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Post by Mesousa287793 on Sept 19, 2013 9:31:03 GMT -5
Just turn him heel.
That's it.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 19, 2013 9:34:22 GMT -5
Kofi doesn't really need a push. His niche is no higher than IC or Tag Team level.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Sept 19, 2013 9:58:51 GMT -5
Bwhahaha... oh wait you were being serious. Let me laugh harder... BWAHAHAHA!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 10:21:53 GMT -5
Just turn him heel. That's it. I think he needs to modify 2/3 of his offence to make it look like it hurts like the SOS or Trouble in Paradise (his high jumps ARE impressive but the impact on the chops and crossbodies looks awful), change his entire ring style around, and learn to take improv classes to actually make his mic work sound like someone who means what they say, and make his body language reflect it. Even then if the WWE don't do anything with him it doesn't matter, as it stands though I am not surprised the WWE hasn't done anything with him. Guy has changed 0% since he came into the new ECW. As it is he's simply not good enough compared to other hungry guys, and that's not a problem, he's found his niche as Hit Girl said above, if he doesn't have any ambition beyond that and is just pleased to be where he is then more power to him.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 19, 2013 10:30:19 GMT -5
probably more accurate to say Kofi hit his personal ceiling and is never going to be any better.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Sept 19, 2013 12:28:54 GMT -5
I wonder if he's in mid card purgatory because Vince is upset he didn't want to do the Jamaican character.
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Post by WorkingInAColeMine on Sept 19, 2013 12:31:08 GMT -5
He has really been put in the doghouse.
Feels like forever since he was a transitional midcard champion
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 19, 2013 12:34:32 GMT -5
I've always said, he's Koko B Ware
A happy smiley crowd pleaser who is a good hand, wears colourful clothes, and gets a good pop
But that's about it.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Sept 19, 2013 12:35:10 GMT -5
I just wish they made his midcard king gimmick official in the most openly silly way possible. Like, have him proclaim himself THE GATEKEEPER and say no midcarder is allowed to main event until they beat him.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 12:37:04 GMT -5
I don't understand how you determine the midcard is Kofi's personal ceiling, when he's only been at a higher level on a few occasions.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 12:44:57 GMT -5
I don't understand how you determine the midcard is Kofi's personal ceiling, when he's only been at a higher level on a few occasions. The depth of the roster means a lot of current guys have been near the main event or in it for extremely short stints due to a lack of wrestlers. It's nothing against Kofi or an insult to say "well, he's a midcarder and hasn't shown anything on screen to really change that" as not everyone can be a main eventer. There just happen to be guys who are better in several areas than Kofi who seem to try to improve themselves whereas Kofi doesn't seem to. Maybe he works his arse off in ring & on the mic but it doesn't actually work out (not that he gets much/any mic time), so it's nothing against him personally, he's just got his midcard niche pegged down and has Rey Mysterio Jnr syndrome for wrestling style & a lack of character. I enjoyed Kofi when he and Orton had a face off but really, what's he done since then in character terms? He's been involved in the best of 1,000 series with Ziggler and been a consistent good-Raw-match guy to give the IC title to when they want the last holder to move up/down. I think that's why it feels like he's reached his own personal ceiling. He gets a nice reaction, he can bump for the main eventers, and he does cool ladder spots. He's Shelton Benjamin.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Sept 19, 2013 12:47:11 GMT -5
I don't understand how you determine the midcard is Kofi's personal ceiling, when he's only been at a higher level on a few occasions. It's not so much that I think it's his ceiling as it is the fact that he's been booked so... consistently that I cannot imagine a reality where he is not in the midcard. Like, I think he has the talent to make it in the main event, but he has stayed in the midcard so consistently that it's hard to buy him as anything else. Like, guys like Miz, Sheamus and etc go do midcardy things when they have nothing else to do but they eventually go back to the main event. Guys like Ryder go to the midcard once in a while, but then return to Supertars land. But Kofi? Kofi doesn't do that. He's the sole person who seems to exist in a weirdly stable limbo, not quite a jobber and not quite strong either. He's not like the others where the midcard is a waiting room while they have nothing else to do - the midcard is his home. He's not there while waiting for something else, he's just... there. He is the personification of the midcard - the very foundation of it. If he gets an actual push, I'm afraid that reality might implode and cause time to turn back until he goes back to the midcard. I have no logical basis for why I feel that way, it's just the irrational feeling I get. But I do think that if not for the terrifying implications of the effect a push have on reality itself, he would do really well - dude is fun, can be funny, crowd likes him and I like him too.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 19, 2013 13:09:14 GMT -5
The main problem is that people treat being a midcarder as a kiss of death. Tito Santana never went above the IC level and he's regarded as a legend. Same for Greg Valentine, Razor Ramon, and Dean Malenko. If everyone was part of the main event, being at that level is no longer special. It's the reason why a number of former World Champions in WWE are still considered part of the midcard scene. Jack Swagger is at the same level as Kofi even though the former held the World for a couple of months. Ziggler is a 2 times World champion and his role in WWE remains the same. Great Khali is a comedy character. Miz is a former WWE champion who spent the last few years winning midcard titles. Some people won't be a World champion. And even if you win it, you may not be elevated to long term main event status.
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Post by BrianZane on Sept 19, 2013 13:32:14 GMT -5
Even if it's not true, I don't care for his long tights either.
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Post by PTBartman on Sept 19, 2013 19:04:25 GMT -5
I don't understand how you determine the midcard is Kofi's personal ceiling, when he's only been at a higher level on a few occasions. It's not so much that I think it's his ceiling as it is the fact that he's been booked so... consistently that I cannot imagine a reality where he is not in the midcard. Like, I think he has the talent to make it in the main event, but he has stayed in the midcard so consistently that it's hard to buy him as anything else. Like, guys like Miz, Sheamus and etc go do midcardy things when they have nothing else to do but they eventually go back to the main event. Guys like Ryder go to the midcard once in a while, but then return to Supertars land. But Kofi? Kofi doesn't do that. He's the sole person who seems to exist in a weirdly stable limbo, not quite a jobber and not quite strong either. He's not like the others where the midcard is a waiting room while they have nothing else to do - the midcard is his home. He's not there while waiting for something else, he's just... there. He is the personification of the midcard - the very foundation of it. If he gets an actual push, I'm afraid that reality might implode and cause time to turn back until he goes back to the midcard. I have no logical basis for why I feel that way, it's just the irrational feeling I get. But I do think that if not for the terrifying implications of the effect a push have on reality itself, he would do really well - dude is fun, can be funny, crowd likes him and I like him too. Because of those very reasons Kofi may be the perfect person to see if they could recreate the Tatanka heel turn. (my favorite turn of alllll time) Picture it, The corporation is recruiting a returning Cena. Cena keeps saying he'd never turn. Kofi calls Cena out and with the help of a few well placed shenanigans on the part of The Corporation and Kofi makes it seem like the only thing left on a Cena turn is the Reveal. PPV, vs Cena, Kofi turns.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 19, 2013 19:09:44 GMT -5
Because of those very reasons Kofi may be the perfect person to see if they could recreate the Tatanka heel turn. So Kofi decides to get revenge on the white man...by beating up Darren Young.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Sept 19, 2013 19:40:36 GMT -5
Just turn him heel. That's it. I think he needs to modify 2/3 of his offence to make it look like it hurts like the SOS or Trouble in Paradise (his high jumps ARE impressive but the impact on the chops and crossbodies looks awful), This can't be emphasized enough when discussing Kofi. His offense is absolutely deplorable. It looks weak, and he isn't a really big guy, so it looks even weaker. He has some neat flippy moves, but only one or two looks like it could end a fight. I think he's a valuable piece to the midcard, but his offense prevents him from moving up the ladder.
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