-WWE Fans In General 2011-2020 (Roman Reigns has been amazing, Drew McIntyre was a breath of fresh air, the Mysterios as champs was cool, Edge is back, and SmackDown has kicked ass!)
The first half of every Adam Booking video, where he goes on a rant about everything that went wrong with the story, makes me really want to see Adam's Pipebombs to return.
Well he said he’s starting to struggle with ideas for booking videos. And there’s probably a wealth of ideas for Adam’s Pipebombs just out of the last 2-3 years
Yeah if wwe had like a notch or two more storytelling sense they could've saved ziggler's IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME for a Big E feud since they cashed in the same way and E was in dolph's corner that night but nah
The build to Kofi winning was brilliant. The aftermath was fine (apart from the Leasner win) but it seemed the WWE never treated Kofi like a World Champion and the top guy on the show. Daniel Bryan did an excellent job at being the hypocrite heel and becoming everything he hated and Kofi representing everything he was 5 years ago. The stuff was as much about Bryan as it was Kofi and I loved it.
Another part to the problem is... who could he really face? The WWE has spent so long making their regular guys look like chumps that when ONE guy suddenly becomes cool, they're suddenly faced with their opponents being (To anyone who doesn't watch the indies or NXT) a sea of "Whatsisface" and "Whodafuqs"s And that makes for a dull title run. "Kofi is gonna fight Nakaumra!" SHOULD be amazing. Instead it's: "Huh? You mean the weird japanese guy that Jinder beat? ...k"
@@Lunacorva The character some superstars represent is truly MENTAL to this day and makes us question whatever is their dumb as f'ck "narrative". I have not watched a single thing from shows to highlights of the E in weeks and feels at least easy to see other things of pro-wrestling without getting a migraine of WHAT ARE THEY DOING or HOW DID THEY GOT AWAY WITH THIS CRAP ON TV situations. And NXT...God, they could've done BETTER in the reboot.
Thank you for explaining this adam. Not enough people seem to get it. Kofi losing the wwe championship the way he did was dumb but WILL NEVER BE AS BAD as him just not caring about the loss and going right back down the card. All these people saying bianca at summerslam was a "Kofi moment" but it isn't. She stayed in the title picture and showed how much that title meant to her. They never gave Kofi that chance.
It was such a great call back to their rivalry a few years prior. And the "B plus player" stuff with Bryan and referencing his journey 5 years ago was cool too. Kofimania was one of the few times in the 2010's where wwe used long term storytelling.
Mustafa Ali getting concussed made me terribly sad for him. A face that elicited true empathy. But Ali handled his predicament with grace. Ali the man is a good human
He’s a better wrestler than miz, yet miz has had title reigns. He’s a better wrestler then reigns, yet reigns has been in the main even almost his entire tenure at WWE. Kofi is charismatic, incredibly athletic, and has worked hard throughout his career. He definitely deserves to be a main eventer
@@ZombieaidZ Miz was an awful choice for a world champion as well. Roman had the worst booking of any main eventer in WWE since Rey Mysterio and still managed to bounce back and be the best full time singles male/female performer in pro wrestling today. Kofi is athletic, but so are 90% of indie wrestlers today. As for him being charismatic, we definitely have different definitions of charisma. He barely has any personality whatsoever and he's the worst promo in the new day by a country mile.
@@chrisbartolini1508 funny I too dont watch wrestling to see big, sweaty man to rub on each other, even tho thats basicaly Wrestling but I get what you mean, still i agree with Ali Mohamed . I'm not saying Kofi wasn't diserving of a Championshiprun and the End of his Run sucked but imo he is not a constant Maineventer.
As a extension to Adam's booking, I would give Kofi a silver lining ending at Mania 36 with a grudge match with Bryan. Even in a empty room setting of the pandemic, I can see them doing lots in a all out empty arena brawl.
Love your work, as usual. Random idea: How Adam would Book.... The New Blood. It's 2000 WCW, so as long you make it about as semi-coherent as a drunk law student trying to explain what res ipsa is, the only real hurdle would be the pre-booking summary.
One change. Build the Six-Pack challenge around Dolph Ziggler's "It should have been me," angle. Dolph really was a perfect foil for Kofi, a fellow potential megastar trapped in the midcard, a charmeleon who never became a charizard. "It should have been me," was the perfect was to get those two to fight over that belt, and a great motivation for a self-loathing heel turn. Dolph was just misplaced as an early singles opponent. Nobody could have bought him winning and he was heatless. Spend all that time building Dolph up, letting that rage that he should be living what Kofi has now fuel him, every victory and adulation and main event just making Dolph more vicious and disgusted with himself. You said a 6-Pack Challenge can make a title picture seem unfocused? Not when it has a central throughline that the other heavy hitters orbit around. Think Dean Ambrose when he won MITB. Everyone in the match mattered, but it was still Dean's story. Everyone in the Six-Pack will matter, but it's Dolph's story. (Also it would be a better grand finale if Kofi won the Rumble instead of Drew, paying off all those years of Kofi spots, and beats Brock at Mania, but using Kofi's story to elevate Drew is exactly what Vince would really do here, so kudos for realism at least)
why would you do a pointless a repeat of the previous wrestlemania, instead of going for the infinitely more beneficial idea of making a new star in Drew Mcintrye???
I agree with your Dolph Assessment. Adding him in that 6 pack challenge gives it alot of much needed depth and intrigue. Especially over some of the others he did choose to put in the match
I actually really enjoyed how you did all of this, even Lesnar winning at the end because 1, Lesnar’s awesome, and 2, it helps so more of that “conquerer” mystique defeating Kofi for the title before putting over Drew at WM 36. An idea for another video like you said is to rebook Cesaro’s rise in 2014
Here's how I would have done it: "Coming off of his huge win in the Andre the Giant battle royale, Cesaro (without Paul Heyman) gets a shot to face Big E for the intercontinental championship, which he wins. We're going to use Cesaro to rebuild that title. On that same night, Rusev (Under orders from the Authority) SQUASHES Dean Ambrose to become the knew US champion. This is important. At Payback, Cesaro retains against Big E, while Rusev squashes Jericho to keep his US title almost IMMEDIATELY after. At Money in the Bank, he retains in a fourway against Ryback, Curtis Axel, AND Big E. While Rusev gains another squash victory over RVD. At Battleground he retains over his old partner Jack Swagger, and again over the Big Show at Summerslam. He is on a solid unbeaten streak at this point. On Night of Champions, Sheamus falls to him and at this point, the Authority start taking notice. So they send Randy Orton to try and get the belt off of him and derail his momentum, but not even Randy Orton can stop him. Cesaro is powering his way through TWO former world champions. Hell in a Cell and Wade Barrett falls to Cesaro. At Royal Rumble, both Cesaro AND Rusev have been undefeated and they both eliminate each other from the royal rumble setting up a champion vs champion, streak vs streak match at Wrestlemania 31.
Always enjoy these Adam! What about booking WCWs Big Bang? Remember if Bischoff had been successful with Fusient, that was gonna be the first event and there's a chance all the talent would've hung around... Cheers 😀
@@AkrimTabbouli I think it was that at least in WWE, if you went to vince, and got him to agree, it would happen. In WCW, even if Ted Turner himself approved it, there are 5-7 people who could veto it. Hogan, Nash, Hall, you know the ones.
This booking was fantastic, genuinely my favourite so far behind Dean Ambrose. The only thing I would add would be Kofi kicking out of an F5 in his match against Brock at Elimnation Chamber, because that would be just the best hope spot.
I will say Kofi's Wrestlemania celebration with his New Day members, his family, and Byron Saxton beyond happy on commentary was such a great feel-good moment. Easily in the Top 10 Wrestlemania feel-good babyface ending celebrations.
Not sure if anyone's done this but, Adam has gotta book Shawn Michaels vs Eddie Guerrero at WM 22 (it would've been one of the greatest matches in wrestlemania history)
Normally Adam doesn't book around certain circumstances, so I don't know if he'd do that since Eddie had died months before mania 22. But it would be cool if he did
I'm still hoping for a rebooking of 2018 Rusev Day or 2014 Cesaro. Those are the big ones I wish were handled differently. Or Bobby Roode's call up. Or Dolph Ziggler after beating Miz for the IC title. Etc.
I wanna see the "Two Takers" angle rebooked, but it becomes this huge, soap opera affair that draws in other wrestlers into it's orbit and somehow becomes angle of the year.
A six pack challenge for the WWE championship at Clash of Champions would've made that night bearable. Apart from car troubles, the audience popped at exactly ONE POINT: The Fiend attacking Seth at the end of the night.
"Hey Kofi, we appreciate your loyalty to the company for over a decade and we've rewarded you with a lackluster title reign and a Squash by brock lesnar. After that we want you wobble back out there and smile like nothing happened. Sound like a plan? Thanks idio- oh I mean Kofi" - Vince Probably
ALL OF THIS makes so much sense. I'm going to personally retcon the reality with this scenario, where Kofi and the WWE Championship looked important and he went down fighting like a true champion. Great job, Adam!
Adam used what I thought they should’ve done by giving Ali “It Should have been me.” One of your best videos Adam and that is SAYING something Also I just searched “How Adam Would Book” and as I was scrolling I got the notification
Kofi Mania ending in LESS than 10 seconds STILL makes me angry! That was an absolute disgrace that spat in the face of Kofi working his ass off for over 10 years.
I don’t think Adam could’ve explained what I was feeling during that first gauntlet match any better. I was in tears by the time it was over. I was a sobbing mess by the end of EC I don’t need to tell you how Mania went
As far as new things to book, how about "The Reign of the Four Horsewomen," which got teased a few times as a stable but now is practically an impossibility? Talk about WWE missing boats full of money.
Know what I would love to see Adam book? A proper FTR vs Young Bucks feud. Their match admittedly was great but the build up to it was incredibly flat. Start the story prior to them leaving WWE and end it with hopefully a multi match feud.
Honestly miss the inclusion of Ziggler. Cause there was a story there. The Two Men seemed to circle eachother in the mid card and Kofi finally won the big one but Dolph never really did.
True. I feel like when members of a tag team get a singles run, they should have their own theme. I would say Jey should have his own theme given his singles run.
I was in attendance at that Toledo Smackdown that heralded the start of Kofimania. It was amazing seeing Kofi just hang in there superstar after superstar. The crowd was popped
Not gonna lie... in the build to Kofi's win, having the Usos forfeit their match with the New Day... that was one of the coolest things I've ever seen two men do in a wrestling ring, and I've watched Edge make me believe a man could fly.
WWE elevated a guy to main event status, who everyone loved, who people wanted to see there, who fit in that top slot in the fans' eyes, who everyone agreed had demonstrably earned it... And then they chucked it down the drain... because who needs people who can draw? Right?
And then, sure, why not release Braun and Bray and stick your fingers in your ears whenever anyone points out that your ratings are in the toilet, and that the big Networks aren't going to be desperate to renew your contract if they realise they'll get higher views from repeats of 'Cops On Camera,' or some other trash...
Trust me, Lesnar will always draw way more than Kofi. As much as I like Kofi and absolutely loved his moment at Mania 35, he just never looked like a top guy. Him still being all New Day and not his own character definitely ruined things and he just never had an interesting feud even against guys like Owens, Joe, Orton so you know who's the problem.
How WWE should’ve booked Sami Zayn’s and Finn Balor’s early runs with the presumption that they did not get injured in their big moments (Zayn v Cena US Title Open Challenge shoulder injury, Finn Balor Summerslam Universal win shoulder injury).
Excellent booking as normal, Blampied! Going to throw in the idea of rebooking EC3's NXT run as I think there was a lot of potential in him that ultimately didn't get used!
this should have been the shortest "booking" video ever. kofimania was built perfectly. Start of video: Don't let your Champion get squashed! End of video
Here's an idea for a booking video: How Adam Would Book The Forbidden Door Maybe down the line, since it still is kind of happening, but not to the extent that everyone thought it would be (especially with the recent news of IMPACT and AEW ending their partnership). That ending to Dynamite where Omega and Callis excaped the arena to tell everyone to tune in on IMPACT was insane. KENTA showing up on Dynamite was mindblowing. But really, while the few crossovers were great, there weren't that much world shattering stuff that we would expect from this huge thing. At least not yet. (Admittedly, things are very limited due to the pandemic that has been going on, but still.) Or maybe, since that is still technically going on, why not do Kenny Omega: Belt Collector? More fitting with the IMPACT news I mentioned. That just kind of fizzled away quietly with Cage winning the IMPACT title on Rampage, and then everyone just talke about Punk, thenCole and Danielson. They did alright, but there could have been sooooo much more to it. Rich Swann didn't even appear on AEW once. Two suggestions, a bit of a change of pace since you won't have to turn absolute garbage into gold. You just have to take something that is somehow just alright, but could have been legendary.
There were 3 times in my adult life I was the most invested in going to wrestlemania, Once in a life time, (and it never happened again in my head Canon), the yes movement and Kofi Mania (with help from the Becky lynch storyline) Honorable mention to wm 37 because it was the first live event with fans after the pandemic.
This booking was epic, Adam! Great work! Also, I have a bit of a challenging booking for you.. how would you book the return of Shawn Michaels at Crown Jewel? I know the realistic answer...don't let him do it, but if it absolutely HAD to happen, is there a way to do it that wouldn't leave such a bad taste in our gobs?
How Adam should book: -The club vs Undisputed ERA -A Brock Lesnar face run -WCW winning the Monday night war -The Shield Breakup with Dean or Roman being the betrayer
The worst parts of Kofi-Mania were how it ended. 1. It was a mediocre title reign. Fine, many superstars have had "not as good as they could have been" title reigns. 2. One move in 8 seconds. If they had a good (Brock playing with his food but gets surprised when they actually put up a fight but wins in the end) match I don't think people would have minded as much. 3. He never showed interest in the championship again... Like, why? Why wouldn't someone want to be the top champion? Why wouldn't he want to have another crowning moment like at Mania?
It should've been similar to Daniel Bryan vs Brock Lesnar cause Brock can make a underdog baby face look like a legit threat even when Brock goes over.
Great booking! Curious to see how you would book a Cody Rhodes heel turn in AEW. Or how you’d book FTR vs Young Bucks. There’s also rebooking the 1st Undisputed Championship in 2002
I have a small list of things I would like too see maybe give old Adam a challenge 1.The end of WCW 2. AJ's TNA departure 3. Hot Rod in WCW 4. The Re-Birth of ROH I know number hasn't happened yet but.....
I know hindsight's 20/20, but man it bewilders me that this isn't how kofi was booked for real. Every storyline you presented MADE SENSE. I especially loved the randy orton bit.
Few ideas: - How Adam Would Have Booked Eddie Guerrero's WWE Championship Reign. - How Adam Would Have Booked Cesaro after Andre Battle Royal. - How Adam Would Have Booked I'm Your Papi (Dominik Mysterio as Eddie's son). - How Adam Would Have Booked Triple H's Undisputed Championship Reign in 2002. AWESOME booking! Kofi should've been booked way better throughout 2019 in general, and this made me sad that this wasn't the route they went with.
Suggestion: Vader's WWE run. Might need to keep the whole aborted trilogy with Shawn in place, but given his AJPW run, you know he had enough in the tank to do more than they used him for after that.
I would’ve always liked to see a different take on Curt Hennig if he had actually joined the Four Horsemen rather than being a background character in the NWO.
Everything about this was perfect and way better than how it actually went down. The fact they never really mentioned it at all until the Lashley feud this past year where MVP brings up exactly what you said in how he just went back to smiling and dancing was a shame. I would like to see you fantasy book a Roman Reigns heel turn.... way back in 2017 starting with the night after Mania after he beat Undertaker. That was the biggest chance to turn him heel before last year and of course they didn't do it. Or book a Roman heel at Survivor Series 2015 when he beat Ambrose for the title but joins the Authority.
adam I have some booking ideas maybe: - Jeff Hardy final run - re book undertaker post wrestlemania 30 - triple h retirement - John Cena as a heel (you always book the hell turn but not the run) - ddp run in wwe - edge return
It is quite refreshing that Fred Jones took a break from mystery solving and started rebooking wrestling storylines.
That would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that Freddie Prinze Jr was a writer for Smackdown for a year lol
@@kangoftherang7468 actually, that makes it even funnier😅
No neckerchief. We must pull off his face to reveal another face.
What are you talking about?
That's Daphne Blake!
@@arthurzonatto4447 Been watching NRB? Me too 😀😀
“I was born sour, then I became a wrestling fan and it’s gotten worse since then.”
WWE Fans In General (2011-Present)
More like nearly every wrestling fan in general
@@tomasestay7154 all they do is complain
@@diegodelao2967 yes
No, this is said if you are a modern day, 1st world country high school student.
-WWE Fans In General 2011-2020
(Roman Reigns has been amazing, Drew McIntyre was a breath of fresh air, the Mysterios as champs was cool, Edge is back, and SmackDown has kicked ass!)
The first half of every Adam Booking video, where he goes on a rant about everything that went wrong with the story, makes me really want to see Adam's Pipebombs to return.
Well he said he’s starting to struggle with ideas for booking videos. And there’s probably a wealth of ideas for Adam’s Pipebombs just out of the last 2-3 years
"I was born sour, then I became a wrestling fan, and it's been worse since then"
Same Adam, same.
Adam just brought back "it should've been me" and made it understandable
it should have been a heel Ali than Ziggler. Makes much more sense.
@@LCMaestro15 Dolph Ziggler: IT SHOULD’VE BEEN ME!
Yeah if wwe had like a notch or two more storytelling sense they could've saved ziggler's IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME for a Big E feud since they cashed in the same way and E was in dolph's corner that night but nah
The build to Kofi winning was brilliant. The aftermath was fine (apart from the Leasner win) but it seemed the WWE never treated Kofi like a World Champion and the top guy on the show. Daniel Bryan did an excellent job at being the hypocrite heel and becoming everything he hated and Kofi representing everything he was 5 years ago. The stuff was as much about Bryan as it was Kofi and I loved it.
Spot on. I can’t disagree with anything you’ve said.
The journey to Mania 35 of Kofi Mania was heartfelt and the match was spectacular. But the aftermath...how floppy they went to their WWE CHAMPION.
Another part to the problem is... who could he really face?
The WWE has spent so long making their regular guys look like chumps that when ONE guy suddenly becomes cool, they're suddenly faced with their opponents being (To anyone who doesn't watch the indies or NXT) a sea of "Whatsisface" and "Whodafuqs"s And that makes for a dull title run.
"Kofi is gonna fight Nakaumra!" SHOULD be amazing. Instead it's: "Huh? You mean the weird japanese guy that Jinder beat? ...k"
@@Lunacorva I know exactly what you mean
@@Lunacorva The character some superstars represent is truly MENTAL to this day and makes us question whatever is their dumb as f'ck "narrative".
I have not watched a single thing from shows to highlights of the E in weeks and feels at least easy to see other things of pro-wrestling without getting a migraine of WHAT ARE THEY DOING or HOW DID THEY GOT AWAY WITH THIS CRAP ON TV situations.
And NXT...God, they could've done BETTER in the reboot.
Thank you for explaining this adam. Not enough people seem to get it. Kofi losing the wwe championship the way he did was dumb but WILL NEVER BE AS BAD as him just not caring about the loss and going right back down the card. All these people saying bianca at summerslam was a "Kofi moment" but it isn't. She stayed in the title picture and showed how much that title meant to her. They never gave Kofi that chance.
My goodness, FTR and Danielson in a faction would rule so much!
It could happen. Maybe if Danielson beats MJF and takes the Pinnacle apart.
That would legit be amazing
This needs to happen in aew
Not in WWE environment.
The tag team match gauntlet for Kofi to be officially in the WrestleMania match was so brilliant! I love how the Usos just conceded.
That is the ultimate long term booking of the awesome rivalry between New Day and Uso's... just 1 word is needed, *Respect*
It was such a great call back to their rivalry a few years prior. And the "B plus player" stuff with Bryan and referencing his journey 5 years ago was cool too. Kofimania was one of the few times in the 2010's where wwe used long term storytelling.
i hate that i had forgotten about the Uso's giving up to help Kofi.
That should have led to Usos after their 4way taking on KO and Sami. Vince says they owe him a match.
Mustafa Ali getting concussed made me terribly sad for him. A face that elicited true empathy.
But Ali handled his predicament with grace. Ali the man is a good human
I liked the part where Kofi was made to look like the main eventer he deserved to be.
Kofi never deserved to be one though. He's an average mid-carder or a decent tag team wrestler, but that's about it really.
He’s a better wrestler than miz, yet miz has had title reigns. He’s a better wrestler then reigns, yet reigns has been in the main even almost his entire tenure at WWE. Kofi is charismatic, incredibly athletic, and has worked hard throughout his career. He definitely deserves to be a main eventer
@@ZombieaidZ Miz was an awful choice for a world champion as well. Roman had the worst booking of any main eventer in WWE since Rey Mysterio and still managed to bounce back and be the best full time singles male/female performer in pro wrestling today. Kofi is athletic, but so are 90% of indie wrestlers today. As for him being charismatic, we definitely have different definitions of charisma. He barely has any personality whatsoever and he's the worst promo in the new day by a country mile.
@@AliSubhi-xs4rn Not that I’m judging your personal preferences, but I don’t watch wrestling to watch big, sweaty men rub on each other.
@@chrisbartolini1508 funny I too dont watch wrestling to see big, sweaty man to rub on each other, even tho thats basicaly Wrestling but I get what you mean, still i agree with Ali Mohamed . I'm not saying Kofi wasn't diserving of a Championshiprun and the End of his Run sucked but imo he is not a constant Maineventer.
As a extension to Adam's booking, I would give Kofi a silver lining ending at Mania 36 with a grudge match with Bryan. Even in a empty room setting of the pandemic, I can see them doing lots in a all out empty arena brawl.
Why though because Bryan turns babyface Royal Rumble time what's the point in making him heel again Mania time.
@@zaina9262 Who said Bryan would be babyface by 2020 in this timeline?
@@RedoubtProductions1754 it is just that Adam usually makes his bookings end up in the same way as real life
@@zaina9262 true, true. fair enough.
@@RedoubtProductions1754 Wow you took that much nicer than usual people
I agree that Ali should of been Kofi's first heel opponent and not Kevin which derailed his Face push
I'm sorry man but it really bothers me so much... should have, or otherwise should've. For future reference, I'll leave you alone now
@@yosoyflips thank you my former middle school grammar teacher
Just when Oli thought he was the best booker of YT, Adam delivers what we needed 👏🏽
To paraphrase Paul Heyman, "The only reason Oli won the tournament, was because Adam was hosting it!"
@@wulfricr7635 yess!!!
@@wulfricr7635 lmao, yeah.
ADAM DOESN’T WANT TO WORK ON TUESDAY
Was never in doubt
Love your work, as usual.
Random idea: How Adam would Book.... The New Blood. It's 2000 WCW, so as long you make it about as semi-coherent as a drunk law student trying to explain what res ipsa is, the only real hurdle would be the pre-booking summary.
you lost me HARD with the law student analogy dude...wtf
Could you book an Andre the Giant WWE title reign? He never got a proper run and I think it’s be fun to see one.
One change. Build the Six-Pack challenge around Dolph Ziggler's "It should have been me," angle. Dolph really was a perfect foil for Kofi, a fellow potential megastar trapped in the midcard, a charmeleon who never became a charizard. "It should have been me," was the perfect was to get those two to fight over that belt, and a great motivation for a self-loathing heel turn. Dolph was just misplaced as an early singles opponent. Nobody could have bought him winning and he was heatless. Spend all that time building Dolph up, letting that rage that he should be living what Kofi has now fuel him, every victory and adulation and main event just making Dolph more vicious and disgusted with himself. You said a 6-Pack Challenge can make a title picture seem unfocused? Not when it has a central throughline that the other heavy hitters orbit around. Think Dean Ambrose when he won MITB. Everyone in the match mattered, but it was still Dean's story. Everyone in the Six-Pack will matter, but it's Dolph's story.
(Also it would be a better grand finale if Kofi won the Rumble instead of Drew, paying off all those years of Kofi spots, and beats Brock at Mania, but using Kofi's story to elevate Drew is exactly what Vince would really do here, so kudos for realism at least)
why would you do a pointless a repeat of the previous wrestlemania, instead of going for the infinitely more beneficial idea of making a new star in Drew Mcintrye???
I agree with your Dolph Assessment. Adding him in that 6 pack challenge gives it alot of much needed depth and intrigue. Especially over some of the others he did choose to put in the match
Deserves a like for the Pokemon reference
@@egor4973 cause that's how you create a star. Not by pushing him during a year or so before putting him back in the basement
@@thomasarnoldcoe6527 I thought he just mixed 'charm' and 'chameleon' for a clever little wordplay at first lol
I actually really enjoyed how you did all of this, even Lesnar winning at the end because 1, Lesnar’s awesome, and 2, it helps so more of that “conquerer” mystique defeating Kofi for the title before putting over Drew at WM 36.
An idea for another video like you said is to rebook Cesaro’s rise in 2014
Here's how I would have done it:
"Coming off of his huge win in the Andre the Giant battle royale, Cesaro (without Paul Heyman) gets a shot to face Big E for the intercontinental championship, which he wins. We're going to use Cesaro to rebuild that title.
On that same night, Rusev (Under orders from the Authority) SQUASHES Dean Ambrose to become the knew US champion. This is important.
At Payback, Cesaro retains against Big E, while Rusev squashes Jericho to keep his US title almost IMMEDIATELY after.
At Money in the Bank, he retains in a fourway against Ryback, Curtis Axel, AND Big E. While Rusev gains another squash victory over RVD.
At Battleground he retains over his old partner Jack Swagger, and again over the Big Show at Summerslam. He is on a solid unbeaten streak at this point.
On Night of Champions, Sheamus falls to him and at this point, the Authority start taking notice. So they send Randy Orton to try and get the belt off of him and derail his momentum, but not even Randy Orton can stop him. Cesaro is powering his way through TWO former world champions.
Hell in a Cell and Wade Barrett falls to Cesaro.
At Royal Rumble, both Cesaro AND Rusev have been undefeated and they both eliminate each other from the royal rumble setting up a champion vs champion, streak vs streak match at Wrestlemania 31.
Lesner is a big lump and past his prime, looking uninterested half the time.
Lesnar isn't awesome. He's boring af these days.
@@schizzo8959 More like 90% of the time.
@@Lunacorva I like it
Always enjoy these Adam! What about booking WCWs Big Bang? Remember if Bischoff had been successful with Fusient, that was gonna be the first event and there's a chance all the talent would've hung around...
Cheers 😀
This needs more upvotes
A fantastic idea!!!
As he said in his whatculture days, he doesn't exactly like doing WCW rebookings. (Video is Bret Hart's WCW run)
@@Patch778 I wonder why? It's a huge well of ideas there.
@@AkrimTabbouli I think it was that at least in WWE, if you went to vince, and got him to agree, it would happen. In WCW, even if Ted Turner himself approved it, there are 5-7 people who could veto it. Hogan, Nash, Hall, you know the ones.
The “Hell in a Cell” with the Vince impression just killed me lmao
This booking was fantastic, genuinely my favourite so far behind Dean Ambrose. The only thing I would add would be Kofi kicking out of an F5 in his match against Brock at Elimnation Chamber, because that would be just the best hope spot.
the uso’s forfeiting is one of if not my actual favorite moment from wwe in the past decade. more than kofi actually winning maybe
Bro for real bro, IDK it was soo simple yet it was one of my favourite moments of all time
I will say Kofi's Wrestlemania celebration with his New Day members, his family, and Byron Saxton beyond happy on commentary was such a great feel-good moment. Easily in the Top 10 Wrestlemania feel-good babyface ending celebrations.
Not sure if anyone's done this but, Adam has gotta book Shawn Michaels vs Eddie Guerrero at WM 22 (it would've been one of the greatest matches in wrestlemania history)
Normally Adam doesn't book around certain circumstances, so I don't know if he'd do that since Eddie had died months before mania 22. But it would be cool if he did
@@speedy932key4 he could book it for summerslam 2005 though which would successfully avoid “Hogan/Michaels and Custody of Dominick Ladder Match”
It would probably be the best wrestling match in the history of everything and i wish we could have it so bad
I'm still hoping for a rebooking of 2018 Rusev Day or 2014 Cesaro. Those are the big ones I wish were handled differently. Or Bobby Roode's call up. Or Dolph Ziggler after beating Miz for the IC title. Etc.
I wanna see the "Two Takers" angle rebooked, but it becomes this huge, soap opera affair that draws in other wrestlers into it's orbit and somehow becomes angle of the year.
There is NO WAY Oli will stand a chance against Adam for their Fantasy Booking Warfare Final Match. This man is the King of Booking
Loved the puppy backstory, really fleshed out Adam’s backstory
That's Bingley!
A six pack challenge for the WWE championship at Clash of Champions would've made that night bearable. Apart from car troubles, the audience popped at exactly ONE POINT: The Fiend attacking Seth at the end of the night.
"Hey Kofi, we appreciate your loyalty to the company for over a decade and we've rewarded you with a lackluster title reign and a Squash by brock lesnar. After that we want you wobble back out there and smile like nothing happened. Sound like a plan? Thanks idio- oh I mean Kofi" - Vince Probably
He was dominant during his reign before the Brock stuff. Stop it.
@@abrahamfarraj84 lol
They just capitalized ob the moment and moved on to the usual....
@@royshaheer Facts
@@abrahamfarraj84 dominant sure, but the only one where they really let him go crazy was the samoa joe feud.
I was there when Kofi won at Wrestlemania. As a black man it brought me to tears. Representation matters
I was also there. was a amazing moment and i haven’t felt that happy about a wrestling win since Bryan at XXX
ALL OF THIS makes so much sense. I'm going to personally retcon the reality with this scenario, where Kofi and the WWE Championship looked important and he went down fighting like a true champion. Great job, Adam!
Adam used what I thought they should’ve done by giving Ali “It Should have been me.”
One of your best videos Adam and that is SAYING something
Also I just searched “How Adam Would Book” and as I was scrolling I got the notification
I loved that trick at the end, "At Elimination Chamber, he does... not do that"
If I ever ran a wrestling company, I'd definitely want to sign you as part of the creative team, all these rebookings sound like it'd be top tier TV
Heyy, he finally did it!! I’ve been hoping for this one for a while, glad to see it happen.
How Adam would book KEITH LEE.
You know you want to, Adam.
You know you NEED to, Adam.
Make him Limitless again.
Mission accomplished.
@@JaimeD. Worth it, for Adam's rant at the beginning alone.
"HOW... DO YOU SCREW UP..... KEITH LEE?!?!??!?!?!"
But really though.
Adam is just the best thing in the youtube wrestling community by far
Yes he is
*Wrestletalk
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!
What about Simon?
@@luislima3476 Simon is also great
“I was born sour, then I became a wrestling fan and it’s gotten worse since then.”
it is perfectly applied for me also for being an Arsenal fan.....
Ha! Yeah, that is ……. Accurate
That Ali-Kofi storyline would’ve been so great
Kofi Mania ending in LESS than 10 seconds STILL makes me angry! That was an absolute disgrace that spat in the face of Kofi working his ass off for over 10 years.
I don’t think Adam could’ve explained what I was feeling during that first gauntlet match any better. I was in tears by the time it was over.
I was a sobbing mess by the end of EC
I don’t need to tell you how Mania went
How Adam would book the Ascension?
How Adam would book Lacey Evans?
How Adam would book Aleister Black post-Seth Rollins feud?
How Adam would book DIY fallout? May be he could do it even better than NXT did
The One With Lacey Evans Would Be A Good One
Nice to see Adam in his cricket whites.
As far as new things to book, how about "The Reign of the Four Horsewomen," which got teased a few times as a stable but now is practically an impossibility? Talk about WWE missing boats full of money.
Know what I would love to see Adam book? A proper FTR vs Young Bucks feud. Their match admittedly was great but the build up to it was incredibly flat. Start the story prior to them leaving WWE and end it with hopefully a multi match feud.
Six years ago, you booked John Cena turning heel to beat The Streak, but you never actually booked that heel run.
I hope you kept the "It should've been me" quote from Ziggler cause that feud was fun tbh.
Honestly miss the inclusion of Ziggler. Cause there was a story there. The Two Men seemed to circle eachother in the mid card and Kofi finally won the big one but Dolph never really did.
Yeah dolph was basically the orton to kofi's cena. The wrestled like 15 times, often for mid card belts.
I would've brought back his SOS theme starting at WM, they really dropped the ball keeping him with the New Day theme in singles competition.
True. I feel like when members of a tag team get a singles run, they should have their own theme. I would say Jey should have his own theme given his singles run.
Was watching Adam's Jinder Mahal video again when this came out and then started watching this. I swear I ain't obsessed with Adam.... I think....
Here's a booking idea for ya Adam. Book a decent pre and post championship run for Asuka set after Mania 34 and into the Pandemic Era.
I was in attendance at that Toledo Smackdown that heralded the start of Kofimania. It was amazing seeing Kofi just hang in there superstar after superstar. The crowd was popped
Adam could try re-booking the Queen's Crown Tournament. There's a idea. This dude has done a lot of these videos bruh what's even left lol
I've been waiting for this, I love Kofi but his reign really wasn't all that great and I can't wait to hear it done better
Agree but I did think his storyline becoming WWE from beating Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 35 was good.
It was a decent reign overshadowed by a terrible ending and aftermath
Adam: Now known as FTR the revival
Me: (BLEEP) THE REVIVAL
Crowd: BOOOOOO
Me: WHY ARE YOU BOOING ME I'M RIGHT
Technically yes
I enjoy these Adam, you put ALOT of thought into your work and it`s much appreciated.
Not gonna lie... in the build to Kofi's win, having the Usos forfeit their match with the New Day... that was one of the coolest things I've ever seen two men do in a wrestling ring, and I've watched Edge make me believe a man could fly.
WWE elevated a guy to main event status, who everyone loved, who people wanted to see there, who fit in that top slot in the fans' eyes, who everyone agreed had demonstrably earned it...
And then they chucked it down the drain... because who needs people who can draw? Right?
And then, sure, why not release Braun and Bray and stick your fingers in your ears whenever anyone points out that your ratings are in the toilet, and that the big Networks aren't going to be desperate to renew your contract if they realise they'll get higher views from repeats of 'Cops On Camera,' or some other trash...
Trust me, Lesnar will always draw way more than Kofi. As much as I like Kofi and absolutely loved his moment at Mania 35, he just never looked like a top guy. Him still being all New Day and not his own character definitely ruined things and he just never had an interesting feud even against guys like Owens, Joe, Orton so you know who's the problem.
@@apocrypha5363 except that's not true... RAW and Smackdown are nearly always #1 on TV during the week lol
@@apocrypha5363 Kofi doesn't Draw... New Day draws. But Kofi himself doesn't.
How WWE should’ve booked Sami Zayn’s and Finn Balor’s early runs with the presumption that they did not get injured in their big moments (Zayn v Cena US Title Open Challenge shoulder injury, Finn Balor Summerslam Universal win shoulder injury).
A 30-minute Adam Blampied extravaganza.
Excellent booking as normal, Blampied! Going to throw in the idea of rebooking EC3's NXT run as I think there was a lot of potential in him that ultimately didn't get used!
People can say WWE never wanted this. They started KofiMania with that gauntlet
Adam's booking makes me so excited for what WWE can give us.....and then reality settles back in and scoffs at me for wanting nice things.
KofiMania in real life makes me so sad, Adam's KofiMania makes me glad thank you Adam
this should have been the shortest "booking" video ever. kofimania was built perfectly.
Start of video: Don't let your Champion get squashed!
End of video
I'm just relieved it happened Kofi deserved to run with the WWE championship and I'm glad he got one
Here's an idea for a booking video:
How Adam Would Book The Forbidden Door
Maybe down the line, since it still is kind of happening, but not to the extent that everyone thought it would be (especially with the recent news of IMPACT and AEW ending their partnership). That ending to Dynamite where Omega and Callis excaped the arena to tell everyone to tune in on IMPACT was insane. KENTA showing up on Dynamite was mindblowing. But really, while the few crossovers were great, there weren't that much world shattering stuff that we would expect from this huge thing. At least not yet. (Admittedly, things are very limited due to the pandemic that has been going on, but still.)
Or maybe, since that is still technically going on, why not do Kenny Omega: Belt Collector? More fitting with the IMPACT news I mentioned. That just kind of fizzled away quietly with Cage winning the IMPACT title on Rampage, and then everyone just talke about Punk, thenCole and Danielson. They did alright, but there could have been sooooo much more to it. Rich Swann didn't even appear on AEW once.
Two suggestions, a bit of a change of pace since you won't have to turn absolute garbage into gold. You just have to take something that is somehow just alright, but could have been legendary.
There were 3 times in my adult life I was the most invested in going to wrestlemania, Once in a life time, (and it never happened again in my head Canon), the yes movement and Kofi Mania (with help from the Becky lynch storyline)
Honorable mention to wm 37 because it was the first live event with fans after the pandemic.
Where is Adam and why is Fred Jones talking about wrestling? Shouldn't he be out with the gang solving mysteries?
"No! No!"(Rolls up newspaper)
"Off the sofa!
What are yo-? Oh, no, put that down, now!
Let go! Let go, Velazquez!"
This booking was epic, Adam! Great work! Also, I have a bit of a challenging booking for you.. how would you book the return of Shawn Michaels at Crown Jewel? I know the realistic answer...don't let him do it, but if it absolutely HAD to happen, is there a way to do it that wouldn't leave such a bad taste in our gobs?
And this is why if I ever had a wrestling promotion, you would be on the booking committee OR the head booker. Well done sir.
The kofi ziggler cage match was a baller and i wont let anyone tell me otherwise.
"In one sense i understand, ryanair doesnt do refunds; but also..." i s c r e a m e d
That's some big JC energy
Kofimani was so great Kofi was the wrestler that really got me into wresting when I was younger
How Adam should book:
-The club vs Undisputed ERA
-A Brock Lesnar face run
-WCW winning the Monday night war
-The Shield Breakup with Dean or Roman being the betrayer
Great video, how about The Awesome Truth next 🤣🤣
Orr… re-book an entire card like WrestleMania 27?
Neat idea. Book a WWE G1 Climax-esque tournament
The worst parts of Kofi-Mania were how it ended. 1. It was a mediocre title reign. Fine, many superstars have had "not as good as they could have been" title reigns. 2. One move in 8 seconds. If they had a good (Brock playing with his food but gets surprised when they actually put up a fight but wins in the end) match I don't think people would have minded as much. 3. He never showed interest in the championship again... Like, why? Why wouldn't someone want to be the top champion? Why wouldn't he want to have another crowning moment like at Mania?
It should've been similar to Daniel Bryan vs Brock Lesnar cause Brock can make a underdog baby face look like a legit threat even when Brock goes over.
Oli: I'm the Fantasy Booking Champion
Adam: Hold my BOLLOCKS!
Great booking! Curious to see how you would book a Cody Rhodes heel turn in AEW. Or how you’d book FTR vs Young Bucks. There’s also rebooking the 1st Undisputed Championship in 2002
best part about Adam on PFK? Half an hour of How He'd book
Dude, really love your bookings and the lists! Keep up the great work! Jam that jam!
Imo the build up to Kofi winning the title was very well booked. But his actual reign as champion was fairly forgettable
I have a small list of things I would like too see maybe give old Adam a challenge
1.The end of WCW
2. AJ's TNA departure
3. Hot Rod in WCW
4. The Re-Birth of ROH
I know number hasn't happened yet but.....
Wwe takes the stars we love
Uses them properly a few times
Forgets they exist
The end
I know hindsight's 20/20, but man it bewilders me that this isn't how kofi was booked for real. Every storyline you presented MADE SENSE. I especially loved the randy orton bit.
Sometimes I dream about Adam being Vincent's illegitimate son who plots a coup and liberates us wraslin' fans from this McMandle Chokehold :,(
Few ideas:
- How Adam Would Have Booked Eddie Guerrero's WWE Championship Reign.
- How Adam Would Have Booked Cesaro after Andre Battle Royal.
- How Adam Would Have Booked I'm Your Papi (Dominik Mysterio as Eddie's son).
- How Adam Would Have Booked Triple H's Undisputed Championship Reign in 2002.
AWESOME booking! Kofi should've been booked way better throughout 2019 in general, and this made me sad that this wasn't the route they went with.
Suggestion: Vader's WWE run. Might need to keep the whole aborted trilogy with Shawn in place, but given his AJPW run, you know he had enough in the tank to do more than they used him for after that.
Kofi's entire run from Elimination Chamber onwards was actually done pretty well except for that match with Brock.
I would’ve always liked to see a different take on Curt Hennig if he had actually joined the Four Horsemen rather than being a background character in the NWO.
I can't wait to see you rebook Big Es 'Rey Mysterio' title run
Everything about this was perfect and way better than how it actually went down. The fact they never really mentioned it at all until the Lashley feud this past year where MVP brings up exactly what you said in how he just went back to smiling and dancing was a shame.
I would like to see you fantasy book a Roman Reigns heel turn.... way back in 2017 starting with the night after Mania after he beat Undertaker. That was the biggest chance to turn him heel before last year and of course they didn't do it. Or book a Roman heel at Survivor Series 2015 when he beat Ambrose for the title but joins the Authority.
Video Idea: How Billy Gunn eventually "retires" in AEW and the Gunn Club move from Dark into the mid-card
adam I have some booking ideas maybe:
- Jeff Hardy final run
- re book undertaker post wrestlemania 30
- triple h retirement
- John Cena as a heel (you always book the hell turn but not the run)
- ddp run in wwe
- edge return
Wouldn’t be an Adam Blampied video without a joke about dads.
The original NWO. I need that booking. You can do it better that WCW. Pleaseeeeee
That last match's end was gut wrenchingly great