Kofi Kingston

Ive been reading on a couple of dirtsheets that there are rumours of Kofi turning heel

Personally I think he needs this, his character has become really stale and he's kinda in limbo at the moment.

2ndly do we think he could actually pull this off? hes been a babyface since his debut and apart from dropping the stupid jamaican accent he asnt really changed his character

over to you

I don't think they need to, his whole wrestling style depends on him being a face and as a heel I just can't see him working.

The character has gone stale, not because he's a face but because WWE never do anything with him. He's never going to be a huge star, and that's fine, but in certain storylines, with Orton for example, he managed to add a little intensity to his character.

It's hard for any face or heel to not go stale if they're never given storylines.

Crimey has it nailed, it's not that he needs to turn heel but more so that he just needs something to do.

If a wrestler turns heel in a forest and there's no-one watching, does he turn heel?

He'll basically be Cool Runnings with attitude.

What decent midcard face will there be for him to feud with? Miz? That's about it, as a face maybe R-Truth, he could have Cesaro, Barrett, Henry, Swagger, Rhodes, Sandow or even Fandango if he ever Wrestles

Giving him something interesting to do will be more beneficial than turning him heel for the sake of it

Hero wrote:

If a wrestler turns heel in a forest and there's no-one watching, does he turn heel?

that genuinely made me lol!

Just wouldn't work as a heel for me and there's plenty of heels in the mid card so no need. Just needs to feuding for the mid card belts and allowed to put on an exciting match as he very much doesn't Every time.

They could team him with JTG, proper Gangsta Heel Tag Team!!!

VDT wrote:They could team him with JTG, proper Gangsta Heel Tag Team!!!

Thats a great idea, they could call them Cryme Tyme.

I don't want Kofi to turn heel, I want him to be given some decent feuds to work with and I think he will do fine.

I genuinely like Kofi, one of the few faces I actually enjoy watching in action, and think he could easily be pushed as a contender on Smackdown for the WHC if he was correctly booked.

His feud with Orton should have been the springboard to better things, he was electric at the time.

Turning him heel will just lose him in the mix.

Mr H wrote:

VDT wrote:They could team him with JTG, proper Gangsta Heel Tag Team!!!

Thats a great idea, they could call them Cryme Tyme.

Bravo good sir, that got quite the chuckle from me!

Whats the point turning him heel? So he can barely wrestle people but snarl when he does? To be fair to Kofi every time he gets a good tag partner they end up smoking weed or injuring themselves.

They should have him in a feud with another high flyer and have it culminate in the unveiling of a cruiserweight title.

A heel turn for Kofi, would simply work very well, a bit like the R Truth heel turn, Or it will fail drastically.

I personally like Kofi, always puts on a good show in the ring, esspicaly in the chamber and ladder matches. I can see why people think he is boring, but he just needs that big feud again IMO, like the one against Orton back in 09.

The best way to turn Kofi heel is to give him the resurrected Kerwin White gimmick. Dolph Ziggler could be his caddy.

I think I mentioned this on a podcast recently that I thought that the Kerwin White gimmick was about the only time I have liked Chavo.

Thought it was a great gimmick.

Adam D wrote:I think I mentioned this on a podcast recently that I thought that the Kerwin White gimmick was about the only time I have liked Chavo.

Thought it was a great gimmick.

You LIKED Chavo?


Gawd help us!

It was the only time mind you. And he was technically Kerwin at that time.

I really did enjoy the gimmick! But he has never been anyone thats interested me since.

Having said that, he is a guy thats needed in wrestling. A guy who is a gatekeeper. A zach Ryder if you will. Now if only TNA would use him in that way.

Adam D wrote:It was the only time mind you. And he was technically Kerwin at that time.

I really did enjoy the gimmick! But he has never been anyone thats interested me since.

Having said that, he is a guy thats needed in wrestling. A guy who is a gatekeeper. A zach Ryder if you will. Now if only TNA would use him in that way.

If Chavo is a gatekeeper does that make Hernandez the keymaster?

Surely you liked Chavo when he was tagging with Eddie in Los Guerreros?! Possibly my favourite tag team!
To keep it on topic, Kofi is a borefest for me and I could never imagine him being able to pull off a heel character. The only time I like him is when he is a spot monkey in a ladder match or something.

I really like Kofi and I think he's been really badly underutilised for the past few years.

He's one of the few babyfaces who people seem to naturally like and want to cheer for.

I just want them to do something with him that fleshes out his character and makes him seem relevant. If that's a heel turn, so be it, but I think they'd be better off taking advantage of his natural charisma, athleticism and likeability by pushing him as a featured babyface act. Not necessarily as a main eventer, but as an upper midcarder in meaningful feuds.

I like Kofi too, I think he has the potential to be another Jeff Hardy if the WWE just properly get behind him, with his move-set he has that's sometimes reckless, he also has that natural flamboyance too.

I think he'd be a great underdog face if they actually let it be shown that he can beat the big dogs from time to time, his style can be his worst enemy or his greatest assest, they just don't bother tho

I'd much rather they let R-Truth go heel again, that guy was just awesome back in 2011