BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) KOFI KINGSTON HEEL TURN
I’m a big fan of Kofi. He and Morrison are my two favorite performers to watch on WWE TV as of late. He is exciting to watch, has a natural charisma, and is sadly fizzling out as of late. It’s crazy to say this because he IS the Intercontential Champion. I just feel this guy has so much more untapped potential that the company is missing out. When he first debuted I took some time on YouTube to check out his work. Most of that stuff has been taken down, but what I saw rocked. He was a really good heel. Like REALLY good. He cut some anti-American/pro-Jamaica promos. They were well paced, strongly delivered, and got tons of heat. He CAN do it. He’s over as face, but limited to a high mid card one. But as heel, who knows? It’s worth a shot.
(THREE) SHEAMUS ON SMACKDOWN
I was not a fan of this guy when he showed up, but over the past few months I’ve taken notice of just how far he has come. He’s a really solid wrestler, okay on the mic, has an unique look, and is paying his dues well. I like him A LOT more in the US Title/IC Title area of the card. I’m cool with him staying here for awhile because he’s getting to showcase better matches than the typical main event brawl style. His stuff with Morrison, Bryan, and others have been some of the best matches I’ve seen on recent TV. The only real way to put him in the main event and still have him do this is to put him on Smackdown. There are tons of fresh matches there. Sheamus vs. Edge, Rey, Barrett, Kofi, Big Show, etc sound okay to me. There is even the potential of him doing something with Booker T, which would be gold for sure. I’m also big on the idea of a potential Sheamus vs. Undertaker feud down the line. It’s one of the few things on the guy’s checklist that he hasn’t gotten to yet. If anything it’d freshen things up as opposed to a really boring Triple H/Sheamus story.
(TWO) MORRISON IN THE MAIN
I’ve grown quite tired of people rambling about how The Miz is better than his former partner John Morrison. The common gripe is that Miz is soooo much better on the mic than Morrison. In fact, Morrison “sucks on the mic” is what I read fairly often. That’s just stupid. When Miz and Morrison were together Morrison CLEARLY carried Miz in the ring AND ON THE MIC. If Morrison were to have gone heel as well, he’d have had no problem in continuing to be a smart ass and getting in Edge and Christian-like one liners on the normal. Instead, they put him in there as a face for the first time in his career while Miz gets to do his best Jericho and Rock impressions and rake in the main events. John Morrison is a money printing machine just collecting dust. All the WWE has to do is dust him off, give him some attitude, and plug him in. Chaaaaaa-ching.
(ONE) EDGIER CONTENT
They’ve been getting a little away from their PG ways with The Rock and Austin showing up. No one is going to tell them to not say “ass” on camera and they’ve pretty much had an open door on what to say. This has led to Cena going more that route as well. It hasn’t been on purpose, but I’ve seen a little bit of blood on screen as of late without a medic rushing to bandage anyone up. The content is still aimed at kids, but I’ll take PG13 over PG any day of the week. TV-14 would be ideal though.
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