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Post by BigAl on Feb 19, 2019 18:11:21 GMT -5
Since the rumor is Kofi got Mustafa spot and apparently it now looked like Mustafa was going to do great in The Gauntlet match and be the last one against Bryan at the Pay-Per-View but due to injury Kofi got the spot and now he's dojng great with it which is great but the problem now is what's going to happen to Mustafa when he returns from injury ?
we all know that Vince gets tired of a wrestler that is destined for a big push but is sidelined by an injury and is out for months. look what happened to Drew McIntyre and his first round as well as Finn Balor in his return from his injury after having the universal belt for one day. Vince loses interest in you. Not sure why maybe because the pre-written advanced plan went down the toilet so he's vindictive I don't know but is mustafa's career now going to be midcard for life now?
I know there's going to be some of you who thinks Mustafa in his return will get a huge push but I'm having my doubts with all these new NXT guys that will be coming in by the time he returns I think he's going to be forgotten which sucks cuz I really want to see him Main Event a pay-per-view what do you guys think
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 18:13:37 GMT -5
I'm an Ali fan, but he'll have plenty of future opportunities. Well, he should anyway. It's unfortunate that he got hurt, but Kofi's got so much momentum right now and they need to go with the hot hand. Watch them turn Ali heel and feud him with Kofi when he comes back.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 18:14:24 GMT -5
I think Ali would benefit much more from a slow build. Have him get the US title in the next couple of months and spend the next year steadily rising, there's no reason he has to go into the deep water right away. If anything it'd just undercut his fiery underdog appeal.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Feb 19, 2019 18:21:45 GMT -5
Give him the Andre battle royal this year and slow burn the build. He's great, but give him longer to get comfortable and for the audience to take to him, nad he will be getting rapturous cheers by this time next year, when they can honestly go through the exact same gauntlet iron man story and people will happily buy it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 18:23:28 GMT -5
I'm actually a little confused where the sudden backstage love for Ali is coming from, given this time last year he was working his ass off to singlehandedly make a good story out of that boring ass Cruiserweight tournament and they still had him lose like it was nothing to someone who can't get a reaction to save his life.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 18:25:00 GMT -5
I'm actually a little confused where the sudden backstage love for Ali is coming from, given this time last year he was working his ass off to singlehandedly make a good story out of that boring ass Cruiserweight tournament and they still had him lose like it was nothing to someone who can't get a reaction to save his life. Doesn't explain why they waited until December, but I think there was a report that Bryan went to bat for him and told them he wanted to work with him. |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 19, 2019 18:27:37 GMT -5
Kind of tired of guys winning the World Title before they have an IC/US and Tag reign. Iād rather see Ali work his way up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 18:29:27 GMT -5
This push makes way more sense for Kofi anyway since Ali really needs to established himself in the mid card first.
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Post by Goldash #BLM on Feb 19, 2019 18:32:22 GMT -5
I think Ali would benefit much more from a slow build. Have him get the US title in the next couple of months and spend the next year steadily rising, there's no reason he has to go into the deep water right away. If anything it'd just undercut his fiery underdog appeal. I was thinking the same thing, especially since they teased something between he and Nak at the Rumble. Get the US title onto a proven veteran heel, build some heat around the title picture and see what happens. Easier said than done in modern day WWE though. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Feb 19, 2019 18:35:09 GMT -5
Just because Kofi went an hour in the Gauntlet doesn't necessarily mean Ali would have done so had he not been replaced.
It makes sense because they did it last year with Seth, but they could have also decided to do it with Kofi because the story of him being the alternate made for a better story.
Besides, Ali getting a rocket push so early into his Smackdown tenure has the downside of leaving him with nowhere to go but down once it's over. They can get far more mileage out of him with a slow climb to the top, and it makes more sense for such an underdog to do so.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 19, 2019 18:39:59 GMT -5
I'm actually a little confused where the sudden backstage love for Ali is coming from, given this time last year he was working his ass off to singlehandedly make a good story out of that boring ass Cruiserweight tournament and they still had him lose like it was nothing to someone who can't get a reaction to save his life. Doesn't explain why they waited until December, but I think there was a report that Bryan went to bat for him and told them he wanted to work with him. Ali himself blatantly said in an interview that heās fairly certain Bryan went to bat for him, but heās never actually been told that for sure. |
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Post by Crimson on Feb 19, 2019 20:50:32 GMT -5
Worst case scenario you could still make it a Triple Threat Match at Wrestlemania, Bryan vs Kofi vs Ali.
It'd actually give Kofi even more fuel and fire since there's the added threat of someone completely new leapfrogging right past him out of the gate.
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Post by No One on Feb 19, 2019 21:26:23 GMT -5
He will come back wearing a keffiyeh and ranting about how lazy Americans are.
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Post by Rican on Feb 19, 2019 21:37:11 GMT -5
I think he'll have a hard time getting the momentum back especially with all the call ups but I'll be honest, even if he hadn't gotten hurt I don't know where he realistically would have ended up anyway. Like if they had booked him the same exact way they did Kofi I kind of feel like the crowd would have eventually turned on him or at least cooled off significantly. He's been on the main roster all of a few weeks so a sudden god push seems like a bad idea.
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Post by BigAl on Feb 19, 2019 21:56:52 GMT -5
Doesn't explain why they waited until December, but I think there was a report that Bryan went to bat for him and told them he wanted to work with him. Ali himself blatantly said in an interview that heās fairly certain Bryan went to bat for him, but heās never actually been told that for sure. Well if that's the case then since we know Bryan's going to drop the belt real soon by the time Mustafa comes back from injury Bryan won't be there too bat for him since he's not going to be the champ anymore so he will be lost in the shuffle with all the NXT call ups plus Road dog will probably booked him as an Antu american foreignerc |
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Feb 19, 2019 22:03:45 GMT -5
Thereās a small pit in my stomach watching Kofi get what was supposed to be his push. Love me some Ali... so Iām pretty disappointed with how this is playing out.
Whatās worse is Ali has that special āitā factor and would be killing this as well...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 22:08:04 GMT -5
Ali's great, he'll be fine. He's just made it to the main roster and he's young so he's got years doing this. He'll just grind in the midcard for a bit before becoming champion later on. Having the rocket strapped to him so early isn't a smart thing even if he's dope in the ring because once he falls where he's gonna go but down?
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