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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 7, 2013 10:26:57 GMT -5
Because people love to overreact. And there is another midcard title out there so let's not act like Kofi is holding an embargo on the midcard title scene. But he is. That other midcard title is stuck in limbo due to being on someone who has been pushed so hard that no midcarder (I'm talking about REAL midcarders, not demoted main eventers like Ziggler, Christian, or Miz) can be seen as a credible threat to him. And who did he win that title from? Guess? Kofi. So it's Kofi's fault that WWE Management won't push Zack Ryder? Ok. Again, the 2 midcard titles are held by heels. Kofi was gone for months and others had the chance to contend for the belts. It's not his fault that Kofi is reliable and trustworthy than most of his contemporaries. Don't blame him because WWE feels the others aren't good enough for the slot.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 7, 2013 10:33:53 GMT -5
But he is. That other midcard title is stuck in limbo due to being on someone who has been pushed so hard that no midcarder (I'm talking about REAL midcarders, not demoted main eventers like Ziggler, Christian, or Miz) can be seen as a credible threat to him. And who did he win that title from? Guess? Kofi. So it's Kofi's fault that WWE Management won't push Zack Ryder? Ok. Again, the 2 midcard titles are held by heels. Kofi was gone for months and others had the chance to contend for the belts. It's not his fault that Kofi is reliable and trustworthy than most of his contemporaries. Don't blame him because WWE feels the others aren't good enough for the slot. Did anyone really have a chance to contend for the belts? I don't remember Axel OR Ambrose defending the belt against anyone who wasn't a former World Champion. Why wait for Kofi to return for Axel to drop the title when he wasn't going to do anything of note with it anyway due to being joined at the hip with Heyman?
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 7, 2013 10:37:58 GMT -5
So it's Kofi's fault that WWE Management won't push Zack Ryder? Ok. Again, the 2 midcard titles are held by heels. Kofi was gone for months and others had the chance to contend for the belts. It's not his fault that Kofi is reliable and trustworthy than most of his contemporaries. Don't blame him because WWE feels the others aren't good enough for the slot. Did anyone really have a chance to contend for the belts? I don't remember Axel OR Ambrose defending the belt against anyone who wasn't a former World Champion. Again, blame WWE Creative for that. They felt the titles means more when defended against former world champions than the usual midcard suspects.
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Post by Clueless Steve on Sept 7, 2013 10:40:28 GMT -5
So it's Kofi's fault that WWE Management won't push Zack Ryder? Ok. Again, the 2 midcard titles are held by heels. Kofi was gone for months and others had the chance to contend for the belts. It's not his fault that Kofi is reliable and trustworthy than most of his contemporaries. Don't blame him because WWE feels the others aren't good enough for the slot. Did anyone really have a chance to contend for the belts? I don't remember Axel OR Ambrose defending the belt against anyone who wasn't a former World Champion. Ambrose defended against...wait for it...Kofi. It all circles around back to "Midcard King" Kofi Kingston. Seriously, if you took Kofi out of the midcard, it would destabilize and implode. It cannot exist without him.
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Post by Waffel113 on Sept 7, 2013 10:43:08 GMT -5
I think Kofi needs to have at least one Tag/US/IC title reign per year or else he'll vanish from the face of the earth entirely.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Sept 7, 2013 11:09:54 GMT -5
Did anyone really have a chance to contend for the belts? I don't remember Axel OR Ambrose defending the belt against anyone who wasn't a former World Champion. Again, blame WWE Creative for that. They felt the titles means more when defended against former world champions than the usual midcard suspects. I think when you're only real reliable midcard face suspect is Kofi Kingston, you've got a big problem.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 7, 2013 11:12:24 GMT -5
Again, blame WWE Creative for that. They felt the titles means more when defended against former world champions than the usual midcard suspects. I think when you're only real reliable midcard face suspect is Kofi Kingston, you've got a big problem. When you have only one reliable midcard face suspect period, you have a problem. I don't like the idea of there being only one midcard face that exists even if it were one of my faves like Zack Ryder or Alex Riley.
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Sept 7, 2013 11:33:00 GMT -5
Kofi might be the most boring superstar ever now. To the point where Curtis Axel is more interesting than him right now. He'll finish his career with 12 IC titles and be forgotten the second he'll pass the exit door.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Sept 7, 2013 12:10:56 GMT -5
Kofi's making it into the Hall of Fame based on the strength of his midcard career alone. How often can you say that about somebody? Zack Ryder getting his 15 minutes of fame only to shit the bed and flame out is more Hall of Fame worthy than Kofi's entire career. Well, yeah, nobody will ever forget Zack getting the biggest push of his career... ...right off the stage.
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 7, 2013 14:49:44 GMT -5
What's sad is, I still believe Kofi has potential that just hasn't been capitalized on yet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 14:57:41 GMT -5
What's sad is, I still believe Kofi has potential that just hasn't been capitalized on yet. It's weird. It seems like WWE recognizes that he's talented enough for bigger things, but they just keep him in the midcard because there's just no way they could ever give someone like Justin Gabriel any TV time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 15:13:49 GMT -5
What's sad is, I still believe Kofi has potential that just hasn't been capitalized on yet. You're not alone. That's what bugs me about this dude, it seems like his lack of main event push has nothing to do with his in-ring work or promos (despite them being rarer than a blue moon).
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 7, 2013 15:18:43 GMT -5
Whatever. Any title that isn't the WWE title means less than nothing so they could throw the I-C belt on f***ing Hornswoggle for all I care.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Sept 7, 2013 15:28:02 GMT -5
Whatever. Any title that isn't the WWE title means less than nothing so they could throw the I-C belt on f***ing Hornswoggle for all I care. Don't give them any ideas.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Sept 7, 2013 20:29:13 GMT -5
Whatever. Any title that isn't the WWE title means less than nothing so they could throw the I-C belt on f***ing Hornswoggle for all I care. That was really the worst thing about HHH's post-Invasion character, that they used him to basically canonize the idea that "Any belt that isn't around the waist of HHH means nothing". And once HHH finally took himself out of the title picture, "Any belt that John Cena isn't competing for isn't worth anything".
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Sept 8, 2013 3:49:00 GMT -5
How I yearn for the day when Kofi got a Main Event push his feud with Orton was remarkable. I will forever love Kofi. He was one of the reasons I started watching wrestling...
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Post by BigWill on Sept 8, 2013 4:33:45 GMT -5
Whatever. Any title that isn't the WWE title means less than nothing so they could throw the I-C belt on f***ing Hornswoggle for all I care. I never understood why anyone even bothers to watch the show if they legitimately feel that way.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 8, 2013 4:49:45 GMT -5
If WWE really thinks the midcard belts are "meaningless", why not let someone else have a chance with them?
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 8, 2013 8:38:13 GMT -5
Whatever. Any title that isn't the WWE title means less than nothing so they could throw the I-C belt on f***ing Hornswoggle for all I care. I never understood why anyone even bothers to watch the show if they legitimately feel that way. Cause there are still things that I enjoy about the product. Not that difficult to understand.
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Post by mrjl on Sept 8, 2013 8:51:14 GMT -5
So, it seems that people here think midcard title can only be defended against people going up the card, not down it? I never understood why anyone even bothers to watch the show if they legitimately feel that way. Cause there are still things that I enjoy about the product. Not that difficult to understand. talk about that instead
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