and they’re immediately a top contender, the only exception being Brock Lesnar. When Brock first showed up in 2002, he was something special. But I prefer the journey. In my opinion that’s part of what makes Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels so great, because they had a long journey to get to the top.
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Post by mrmonkeyofficial on Apr 7, 2019 12:41:21 GMT -5
This is the same company that made Jinder Mahal a WWE Champion a month after he was jobbing in Main Event, this is the same company that had a cyborg from the future, this is the same company that had a Leprechaun spray paint a black door on the wall and magically went through it, This is the same company that had a Giant Chicken hatch out of a Giant Egg, This is the same company that had Mae Young give birth to a Hand, This is the same company that had a Voodoo Priest who would cast spells on wrestlers
And THIS breaks Wrestling Logic?
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Post by theicwguy on Apr 7, 2019 22:11:29 GMT -5
Not any more😁
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Post by TheLastDude on Apr 7, 2019 22:36:11 GMT -5
Love it. 100% thrilled that this happened, and hug every hater so hard that their eyeballs pop out.
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Post by Iron Bison on Apr 7, 2019 22:40:20 GMT -5
I find it funny, that all the Kofi haters would be fine if it was Finn Balor in this spot. . Well duh. Balor hasn't been tossing pancakes and dancing like an idiot for years. He'd be more credible as an opponent. Now, in suppose to take Kofi serious just cause he's been there for a long time? Give me a break.
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Post by ChainGang on Apr 7, 2019 23:02:26 GMT -5
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 8, 2019 1:07:47 GMT -5
Well, logic was defied alright.
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Post by BASTARDKING on Apr 8, 2019 1:26:53 GMT -5
I find it funny, that all the Kofi haters would be fine if it was Finn Balor in this spot. . Well duh. Balor hasn't been tossing pancakes and dancing like an idiot for years. He'd be more credible as an opponent. Now, in suppose to take Kofi serious just cause he's been there for a long time? Give me a break. See what you’re not taking away from this is how Kofi’s run kinda gives hope to the rest of the boys in the back that if they continue to work hard and give themselves to the company, they will be rewarded, GRANTED, it was the fans that really got him the push, but thats whats important and great about him winning. It changes the narrative for the workers in the back. Hopefully he can have a long and prosperous reign and not just drop it at the next ppv.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Apr 8, 2019 1:56:38 GMT -5
People seem to be forgetting The Rock was the first black WWE champ. To be fair The Rock is half black, and also for many many years he despised his father so represented Samoans.
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Post by walkingturtles on Apr 8, 2019 4:29:24 GMT -5
WWE missed a golden opportunity to give Kofi a nice long feud through Summerslam while also elevating another New Dad Member. Should have had Big E drop Kofi last night and turn heel. Could have torn it up through the summer and main evented Summerslam. That way the rest of the roster stays fresh to Kofi for the Survivor Series - Wrestlemania build. Also elevates Big E.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Apr 8, 2019 4:35:27 GMT -5
As I've said before... Whether you like Kofi or not shouldn't matter. What matters is that Kofi got hot, and the company ran with it. They didn't force him to change his gimmick. They didn't have him losing to Aiden English in 30 seconds. They saw Kofi's star rise, and they actually utilized it. And that is something they are usually too late on doing. internet: DAMNIT GIVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANT wwe, finally: Okay, here you go. internet: GIVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANT BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 5:10:06 GMT -5
People seem to be forgetting The Rock was the first black WWE champ. To be fair The Rock is half black, and also for many many years he despised his father so represented Samoans. I mean, he was in the militant black Nation of Domination group and Rocky Johnson appeared alongside him early on in his WWF career.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on Apr 8, 2019 6:07:18 GMT -5
Nothing about Kofi interests me, he's just too much of a spot-monkey. However I'm all for new champions but yeah this one really needed a longer more focused build. It's the problem with short-term booking; sure it halts leaks but things changing on a dime just happens too much.
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