Kofi Deserved Better

At Wrestlemania, Kofi Kingston became the first African-American to become WWE Champion by defeating Daniel Bryan. Whilst it only started due to Kofi replacing an injured Ali at the Elimination Chamber match, it led to an enjoyable storyline and a feel good moment. Kofi's reign since then has been relatively good but we all knew that it would eventually come to an end. My main worry was that he would lose it to someone like Randy Orton. What we got was far worse than that.

When Brock Lesnar made his first appearance on Smackdown in over 15 years and hit Kofi with a F-5, we all knew that Lesnar would win the WWE Championship at the next Pay-Per-View. Instead, we got their match on Smackdown this week. With the show making its premiere on FOX that day, I was wondering where the match would go. With it being 2 days before Hell in a Cell as well, I thought that it might lead to a no contest with the rematch happening on Sunday.

Instead, we got this:

I mean, what the fuck was that?! I'm not the biggest fan of 5-10 second squash matches (unless it's happening to Shane McMahon); especially for Championship matches. However, this was complete bullshit. I find it insane that with the show now on a major TV network in the US, that WWE would give the WWE Championship to a part timer. Then, former UFC fighter Cain Valasquez turns up in support of Rey Mysterio and beats up Lesnar. So, WWE decides to make their WWE Championship between two former UFC fighters: one a part timer and one who only started wrestling about a year ago. 

I feel sorry for Kofi as I think he's done pretty well since being Champion. Hopefully, he will get another Championship reign in the near future. For me, this whole thing is indicative of the problems I have with WWE. They pander too much to nostalgia and are happy for part timers to be their main Champions. Also, fans of shows like NXT are getting pretty annoyed of wrestlers getting called up and then getting treated pretty badly. I think out of all the NXT call ups in the last couple of years, I think that maybe Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura have been relatively successful. Hopefully, this rivalry with Lesnar and Valasquez won't last long and Lesnar doesn't have a long title reign. However, I think that WWE will do the complete opposite.

Fav Five: April and May 2012

Yeah buddy, after a month off, it’s time for Lo-Down Wrestling’s Fav Five. I never got a chance to publish the one for April; so I decided to do April and May’s Fav Five in one article.

April 2012

5.  John Cena

John Cena has been actually enjoyable to watch in his feud with Brock Lesnar. Their match at Extreme Rules was quite good with Cena pulling out the victory despite Lensar destroying him for most of the match. It made Cena look strong and managed to gain some respect from the Cena Haters. Shame he ruined it the next day.

4. John Laurinaitis

I like John Laurinaitis (did you know that he’s the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and the GM of both RAW and Smackdown?) a lot. However, since he became the Supreme GM, he doesn’t seem to be as enjoyable as he has over the last few months. Despite that, I have enjoyed that he always displays the Brother Love suit that he wore at Wrestlemania and he has effectively made Teddy Long his bitch.

3. Sheamus

Sheamus became World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania and he has been fun to watch. His match with Daniel Bryan at Extreme Rules was one of the best matches of the night and showed how well they work together.

2. Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar has been brought in to “legitimatise” the WWE. Since then, he has been destroying John Cena, including busting him open twice. I was surprised when he lost to Cena at Extreme Rules; however, in hindsight, he didn’t really need to win. All Lesnar needed to show was how dominant he can be and he did.

1. Daniel Bryan

As evidenced by my Wrestlemania review, I was just a bit unhappy when Bryan lost the World Heavyweight Championship in 18 seconds. However, instead of being buried, Bryan is more over than ever before and he seems to go from strength to strength. Bryan has improved so much since becoming World Heavyweight Champion and he is now the person that I most look forward to seeing in the WWE.

May 2012

5.  The Big Show

 Even though The Big Show’s heel turn was predictable, Show has been good to watch. The best heels are those that have a genuine reason to be bad and Show does. His upcoming match with John Cena at No Way Out could be a good match to watch.

4. John Laurinaitis

John Laurinaitis (did you know that he’s the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and the GM of both RAW and Smackdown?) has been more fun to watch than he was last month culminating in a match against John Cena which wasn’t too bad. Laurinaitis is still uniquely entertaining along with his employees David Otunga and Eve Torres; and his bitch Teddy Long.

3. CM Punk

The inaugural LDW Wrestler of the Year has been fun to watch over the last month with his rivalry with Daniel Bryan and being the unwilling part of a triangle along with Bryan and AJ. It is starting to develop into an interesting dynamic between the three.

2. Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan keeps going as strong as ever. His rivalry with CM Punk has been amazing so far with a tremendous match between the two at Over the Limit, making it one of the matches of the year so far.

1. AJ

AJ is the best Diva to watch in the WWE and she hasn’t wrestled in the last few weeks. Since Bryan blamed her for his loss at Wrestlemania and dumping her; she fucked up Natalya in a match; bitchslapped Kaitlyn into the following week where she got bitchslapped even harder; and slowly getting insane. Now, AJ has turned her attentions to CM Punk, which was been really fun to watch.