Kofi Kingston= just another talented wasted

[Pinyapplesuckas]

bring back King of the Ring

make Kofi randomly win it

enter: King Kofi. Heel who holds the IC title and routinely loses in hard-fought WHC/WWE title matches

been saying this for years. it might not save him but could give him a spark

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Unless he has a heel turn(prolly won't happen), Kofi's done. But with:

ready to come up, it doesn't even matter. Woods can do all the shyt Kofi can and more. Plus, he has an actual gimmick. I have a feeling he will be the star that they tried to make Kingston way back when.

This just goes to show the power of WWE and their behind the scenes character developers because this dude was in TNA with that "Consequences Creed" gimmick

bring back King of the Ring

make Kofi randomly win it

enter: King Kofi. Heel who holds the IC title and routinely loses in hard-fought WHC/WWE title matches

been saying this for years. it might not save him but could give him a spark

breh thats not a bad idea, but seriously, i would love to know why WWE's power ups wont bring back some old ideas like King of the RIng or the nation of domination

 

[Mic-Nificent]

The Kliq killed all the potential Kofi had...

For those that have forgotten Kofi had a gimmick until HHH decided to kill it in one of his promos.

Koif was crazy over at one point until he pissed off Orton and he was buried continually after that. First Orton basically squashed him on PPV then they just let Edge curbstomp him to get his spot in the elimination chamber.

Then it was just those bullshyt mid card title reigns, him occasionally appearing in and getting beat down in Elimination chamber matches.

He had another brief spark with the Air Boom shyt but Bourne fukked it up with wellness violations and getting injured.

Kofi's done, he replaced Shelton Benjamin and now he is Shelton Benjamin. A dope talent with lots of potential that WWE will never develop.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I dont get it


He's a reliable midcard hand who has exciting matchs, great crowd following, and has awesome royal rumble/ladder match/EC/MITB moments and i look forward to seeing him in those matches.


Everyone can't be a main eventer, and thats fine. He is having an outstanding career, and i doubt he thinks he's wasted. Multiple time us and ic and tag champion. Many people complain about not having a healthy midcard...here it is.

Think of your favorite wrestlers as a kid...theyre not JUST hogan and savage. Were JYD or ted dibiase or RICKRUDE wasted talent? Thats not a fair assessment of how kofi is used.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

I dont get it


He's a reliable midcard hand who has exciting matchs, great crowd following, and has awesome royal rumble/ladder match/EC/MITB moments and i look forward to seeing him in those matches.


Everyone can't be a main eventer, and thats fine. He is having an outstanding career, and i doubt he thinks he's wasted. Multiple time us and ic and tag champion. Many people complain about not having a healthy midcard...here it is.

Think of your favorite wrestlers as a kid...theyre not JUST hogan and savage. Were JYD or ted dibiase or RICKRUDE wasted talent? Thats not a fair assessment of how kofi is used.

WWE does not have a healthy mid card, they just send dudes out there to have short matches that people forget five minutes after they happen. They're not given legitimate feuds or character development.

With Kofi the issue people have is that he clearly COULD have been a bigger star but WWE seemingly buried him for having the audacity to get over.

Not everybody can be a full time main eventer but if they built people up properly and didn't quicky bury them later we wouldn't have to deal WWE giving people the exact same main event 4 straight PPVs in a row with the exact same group of guys.

 

[MushroomX]

Truth is, Kofi is either content on staying mid-card, or he is too much of a puss to get what he wants. This company is a Dog eat Dog style, no one is your friend truthfully just a acquaintance. Kofi doesn't seem to have that desire to be the best, just sticking around instead. Everyone can be a main event in theory, but only a select few have what it really takes to be blessed by Cokeboy.

Kofi is a nice guy, but he is wasting his own talent; nobody is wasting it for him.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Think logically


Who would you rather be?

Wade Barret
Zach ryder
Curt hawkins
Bo Dallas
3MB
Yoshi Tatsu
Jtg
Santino
Tyson Kidd
Mason Ryan
Alex Riley

Or kofi?

shyt, Kofi is booked better respected than miz, r truth, and dolph right now. So, miss me with the kofi kingston sob story...

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Truth is, Kofi is either content on staying mid-card, or he is too much of a puss to get what he wants. This company is a Dog eat Dog style, no one is your friend truthfully just a acquaintance. Kofi doesn't seem to have that desire to be the best, just sticking around instead. Everyone can be a main event in theory, but only a select few have what it really takes to be blessed by Cokeboy.

Kofi is a nice guy, but he is wasting his own talent; nobody is wasting it for him.

fukk outta here with that shyt, we've seen in the past what happens to dudes who dare to get themselves over. How much did taking his career into his own hands help Zack Ryder? And keep in mind Ryder had Cena backing him.

Remember what happened to Christian back in 05? Got himself over and was quickly buried for it.

We also don't know for sure what Kofi is or isn't trying to do backstage. He might be pushing hard for a heel turn or a significant gimmick change but WWE might not be allowing it.

 

[Street Knowledge]

fukk outta here with that shyt, we've seen in the past what happens to dudes who dare to get themselves over. How much did taking his career into his own hands help Zack Ryder? And keep in mind Ryder had Cena backing him.

Remember what happened to Christian back in 05? Got himself over and was quickly buried for it.

We also don't know for sure what Kofi is or isn't trying to do backstage. He might be pushing hard for a heel turn or a significant gimmick change but WWE might not be allowing it.

Dudes career is dead now

 

[AquaCityBoy]

He needs to step his adlib game up. Then TSC would be all over his dikk. :RVD:

 

[MushroomX]

fukk outta here with that shyt, we've seen in the past what happens to dudes who dare to get themselves over. How much did taking his career into his own hands help Zack Ryder? And keep in mind Ryder had Cena backing him.

Remember what happened to Christian back in 05? Got himself over and was quickly buried for it.

We also don't know for sure what Kofi is or isn't trying to do backstage. He might be pushing hard for a heel turn or a significant gimmick change but WWE might not be allowing it.

It's also well known Vince & HHH respect people with a serious backbone. What did Christian do, he fled to TNA. Zack Ryder he was nothing but a cac from the start. Can you really sit back and say, "Im looking at Zack Ryder as the next big thing with his New Jersey Shore/Woo Woo Woo shyt". The gimmick itself screams limited shelf life. Nothing in life is easy, especially on the E, where you have to always be fighting to stay relevant with TV time. If Creative comes to you with a idea that is stupid, you say "No! This is not who I am, and this will not work. I need to be this this and this." you cannot stick around waiting for something to happen.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

It's also well known Vince & HHH respect people with a serious backbone. What did Christian do, he fled to TNA. Zack Ryder he was nothing but a cac from the start. Can you really sit back and say, "Im looking at Zack Ryder as the next big thing with his New Jersey Shore/Woo Woo Woo shyt". The gimmick itself screams limited shelf life. Nothing in life is easy, especially on the E, where you have to always be fighting to stay relevant with TV time. If Creative comes to you with a idea that is stupid, you say "No! This is not who I am, and this will not work. I need to be this this and this." you cannot stick around waiting for something to happen.

You're changing up the argument a bit.

You were talking about guys should take their careers into their own hands no matter what to get themselves over, except we've seen multiple times where guys got themselves over and were punished for it afterwards.

We never got to see how far Ryder could go because WWE never really pushed him to see how far he could go. I don't want to hear any shyt about "limited shelf life" when WWE still trying to push that bum Del Rio with his wack as mexican aristocrat gimmick.

And miss me with that "When creative comes to you with an idea you say no" shyt when 80% of the people who are fired from WWE are told "creative has nothing for you". Which is crazy when you think about it because you're essentially getting fired because someone else can't do their fukking job.

Let me be clear, i'm not saying Kofi should be pushed as the face of the company for six months or any bullshyt like that. I'm saying he showed the potential to be a much bigger star than he currently is and WWE completely dropped the ball. WWE will push some shyt that barely over for YEARS but will quickly bury someone that's gotten themselves crazy over with crowds.

 

[MushroomX]

You're changing up the argument a bit.

You were talking about guys should take their careers into their own hands no matter what to get themselves over, except we've seen multiple times where guys got themselves over and were punished for it afterwards.

We never got to see how far Ryder could go because WWE never really pushed him to see how far he could go. I don't want to hear any shyt about "limited shelf life" when WWE still trying to push that bum Del Rio with his wack as mexican aristocrat gimmick.

And miss me with that "When creative comes to you with an idea you say no" shyt when 80% of the people who are fired from WWE are told "creative has nothing for you". Which is crazy when you think about it because you're essentially getting fired because someone else can't do their fukking job.

Let me be clear, i'm not saying Kofi should be pushed as the face of the company for six months or any bullshyt like that. I'm saying he showed the potential to be a much bigger star than he currently is and WWE completely dropped the ball. WWE will push some shyt that barely over for YEARS but will quickly bury someone that's gotten themselves crazy over with crowds.

I know, Kofi has the potential. It's just with Creative, you should be the one telling them what to do. Never allow someone to have your life, in their hands, ever. As far as Ryder, you have to look at a persons gimmick from two stand points; short term, and long term. Austin's persona is one that is ground in blue collar values, hard work and wanting to punch your boss. Ryder is very limited in what he could do, because it was out there. With Del Rio, the entire aristocrat gimmick is almost gone, no more cars, no more extravagant entrance and no more personal butler.

For my sake, Kofi is a high flyer which is rare right now in WWE. For me, he just cannot sit back and have creative tell him what to do.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

I know, Kofi has the potential. It's just with Creative, you should be the one telling them what to do. Never allow someone to have your life, in their hands, ever. As far as Ryder, you have to look at a persons gimmick from two stand points; short term, and long term. Austin's persona is one that is ground in blue collar values, hard work and wanting to punch your boss. Ryder is very limited in what he could do, because it was out there. With Del Rio, the entire aristocrat gimmick is almost gone, no more cars, no more extravagant entrance and no more personal butler.

For my sake, Kofi is a high flyer which is rare right now in WWE. For me, he just cannot sit back and have creative tell him what to do.

His gimmick was no more limiting that Cena's white boy rapper gimmick. Gimmicks evolve over time if given the opportunity. Ryder wasn't buried because his gimmick was limited, he was buried because he got over without imput from creative or Vince.

And like I keep saying you don't know that Kofi isn't constantly pitching things to move forward in his career. Just because you pitch something doesn't mean they'll listen. Typically a guy needs someone in creative in their corner to be heard and Kofi might not have that.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

It's weird.

Kofi gets a lot of derision for being "just a midcarder," but when he did that interview earlier this year saying he was trying to get into the main event scene, people just shyt on him and were like, "Shut the fukk up, midcarder. "