Back in October-December of last year, Kofi Kingston had a feud with Randy Orton. It was a real breakthrough feud for Kofi, notable for the sheer anger and emotion from Kofi that made people sit up and take notice, especially when he got 20,000 strong in Madison Square Garden chanting his name before hitting the Boom Drop on Orton through the table. People loved angry Kofi. But after the Orton feud, Angry Kofi didn't make another appearance.
Fast forward 9 months and we have Kofi in the middle of an Intercontinental title feud with Dolph Ziggler. On last week's Smackdown, during his match with Ziggler, Kofi was slapped in the face by Vickie. He snapped and destroyed Ziggler, beating the living hell out of him for a few minutes, getting himself DQed. On this week's Smackdown, Kofi was screwed out of his title by Dolph and Vickie and again Kofi snapped, giving Ziggler a beating even more vicious and intense than last week's. Just like when he was against Orton at MSG, people were chanting his name loudly.
Kofi is over when he's happy and jumpy. But when he unleashes the dark, angry side, he reaches a new level of over-ness. So should this be a constant part of his gimmick? He'll be happy and smiling until he's pushed too far, at which point he goes crazy? Or should Kofi's dark side only make a rare appearance so it doesn't get overused?
Fast forward 9 months and we have Kofi in the middle of an Intercontinental title feud with Dolph Ziggler. On last week's Smackdown, during his match with Ziggler, Kofi was slapped in the face by Vickie. He snapped and destroyed Ziggler, beating the living hell out of him for a few minutes, getting himself DQed. On this week's Smackdown, Kofi was screwed out of his title by Dolph and Vickie and again Kofi snapped, giving Ziggler a beating even more vicious and intense than last week's. Just like when he was against Orton at MSG, people were chanting his name loudly.
Kofi is over when he's happy and jumpy. But when he unleashes the dark, angry side, he reaches a new level of over-ness. So should this be a constant part of his gimmick? He'll be happy and smiling until he's pushed too far, at which point he goes crazy? Or should Kofi's dark side only make a rare appearance so it doesn't get overused?