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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 6:50:26 GMT -5
They're screwed with the WWE title match no matter what they do. Go with Kofi and blow up plans from now until sometime post-Mania for 3 or 4 guys or stuck with what they've got planned and lose what they've lucked into with Kofi. I really want to see Wyatt or Owens get a real run with the title, and for Owens to do start it at WM would be awesome, but them every never get going with the way stuff is now. They should go with the hot hand. WWE's rigid, "Stick with the plan no matter what," booking over the past few years is strangling the life out of this company and a big part of why barely anything feels like it matters. If you really need to get the belt onto Owens or something, which I'd say should maybe wait until the guy's shown he can still deliver given it's probably been two years since he had a passable match, then just get the belt back to Bryan at Backlash and do it at Extreme Rules or whatever.
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Post by Moppy on Feb 19, 2019 6:51:41 GMT -5
I'll believe it when I see it. As others have said, it sounds a bit like we're being worked here.
If the plan isn't Kofi-Bryan, why not just let Kofi win last Sunday? D-Bry can always win it back at Fastlane. It's fresh and gives both Bryan and New Day something to do until Mania. I get the tease that Kofi came *so close* only to come up short, but why even let that angle play out if they're just going to be like "haha, nope, here's Bray Wyatt". What a recipe for a disastrous crowd reaction.
And Lacey Evans? An 85-year-old Undertaker? Get the f*** outta here.
I'll just be over here quietly living in denial until this plays out a little longer. They've got the framework of a fantastic Wrestlemania here, it would be so disappointing to have them f*** that up by avoiding the hot matches.
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Post by HMARK Center on Feb 19, 2019 6:55:13 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm with those thinking someone might be leaking stuff to WON to make things looks bad, with the expectation that the crowd reaction will be that much more positive if suddenly WM ends up including Bryan/Kofi, a solid Asuka match, etc.
If not, then, uh...wow.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 19, 2019 7:01:54 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm with those thinking someone might be leaking stuff to WON to make things looks bad, with the expectation that the crowd reaction will be that much more positive if suddenly WM ends up including Bryan/Kofi, a solid Asuka match, etc. If not, then, uh...wow. You are giving WWE too much credit, the company didnt change from a year or two before and this is just on par with that.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 19, 2019 7:22:52 GMT -5
If the WWE don't drop their current plans in favour of giving Kofi that match, then they're dense as f***. It's not like whatever storyline they had was going to be good anyway. It would just be reheated 'Bryan cuts a promo on the fans, returning guy's music hits, he comes out and they have a confrontation'.
But instead, they have this organic storyline that has been sprung on them, and the crazy thing is, it actually works on more than one level - Kofi finally gets a chance to wrestle for the title, with the fans going crazy for him. Bryan gets to put on a great match with someone he'd probably love to put over. And the New Day are perfect, consumerist foils for Bryan's joyless pontificating.
It would also give them a chance to expand Bryan's backup, for a programme against the New Day leading up the Wrestlemania - Xavier and Big E vs Rowan and... Tye? Shelton Benjamin? Reinvented Bray Wyatt? One of the guys from Sanity? Someone else who's doing nothing?
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Post by Dub H on Feb 19, 2019 7:24:47 GMT -5
If the WWE don't drop their current plans in favour of giving Kofi that match, then they're dense as f***. It's not like whatever storyline they had was going to be good anyway. It would just be reheated 'Bryan cuts a promo on the fans, returning guy's music hits, he comes out and they have a confrontation'. But instead, they have this organic storyline that has been sprung on them, and the crazy thing is, it actually works on more than one level - Kofi finally gets a chance to wrestle for the title, with the fans going crazy for him. Bryan gets to put on a great match with someone he'd probably love to put over. And the New Day are perfect, consumerist foils for Bryan's joyless pontificating. It would also give them a chance to expand Bryan's backup, for a programme against the New Day leading up the Wrestlemania - Xavier and Big E vs Rowan and... Tye? Shelton Benjamin? Reinvented Bray Wyatt? One of the guys from Sanity? Someone else who's doing nothing? No no you see,later we can have Big E TURN on Kofi! THEN he gets a feud for the main event!A fresh take on it!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 7:29:35 GMT -5
I am surprised how many people are okay with WWE putting the title on Kofi just to take it off of him. If they are gonna do it I would rather they do it right or not at all. Checklist title reigns are no fun and don't really do much for the title.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 19, 2019 7:34:43 GMT -5
I am surprised how many people are okay with WWE putting the title on Kofi just to take it off of him. If they are gonna do it I would rather they do it right or not at all. Checklist title reigns are no fun and don't really do much for the title. They're fun for the guy who wins them. Look at Zack Ryder, when he won the IC Title, and said that even though they took it off him the next day, he'll always have that moment of winning a title at Wrestlemania. But why should they take it off Kofi? Let him win it and run with it, until Summerslam at least. The New Day fawning over the belt and enjoying themselves while Bryan seethes and tries to win it back would be a good storyline.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 7:41:51 GMT -5
I am surprised how many people are okay with WWE putting the title on Kofi just to take it off of him. If they are gonna do it I would rather they do it right or not at all. Checklist title reigns are no fun and don't really do much for the title. While I'd rather Kofi be given the chance to run with the ball, the important thing to me really is the moment of him winning. And beyond that, not every reign can or should be long. If everyone holds the thing for half the year then holding it for months is meaningless.
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 19, 2019 7:42:20 GMT -5
Sounds shitty
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Post by Ryushinku on Feb 19, 2019 7:48:23 GMT -5
Plenty of time for plans to change. Especially with this erratic company.
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Post by Rican on Feb 19, 2019 7:54:33 GMT -5
I naively choose to believe they’re gonna go with Kofi. I don’t think they would have emphasized his post-match reactions if there was no planned follow up. But Owens, Zayn and Wyatt all sound awful. None of those dudes have been interesting for years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 7:57:25 GMT -5
I never really thought they’d let Kofi get the shot. Once they let someone look good in defeat that’s usually the end of their story. It’d be cool but c’mon we know WWE.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Feb 19, 2019 8:01:48 GMT -5
I never really thought they’d let Kofi get the shot. Once they let someone look good in defeat that’s usually the end of their story. It’d be cool but c’mon we know WWE. That's what I thought after he lost. It was like "We got him close. There. Happy now? Now let's come up with a REAL idea!"
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Feb 19, 2019 8:21:12 GMT -5
It’s terrible, and totally a WWE thing to do, but they should just go with Kofi, have him win at Mania, then lose it at Smackdown the following Tuesday. The fans will be happy (until Smackdown) and then they can go with whatever batshit crazy plans they have.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 8:35:40 GMT -5
Is there a specific reason aside from wishful thinking that people think Kofi will get the title match at Mania? It doesn’t follow any pattern Vince has ever done. Well, maybe Bryan in 2014 but I don’t think Kofi has that much support.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Feb 19, 2019 8:43:47 GMT -5
I'm not as worried about KO/DB because they're both so good it should work.
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Post by cabbageboy on Feb 19, 2019 8:46:59 GMT -5
I'll say this. Right now I see more potential in Kofi going for the title than I do Kevin Owens. Kofi has spent the past few years being a goof but he hasn't been buried or anything. He's not scorched earth. To me Owens is 100% toast. The past year or so has just killed any drawing power he may have had, between the endless Shane feud or being fed mercilessly to Strowman on Raw. The kind of booking Owens has endured is the kind of thing you do with a guy you are going to release, not sign to a big 5 year deal and then plan to push to the WWE title.
On some deranged level I can see the Lacey/Asuka deal. Lacey is this retro 1940s pinup character with a military background, so she probably still wants to avenge Pearl Harbor. Can you imagine if that's the direction they went with such a feud?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 8:49:46 GMT -5
Owens vs Bryan will be a sick match and I’m 100% on board with face KO. Let’s do it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 19, 2019 8:50:32 GMT -5
The matchups aren’t bad for Bryan per se but Kofi is the lay up right now that they can’t to afford to Patrick Ewing that situation
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