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I'm talking here about Kofi Kingston and John Morrison.
Both of them have shown signs of being pushed to the main event, neither guy is there yet. I'm wondering why the WWE is so reluctant to give either of these guys that extra push to break through the glass ceiling. Kofi and Morrison have both been subject to the type of booking we have come to expect from mid-card faces. The stop/start momentum, the feuds, then no feud or no direction. It seems like they have no idea what to do with them, yet they must realise that the company is currently short on main event faces, and pushing someone new into that kind of position is getting a bit essential.
Think of the faces in the WWE right now. The ones who will be staying for years to come are...John Cena and Randy Orton. However, you look at all the faces they have who probably will be leaving in the next 2-4 years and you have Triple H, Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Edge, The Big Show, and after that, you're left with a grand total of two face main eventers. I know they could turn a couple of heels but I don't see why building a face to the main event should be so hard.
For the past couple of months, or even since his feud with Orton, Kofi has done a great deal of nothing, yet continues to be pretty over with the crowd. Since losing his IC title, Morrison has done a great of nothing, yet has gotten consistantly over with the crowd. Morrison is now getting a push and a feud with a main eventer in Sheamus, but in all likelyhood, this is just a feud to bridge the gap for Sheamus until Trips comes back, and after that what happens? Morrison will probably be left with nothing to do, even though there are plenty of heels to feud with.
Another thing I noticed was that Kofi and Morrison are the ONLY two mid-carders in the company to recieve regular merchandise. They get the majority of merch the top guys do, plus their own shirts etc, so they must sell pretty well, otherwise they wouldn't bother putting it out.
So if you think about it, they need face main evneters, Both are over with the crowd, both are entertaining in the ring, both sell well, both are marketable and I think both could handle a main event push (probably on Smackdown since with Trips coming back soon RAW has it's fill of faces). So why won't they push them?
Both of them have shown signs of being pushed to the main event, neither guy is there yet. I'm wondering why the WWE is so reluctant to give either of these guys that extra push to break through the glass ceiling. Kofi and Morrison have both been subject to the type of booking we have come to expect from mid-card faces. The stop/start momentum, the feuds, then no feud or no direction. It seems like they have no idea what to do with them, yet they must realise that the company is currently short on main event faces, and pushing someone new into that kind of position is getting a bit essential.
Think of the faces in the WWE right now. The ones who will be staying for years to come are...John Cena and Randy Orton. However, you look at all the faces they have who probably will be leaving in the next 2-4 years and you have Triple H, Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Edge, The Big Show, and after that, you're left with a grand total of two face main eventers. I know they could turn a couple of heels but I don't see why building a face to the main event should be so hard.
For the past couple of months, or even since his feud with Orton, Kofi has done a great deal of nothing, yet continues to be pretty over with the crowd. Since losing his IC title, Morrison has done a great of nothing, yet has gotten consistantly over with the crowd. Morrison is now getting a push and a feud with a main eventer in Sheamus, but in all likelyhood, this is just a feud to bridge the gap for Sheamus until Trips comes back, and after that what happens? Morrison will probably be left with nothing to do, even though there are plenty of heels to feud with.
Another thing I noticed was that Kofi and Morrison are the ONLY two mid-carders in the company to recieve regular merchandise. They get the majority of merch the top guys do, plus their own shirts etc, so they must sell pretty well, otherwise they wouldn't bother putting it out.
So if you think about it, they need face main evneters, Both are over with the crowd, both are entertaining in the ring, both sell well, both are marketable and I think both could handle a main event push (probably on Smackdown since with Trips coming back soon RAW has it's fill of faces). So why won't they push them?