Shutting out US title contenders.

[noumenon]

Alright, so if there is one thing RAW does have right now, is quite a few people to challenge for the U.S. Title. However, since coming to RAW Kofi..STILL has not had a real feud for the title aside for a few one off title defenses.
Carlito, Primo, Bourne, Swagger, MVP, Masters and Miz are all right around where they need to be for the title. However all of their matches don't seem to lead to anything. There is no reason why all of these so called "hungry" mid carders shouldn't be chasing the title all at once.
Carlito has a new lease on life in WWE...seemingly out of nowhere paired with Rosa Mendez now and honestly looking great in the ring lately. Yet last night Miz steals a potentially great feud right from under him.
WWE needs to stop cycling through challengers and doing nothing with them and focus more on allowing this division to look hungry and pursue Kofi for the title...in what would probably be the highlight matches of the show.
Opinions?

 

[Quintastic One]

MVP and Swagger need to be fueding in their own little upper midcarder bouts. Miz should of been main eventing already. Primo needs to be taking on Masters, and Kofi should be feuding with Carlito for the strap itself. Once primo and Masters bowls over, Carlito can probably take the strap off of Kofi and feud with Primo in a break up feud that actually means something. The loser of Swagger/MVP can drop back down to the ranks after that for the US title while the winner actually gets himself catapulted into the main event, possibly in a feud with Miz over whos the best up and coming star of the WWE.


But alas, it makes far too much sense for the WWE to bother with it.

 

[Double J]

MVP and Swagger need to be fueding in their own little upper midcarder bouts. Miz should of been main eventing already. Primo needs to be taking on Masters, and Kofi should be feuding with Carlito for the strap itself. Once primo and Masters bowls over, Carlito can probably take the strap off of Kofi and feud with Primo in a break up feud that actually means something. The loser of Swagger/MVP can drop back down to the ranks after that for the US title while the winner actually gets himself catapulted into the main event, possibly in a feud with Miz over whos the best up and coming star of the WWE.


But alas, it makes far too much sense for the WWE to bother with it.

I agree with all this and will add that Bourne should of either been left in ECW to fight for the title or moved to Smackdown to work on getting a push there. I think he's over enough with the fans were his job is safe for now but if something doesn't change he's gonna end up like Benjermin, Haas, and all the other guys who are just kinda "there".

 

[noumenon]

He's not character over...he's spot fest over. Sooner or later people are gonna tire of that shit. Not everyone is Jeff Hardy and can ride that for their entire career.

 

[Qwake]

Carlito, Chris Masters and MVP should be the ones to get pushed, MVPs Main Event push has been delayed for so long, I really thought he would have been in a few World title feuds by now, even if they were minor ones. Now he's pretty much Mr Kennedy, great heel, became face, moved to RAW and didn't do too much, only hes not injured every second but whatever. MVP shouldn't be competing for the US title, he should be much further up the card. A feud win over Swagger would help elevate him up, Swagger doesn't deserve to go up just yet, their are others within WWE that have been their longer and have more talent them Swagger, don't give him the Bobby Lashley treatment.

Chris Masters and Carlito are both awesome, maybe those two could have a three way feud with Kofi, one of them win and then they break off into their own little feud or something. These two need something to slowly build them up, then they could drop the belt or whatever to the next batch of US title contenders while they move up the card.

Carlito, Masters and MVP are more deserving then all of the others imo, Miz has been alright but Id put these guys ahead of him. RAW really needs to start using these guys well, the lack of push for any of them is also whats making RAW suck.

 

[Headfirst For Hardcore]

Raw is loaded with heels. Carlito could probably be great, his heel act was really good. He could team up again with Masters and Kofi with Bourne to stretch things out in a title feud. I also want to see Chavo at least get a serious shot at the belt, instead of chasing Hornswoggle for no reason or direction. If the champ ever needs to get over, a short feud with Chavo would help.

 

[Airfixx]

The heel heavy mid-card means that Kofi is the ideal US champ - The belt's fine where it is right now, but give him a proper one-on-one fued, damn-it!

I'm not even that much of a fan of Kofi, but him v Carlito is/was PPV worthy so give the guy a damn break (rather than giving US Kane v Khali, FFS!) .

Good to see Miz gunning for the US Title (as per this weeks Raw)... The rub from Cena was a nice idea (IF Cena hadn't no-sold the fuck out of him), but world title contention was a bit of a stretch IMO (Especially without any notable victorys as a singles competitor). Not sure about the new look tho' - He's gone from having a touch of individuality to looking strangely reminiscent of Jericho.

 

[_MorganSteel_(EdgeHead)]

Bourne should of either been left in ECW to fight for the title or moved to Smackdown to work on getting a push there

i agree, but i think they should sent some of these midcarders to smackdown to fight for the intercontinental because its pretty much just rey rey and ziggler.

Miz should of been main eventing already

imagine saying that two years ago lol

He's gone from having a touch of individuality to looking strangely reminiscent of Jericho.

~IRONY~

 

[xtremebadass]

I have a few things to throw in to this hat...

1. FIRE Carlito, or go back to his 04 look because this Tropical Ninja look isn't working

2. Kofi needs more of a following to actually be considered a good champion, not too many people care for Kofi. Develop some mic skills and lower your eye brows and we might have something.

3. MVP and Swagger need to bypass the US title division and catapult themselves through their own rivalry to main event level. It's only down to Orton and Cena now that HHH has gone DX. They need main eventers.

4. Evan Bourne could have great matches with Kingston, he beat Kingston a couple weeks back. Bourne could have a face on face friendly rivarly with Kofi, maybe?

5. Masters, why doesn't WWE put this guy on Raw? He is obviously the best out of all the competitors.

6. Why out of everyone does Miz get a big storyline that will probably lead to the US title? Miz sucks, his new look sucks, and his AWESOME catch phrase makes me want to throw my shoe at the screen.

7. Screw Primo he sucks almost as much as Carlito.

8. Beth Phoenix deserves a US title shot more than Carlito, Primo, and Miz.

9. Why doesn't WWE put Santino in the ring instead of comic relief? He is great in the ring. Only guy to be in WWE for 2+ years and have 2 IC title reigns without an actual finisher.

 

[noumenon]

In response to your points..lol..

1. LMFAO...tropical ninja. I was talking with a few of my friends and saying even if he were to like slick his hair back into a pony tail or some shit. Come out with a few cigars in his pocket kinda like A.A.E. and play up the smooth spanish heel thing. Hey, he's at least got a girl on his arm now.

2. Kofi has no following because he has no real personality. All we know about is his that he's from "Jamaica" and says BOOM BOOM BOOM.

3. Swagger in my opinion is far more ready for the main event than MVP is...he's also a lot better in the ring than MVP. Swagger really should have ended up on Smackdown..but oh well. I'm honestly hoping to see Orton drop the title to Cena on Sunday..somehow get involved with this Priceless/DX thing and clear up the WWE title for a little while for some new contenders. We know Swagger and Cena work well together so why not let this guy try and have a break out feud.

4. Bourne has no business on RAW either. He should still be in ECW feuding for the ECW title.

5.Masters is simply going to be wasted once again. ECW or Smackdown were the right choices for him as well.

6. The Miz is getting the US title shot because they realized from trying to push him against Cena that the main event wasn't going to happen for him just yet.

7. Primo looks like a drowned rat with that grease mullet he's got going on right now. That's all I have to say about his cartwheeling ass.

8. What happened to Beth

9. I don't think Santino has had a serious match since being in the WWE and it's really starting to get ridiculous. It's pretty much to the point that if they do decide to turn him into an actual wrestler that no one is going to take him seriously.

 

[Double J]

They aren't using Beth right now because they going for the whole "Bikini look" with the divas. She's not injured and not in trouble, just not being used at this time. One rumor is that she's pregnant but didn't she just have a match not to long ago?

It wouldn't surprise me if they stuch MVP and Mark Henry together a tag team. They have them both dressing the same as of late and you tend to also see them together, even though they don't really interact.

Reminds me of the old Men on a Mission tag team

 

[Airfixx]

^^^Re; MVP/Henry - Yeah, I been posting that idea all over here recently.... I wanted to see them clash with Jeri-Show and eventually fued; serving as MVP's catapault into the ME.

(I know they're running with the Swagger deal now, but they fucked it up ALREADY... Swagger winning clean during a 5min-ish match on Raw. THEN we get the DQ last week to set us up for a PPV match at the 2nd biggest of the year... Why the fuck would THAT make me wanna see them face off? ...WHO's BOOKING THIS SHIT????)

i think they should sent some of these midcarders to smackdown to fight for the intercontinental because its pretty much just rey rey and ziggler.

....You're forgetting R-Truth, Knox, plus Kane & Khali when required.

= 6 man midcard.


Raw has Kofi, MVP, Swagger, Miz, Henry (?), Bourne, Carlito & Primo

= 8 man midcard.

Seems about right to me when you consider MVP, Henry are all but main eventers and need to stay away from the US title (at least for the time being) to be seen as such.



So why all the heat on how Carlito looks all of a sudden? His hairs grown a bit and he's sporting a tash.... He looks like he's
always done, just a bit meaner looking. Which is welcome given the heel turn.


LOL @ Tropical Ninja though!


As for Santino: He's so much more of an asset to them in a comedy spot.... A little guy with an unremarkable ring-style & look is hardly gonna set the roster alight.... Jamie Noble's been drifting around doing nothing since he fueded with Chuck Palumbo in 2007.... And Noble is AWESOME in the ring!

 

[_MorganSteel_(EdgeHead)]

....You're forgetting R-Truth, Knox, plus Kane & Khali when required.

i was thinking more people who might actually win it

 

[Airfixx]

They may need a short 'hot streak', but Kane & Khali are both former world champs so perfectlly credible contenders.

As for R-Truth, I think the guy's horrible to watch, but the crowd seem to like him so as a result is only a push away from an IC title reign SHOULD they choose to go that route. In fact I think if/when Ziggler becomes IC champ he'll end up having a fued with Truth.

 

[imported_caruso83]

can we see swagger as champ?