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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 19, 2019 9:09:04 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. If it were up to me, I’d have Kofi as champ right up until SmackDown debuts on Fox.
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Post by Chiral on Feb 19, 2019 9:16:16 GMT -5
They're not THAT stupid right? Why end EC on the shot of Kofi and New Day under the WM sign and have Triple H mention it if that's...that's just it?
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Feb 19, 2019 9:20:26 GMT -5
For anyone in the wager thread, Feel free to swap sides. lol
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 19, 2019 9:24:15 GMT -5
What's worse is that they have a perfect opportunity to have New Day sweep WM. Have Xavier and Big E beat the Usos for the tag titles and have Kofi win the SD title.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Feb 19, 2019 9:27:29 GMT -5
All of this sounds absolutely f***ing awful. And I really think at this point if they put anybody besides Kofi against Bryan the crowd is going to shit all over it. Yep. They booked Kofi like the ultimate fighting underdog twice in one week, and the audience immediately jumped on board with it. You can't do that then try to put Kofi back on the shelf. They're at a point of no return. Kofi is now in the same spot Becky was in back at SummerSlam. Man, just typing that made me realize how awesome it will be if crowds start chanting for Kofi over the top of everything. Who ever saw that coming? I'm glad he's in a spot where the audience can truly help elevate him.
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Post by realist on Feb 19, 2019 9:32:42 GMT -5
Such a stupid, stupid move if true. Remember when WCW had Rick Steiner face Hulk Hogan at Starrcade 1997 for the World title because Eric Bischoff liked him better than Sting? Me neither, because even WCW would do this right.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Feb 19, 2019 9:44:19 GMT -5
It's Kofi vs Bryan, but Bryan throws pancake in Kofi's eyes and gets quickly pinned by Bryan. Horrified by this misjustice, Hulk Hogan comes out and complains to the ref. He pins Bryan 30 seconds later. New World Champion, AARP Hulk Hogan.
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Post by theironyuppie on Feb 19, 2019 10:24:01 GMT -5
These developments, if true, do not sound promising, and like a company scrambling. I guess the other possibility is Meltzer's sources are dying up--he normally has a better handle on what Mania plans are by this time of year.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Feb 19, 2019 10:28:27 GMT -5
When Dave's sources regarding Bryan/Kofi not happening turn out to be horribly wrong, and it's WHEN not IF because that match is all but set in stone after EC, I'm going to ask for WON to be added to the banned sites list.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Feb 19, 2019 10:32:09 GMT -5
Guys seriously please get it into your heads now
Kofi ain’t winning the title at mania.
Someone like f***in Wyat will face Bryan
Alas ☹️
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Post by fw91 on Feb 19, 2019 10:36:28 GMT -5
I mean I love KO, and Bryan/Cena would be a great program. However, when you catch lightning in a bottle, you gotta run with it.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 19, 2019 10:37:53 GMT -5
Boy, if they don't go with Kingston vs. Bryan, talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Feb 19, 2019 10:39:26 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? Not getting political but the US did avenge pearl harbour and then some
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 10:42:47 GMT -5
I can definitely see Kofi getting shut out of the title match, because instead of coming up with a different idea they just plugged him into Ali’s spot, but as usual the WWE is so tone deaf that they didn’t think people would be behind Kofi that much. If anything Kofi might sneak his way in to a 3 or 4 way title match at Mania.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 19, 2019 10:52:04 GMT -5
I can definitely see Kofi getting shut out of the title match, because instead of coming up with a different idea they just plugged him into Ali’s spot, but as usual the WWE is so tone deaf that they didn’t think people would be behind Kofi that much. If anything Kofi might sneak his way in to a 3 or 4 way title match at Mania. WWE is probably going to miss the point and give Kofi the US title.
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Post by sunnytaker on Feb 19, 2019 10:58:02 GMT -5
hmm I wonder. taker is supposedly in talks for mania- cena has something else planned... cena/taker 2- cena gets his win back?
i'm sorry...
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Post by cabbageboy on Feb 19, 2019 11:39:03 GMT -5
Of course the USA avenged Pearl Harbor but the point is that Lacey Evans is so stuck in the 1940s that she isn't aware of that.
Enough of Taker, seriously. The dude is beyond washed up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 11:41:33 GMT -5
When Dave's sources regarding Bryan/Kofi not happening turn out to be horribly wrong, and it's WHEN not IF because that match is all but set in stone after EC, I'm going to ask for WON to be added to the banned sites list. Never gonna happen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 11:44:41 GMT -5
I'm hoping that none of what is currently reported actually happens. The crowd was HOT for Kofi, social media was going nuts for Kofi, and WWE hasn't established a new star on top that wasn't a Shield member in ages.
I'm also hoping Undertaker skips WrestleMania because we don't need to see him stumble around, and based upon what a bust Lacey Evans is, she's stuck in the Vagina Trophy Battle Royale.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 11:48:27 GMT -5
Soooo HBW was wrong or Handsome B. Wrong. What do you think?
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