Am I crazy for hating the Kofi Rumble spot?

[Citizen Snips]

Like a lot of things in wrestling, it worked really well the first time and I mean 1995. It was a heel taking advantage of what seemed like a throwaway line in the rules to get the win, not just a random spot in the match.

It also helped that HBK was still in full contact with the ring the whole time, not thrown 20 feet away from it. Like I’m not entirely sure both of Doink’s feet hit the floor in 1994 but Bam Bam threw his ass 10 feet down the aisle; he’s not allowed to scooch his way back to the ring, that’s an elimination.

[stoptheclocks]

It's not crazy to not be into it.

It's a little extra to hate/loathe it. At it's worst it's totally harmless and gets a decent pop.

[Legion]

The live crowds always eat it up, so I consider it pretty harmless. It can be fun seeing what crazy thing they think to do each year.

It's over played for sure, but it's over as a spot.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

It was a fun spot until they had multiple people doing it and the pancake spot is one that really killed it

[chrom]

Stop thinking about getting a highlight spot and focus on actually winning it for once.

[Ozman]

The Kofi spot isn’t anywhere near as annoying as the “guy goes under the rope and stays on the outside as long as they want without getting eliminated” spot.

[Visagra]

Kofi's best finish in the Rumble since starting the saves has been 13th twice. It can be argued that he's actually pretty awful at the Royal Rumble.

[darbus alan]

It's one of those things for me where it was really fun and neat at first. And then like a lot of things WWE the last 10 or so years, it jumped the shark. Especially since he wasn't the only person who started doing it.

[Instant Classic]

Just rewatched the 2019 rumble and the Kofi spot was so cringe.

["Trickster Dogg" James Jesse]

I just looked up several of the Kofi spots I've missed out on seeing over the past few years, and god damn, the visual representation of the shows all look the same to each other, and no different from what I remember Raw looking like.

[chronocross]

It worked the first few times but as of late (including tonight) it's getting worse and he could get hurt out there.

[Milkman Norm]

I've hated it for years. Once was awesome. After that it's just become convoluted.

[zrowsdower]

No, you are not.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I like it, but I do think it's time to retire it after two consecutive years of him botching it.

[fw91]

Well I think Kofi hates it now

[msc]

Is he OK? That was legit nasty.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 28, 2023 21:32:39 GMT -5 msc said:

Is he OK? That was legit nasty.

Yeah, wouldn't be shocked if both he and Escobar got hurt, both their eliminations were nasty.

[papagiorgio]

I liked his and John Morrison's spots in past Rumbles, but it kind of felt like they were running out of cool ideas and with these last two botches, maybe it is time to retire it, give it a rest for a few years, or let a younger guy take over.

[Hulk With A Mustache]

Did he f*** it up again? Or did Brock throw him out so damn hard that it caused a botch?

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 28, 2023 22:09:51 GMT -5 Hulk With A Mustache said:

Did he f*** it up again? Or did Brock throw him out so damn hard that it caused a botch?

He was thrown out by Gunther and was clearly supposed to do something, but he just wound up skidding across the floor. They kind of tried to salvage it by showing his foot sitting on a chair but he never came back.