*OFFICIAL* Kofi Kingston Thread

[Lee]

So we noticed on Superstars that Kofi Kingston has mysteriously changed birthplace to Ghana, West Africa. We all know that's his real place of birth, so it makes sense. Then this week he loses the US belt so it seems like changes are there for him.

So what do you think is next for Kofi? I for one can see a gimmick upheaval, no longer the happy go lucky Jamaican, but some other one. I hope they keep him face as we have too many heels at the moment. maybe do the same as Rocky Miavia did, drop the last name and the "ee" sound adding the word the beforehand..."The Kof" anyone?

 

[tLight]

Or drop Kofi entirely and just go by Kingston. I think he's the next person to get pushed to the main event, he's had two pretty decent runs with the US Title, beat everyone else in the middle card, he does need something new, and its not a tag team partner, its a push to the Main Event. He's one of the only other people outside of MVP who's had enough exposure in the middle card to move up to the main event on Raw. I know its pretty far fetched, but at least its something new.

 

[dvayne]

I always suggested a hard ass militia gimmick would be a good way to turn him on the fans. The problem is theres no room for heels on Raw right now. With the way they book I could see them pairing him up with Primo or Evan to make another filler tag team.

Hell most of the midcarders are foreign Primo, Carlito, Chavo, Kofi, Santino. I'm not suggesting it but could there be a watered down world elite on Raw? They have the U.S title on Raw so it would make sense for the Americans to stand up for U.S. pride (MVP, Miz, Swagger, Masters, Henry) It would be a horrible idea but then again i've seen them do some pretty bad angles in the past

 

[Lee]

Or drop Kofi entirely and just go by Kingston. I think he's the next person to get pushed to the main event, he's had two pretty decent runs with the US Title, beat everyone else in the middle card, he does need something new, and its not a tag team partner, its a push to the Main Event. He's one of the only other people outside of MVP who's had enough exposure in the middle card to move up to the main event on Raw. I know its pretty far fetched, but at least its something new.

Missing the point of dropping the Kingston name, Kingston's the capital city of Jamaica, seeing as Kofi's now not Jamaican it makes zero sense for him to have the Kingston name.

I agree that he should have that push up the the main event, he was screwed in the chamber at NWO so it looks like him, MVP and Henry are the guys on the border at the moment.

 

[LCShazardous]

i kind hope they do for kofi what they did for john cena.

john had that chain gang gimmick for a while and during his world title reign that gimmick slowly disappeared and john became not only the indestructible monster but the no real gimmick just average face. I'm hoping as time goes on kofi kingston will go one to win a world title off someone and slowly over time eliminating all but traces of his Jamaican gimmick. this may need him to change his music though, as well as hs finishers name he would've called it the SOS if they weren't already calling his "ranhei" like move the SOS... i personally think that Ranhei thing should be a finisher. it just looks like a finisher to me

- so he could move on to the main event.
- slowly water down his gimmick like they did with cena's
- change his entrance music and his finishers name
- starts using the SOS as a finisher (something I'd like to see)

~thats my 2 half cents since i don't count for 2 whole cents~

 

[Spillz3000]

Well I see at least one or two matches more in his fued with the Miz before Kofi moves on to something different.

But if he does receive a gimmick overhaul I see nothing wrong with at least him keeping the Kofi name. Let him have another loss with the Miz and it starts to bring an edge to Kofi. Not an edge in the sense of him turning heel, but an edge in the sense of the cliche "No more Mr. Nice Guy" routine. Like he shows more bouts of aggression, gets right into an opponents face and get a one up on his adversary via Austin and Rock sometimes, and maybe something to make his opponents a little weary of stepping in the ring with him cause you'll never know when he'll snap and what's he going to do. I don't know just throwing it out there. But I definitely wouldn't mind Kofi getting a little more aggressive and make his intentions known. Let the boy talk and at least get a B-Level PPV fued with Orton to see what he's got and quite possibly could be a career changing fued for Kofi.

 

[mister_b1LL]

dvayne's idea of the hard ass militia gimmick sounds great for Kofi and I personally would love to see that. However, it shouldn't happen overnight. Like LCShazardous said, maybe slowly water down his gimmick overtime and possibly draft him to SD! where it is not as heel heavy as RAW is. Then by that time show his true colors and say that he's fighting for his people in Ghana and West Africa and will run rampant on SD! until something is done to help them.

The exact same gimmick could also work as a face later because eventually he will gain the sympathy of the WWE Universe, thus turning him face again.

 

[It's...Baylariat!]

What doesn't make sense is to have him suddenly be from Ghana as opposed to Jamaica, which is why the WWE dropped the Kingston last name. That and Jamaica is usually associated with some drugs like pot and stuff. But Kofi's going to be fine. He'll still feud with Miz and Swagger and be in the US Title hunt. Kofi's too good not to be anything except solid in the WWE. TNA could only be lucky to get someone as skilled as Kofi. But Kofi will still be around and will still be in the title hunt on Raw.

 

[JBK2008]

I think Kofi will feud with Miz for a month or so while trying to get the U.S title back, but he's beat everyone on the midcard on Raw, so a main event scene push is in the future for him and a gimmick change may really help him out there. He won't get lost in the mid card shuffle and he'll hopefully make the next step up the ladder.

 

[RKORULZCENASUX]

Its about fucking time they gave the US Title to the MIZ or even if Jack Swagger won would've been better! Good riddance to Koffee Kingston throw him a cup of black coffee to his face he is an awful wrestler with limited moves! I don't know why they didn t let MIZ win on Sundays PPV 3 title changes make sense anyhow! Koffee can now take a vacation to Jamaica and leave the wrestling business for a loong time!
Miz has many set of moves and he deserves the title and the push! Its about time they gave it to him!

 

[sevastra82]

While I was watching the Kofi match last night, I kind of got the sense that his character is definately changing a slight bit. I think we will start to see a slow change in him...possibly more into a serious type of character. They've flirted him into the main event scene a few times already, so it'll be interesting to see if perhaps they elevate him up.

 

[The Gribbler]

Interesting change and I look forward to seeing if any character upheavals will come with it. Although with how over Kofi seems to be at the moment I don't see them playing with him too much. I for one like the militia idea posted above, the guerrilla type deal, sneaking up on opponents before the match or something.

Just seems like a cool idea to me

Just My Opinion

P.S. Post 200 not really important just thought I would mention it.

 

[dxparza]

Pretty good question. They could go so many directions with him now, he could chase the miz to get his title back and have a more serious and edgey way of doing so.
He could get stuck in a random tag team with chavo, evan bourne, etc...
I personally would like to see him form a stable with henry and mvp to do something like the nation of domination, but that's just me

 

[sevastra82]

Pretty good question. They could go so many directions with him now, he could chase the miz to get his title back and have a more serious and edgey way of doing so.
He could get stuck in a random tag team with chavo, evan bourne, etc...
I personally would like to see him form a stable with henry and mvp to do something like the nation of domination, but that's just me

I think they'll have Kofi chase him for a bit, but not for long. The thing is, (as stated above), Kofi has beaten pretty much everyone on the mid-card level there is to beat. And I think he's been built up enough to where putting him in a fued with a lesser talent would hurt all the credibility that he's built up over the last few months.

I think they can either have him fued with lets say...Jericho (which IMO would be a GREAT fued for Kofi), or maybe win the US Title from the Miz again and hang around with the belt for a little while longer.

 

[RKORULZCENASUX]

Koffee can now go back down to IC ranks and feud with Morrison but I like to see Carlito capture the IC Title or US Title they have not used him properly at all I see him in TNA soon enough!

 

[Borgata]

KOfi isn't that good, Evan Bourne is more believable than Kofi. Kofi is just a bathroom break wrestler who will end up like Double J. Thats JA-RR-E-TT. Yup, I went there!

 

[8five]

When Kofi beat MVP for the US title everyone was anticpating MVP moving on to bigger and better things and going to main event scene and guess what that didnt happen. Now Miz beat Kofi so I see for Kofi what happened to MVP. A week midcard feud after chasing the title for another month or so and inevitably off to a tag team with someone like Bourne. I hope it actually leads to a heel turn cause I think its the only way he gets a character cause as a face i cant see it

 

[partyhardy]

I think this kid will make it up to the Main Event status he has some good moves in the ring has held that u.s title twice so i think he will get a huge push.

 

[dman1373]

i kind hope they do for kofi what they did for john cena.

john had that chain gang gimmick for a while and during his world title reign that gimmick slowly disappeared and john became not only the indestructible monster but the no real gimmick just average face. I'm hoping as time goes on kofi kingston will go one to win a world title off someone and slowly over time eliminating all but traces of his Jamaican gimmick. this may need him to change his music though, as well as hs finishers name he would've called it the SOS if they weren't already calling his "ranhei" like move the SOS... i personally think that Ranhei thing should be a finisher. it just looks like a finisher to me

- so he could move on to the main event.
- slowly water down his gimmick like they did with cena's
- change his entrance music and his finishers name
- starts using the SOS as a finisher (something I'd like to see)

~thats my 2 half cents since i don't count for 2 whole cents~

the one thing we don't need is someone doing things like cena. I hate his weird soldier gangster regular person gimmick. I would like to see him go heel and not smile. Have him go the way of the rock and evolve it into an ego maniac.

 

[The Todd]

They keep saying Kofi was shaped by the Jamaican way of life so there is a good chance he will keep the Kingston name.

There is nothing wrong with his current self at the moment. He is the mid card Jeff Hardy. He says little and lets his actions speak for him. He is a guy the company can rely on to perform when put into any match type.

I think all they need to do is allow him to express himself a little bit more, see how his mic skills stack up with Miz, let them have a decent feud, with promo time instead of just match time, and there you have two solid upper mid carders.

 

[Freddy4190]

I still find Kofi extremely entertaining. I don't know what they're gonna do with him forreal. I think his moveset is slowly diminishing because alot of the fucker's he's facing can't keep up. I'ma Kofi mark, period. But i'm not really sad to see him lose the title. I'd like to see him team up with Evan Bourne or another person who can actually keep up with him and make another run at the tag team titles. Hell, toss his ass in the World title picture. He doesn't have to win it necessarily, but feuding with Orton or whoever for it wouldn't hurt any.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I look for Kofi to stay in the US title scene for a bit and then, I do see him potentially being pushed towards the main event. If that does happen, then Kofi's character is probably going to have to be tweaked to some degree. The happy, energetic guy with the big smile has been alright for him thus far, but I don't think it'll really carry him in the main event. He'll most definitely have to work on his mic skills in my view.

However, for the time being, I think he'll stay in the US title scene and continue to help build it up. Kofi's been a good US champ, he and the Miz had a great match on Raw last night, so his involvement will help keep the title strong while helping establish the Miz as a credible champ.

 

[kalnizz]

not a big fan of him to me all he can do is jump good and get stupid kids to do BOOM BOOM BOOM

 

["Cool Guy" Jensen]

Haha. "The Kof". No, but on the real. This was what I was afraid of since Kofi Kingston first won the United States Championship. I knew from the start that Kofi would make a beautiful U.S. Champion, and with 10 title defenses in a 4 month reign... I was right (some may disagree). Now that he has lost the title, I fear that WWE might not even showcase him on Raw as much anymore. I assume that now that he isn't champion, WWE just might forget all about him. Hopefully... HOPFULLY, I am wrong.

I do agree that Kofi Kingston should remain a face. A gimmick change is not something that I am completely against, but only if it's a one that will help elevate Kofi, not one that will hurt him in any way. He is my 4th favorite superstar, and I really want to see him go far. I wouldn't mind seeing Kofi Kingston regaining the U.S. Title in the near future. However, his sudden change from Jamaica to Ghana might be a sign of a change. Also, the fact that Kofi has been smiling a lot less than usual.

Anything that does not result in jobbing, a release, a suspension, or anything negative is good for me. I would hate for WWE to waste Kofi Kingston and all his talents. He can become a major asset to the WWE. It's WWE's job to take Kofi to the next level, allow him to get more of a reaction, give him the mic, give him fueds, let him wrestle on a regular basis... you got a real star. Pull the trigger!

P.S. I find it weird that Kofi Kingston loses the title in the least-interesting title match that he's had in his title reign. Of all his title defenses I've seen (and I've seen all of them), for some reason, this seemed like the most boring... Just my opinion.

 

[The Pope CTC MEM]

guys he isnt a 2 time united states champion. hes 1 time intercontinental, 1 time US and 1 time tag team. anyway i think he should chase the miz and then join henry and MVP in a stable like NoD.