The Punjabi Playboy

This was a throw away comment by Gazman on 606 directed at Khali and the more I thought about it the more I thought it was a great idea for a gimmick, there hasn't been much the WWE have been able to do with The Great Khali since his initial run as a big unstoppable monster, lately though they have been moving Khali in a different direction, I think they have been looking to turn him face for a while, since his programme with The Big Show in the summer, and now it appears they have found away to get him a fully fledged face, he will never be the most loved guy with the fans, well outside of India anyway, but if they have him just turn into this 'love them and leave them' character and use is charm to talk the knickers off the diva's would be comedy gold, particularly if they use Rajah Singh as his wing man, who needs to translate all his chat up lines.

I also think using Khali more in the way they used Andre in his later years in the WWF would be best for him as well, coming out to help the faces who are massively outnumbered!

Its hard trying to find a suitable character that could be enjoyable for Khali (well it was for me anyway) and this for me would be a very entertaining way to get him over with the fans

As long as they don't go with Khali where they have gone with The World's Largest Love Machine Viscera, I am perfectly fine with what you described. I am very entertained by Khali right now, and I would hope for WWE to keep this gimmick as simple as humanly possible, i. e. Don't put him in a Hugh Hefner bathrobe and don't put him in any love triangles with any ring announcers.

I've not been watching smackdown now for about 3weeks properly, is he still doing that kiss cam rubbish?

I liked the Sexual Chocolate angle with Mark Henry back in the day, I thought that could have been a big time programme for Henry in the lower to mid card division but they totally buried him with that vile storyline with Mae Young and that hand

I reckon this could work and it will be funny seeing Kahli trying to chat up the Divas. You could start this storyline by having Kahli come out to save a Diva from a heel for example Kelly Kelly. Kelly Kelly then thanks Kahli who begins to fancy her. You could also turn Kahli heel by making him jealous of another face who is just talking to Kelly. Kahli then goes on a rampage and destroys the person who was talking to Kelly.

bazz23-v2 ®™ wrote:

I've not been watching smackdown now for about 3weeks properly, is he still doing that kiss cam rubbish?

Yip, I have not been watching it much myself, just whenever its on in Saturday Mornings, but apparently Singh has been picking out a few FUGLY'S for him to give a bit of tounge to!

I don't think you could turn Khali heel if you turn him face!

I think you need to keep guys face or heel for a while, its well noted that when you start switching guys heel/face/heel/face frequently then thats one of the biggest ways to get people to actually lose interest in there character.

Its a cheap shot in the arm for the character but afterthat its simply a case of what now!

The thing is, how long would the WWE keep this gimmick going for? I mean, what happens after he starts dating a Diva, do they have a stupid wedding or what? I just can't see this gimmick being interesting for long, that's why I think Kahli needs to either turn heel again or become an Ezekiel type figure to a small face eg Supercrazy. Kahli could also play the Matt Morgan type role and be an assistant to the GM possibly Mike Adamele. Adamele could make the decisions then Kahli enforces them.

If I was booking his gimmick it would not take up enough time for it to get stale, it would be a 30 second segment every week with him rambling whatever nonsense he spouts and Sing to do his translating, to which Khali would simply swarm off with whoever he was chatting up leaving Singh proud of himself yet alone, Singh could live out his fantasies through Khali, also I would not have Khali date anyone, he would be a player, a love them and leave them character

i think they are giving him this angle to try to get him fan support and it seems to be working a little so far i guess we will see how this all turns out

I don't think its a particular good gimmick and I think WWE are having too many comedy characters at the moment.

But to be honest I would rather watch that then a Khali match. But even then the space of the Kiss Cam could be much better utilised with a good match.

To be fair SMACKDOWN! have been producing good matches as of late so the Kiss Cam is a good way to get the fans a toilet break

Smackdown I think is better than Raw at the moment, in terms of matches its been great and the is a better mid-card and tag division on Smackdown as well.

I am not as bothered to catch Raw as Smackdown, and I can't say that having Batista as the champion will make me want to watch it.

SMACKDOWN! should have the best midcard, SMACKDOWN! is the show that is still classed as the second show, the midcard on SD should be used to propel guys to the main event of the red and blue brands, I am fully supportive of the fact that it has the best midcard, as for tag team division, I have been enjoying Priceless immensely on RAW and Punk and Kingston look like a good tag team and although I don't like CrymeTyme there programme with Morrison and Miz for me makes RAW head and shoulders above in that tag team department!

I have to admit, I haven't really been watching Raw on a regular basis, but I am really enjoying Primo and Carlito especially. I think they need to get Festus and Jesse back on track and have Miz and Morrison on SD.

Then you will have something like this:

Faces

Primo and Carlito
Jesse and Festus

Heels
Miz and Morrison
Hawkins and Ryder.

Primo and Carlito have been excellent and a breath of fresh air, however I don't see how you can justify using Morrison and Miz, have they been on SMACKDOWN! recently???? they have been involved in a month long programme with CrymeTyme on RAW! and Festus and Jesse are about to be taken out of Tag Team Wrestling and used as a heel single and Jesse as his manager

I have to disagree, RAW is the must see show for me at the moment. I mean, you have still have the possibility of a 3rd generation stable, you have a blossoming tag team division with Miz and Morrison, Cryme Tyme, Priceless, Kofi and Punk, you could add Bourne and Mysterio in there as well. You also have solid mid card feuds and segments with Orton and Adamle, Santino's Honkameter and Kane vs Rey. It's just the main event that's letting it down. I can't remember the amount of times Batista has faced Jericho and JBL in a match where the odds are against Batista. And what's with the tag matches in the main event? That's why you have a tag division for tag matches.

The main event scene needs Edge, Cage and even Cena to freshen things up.

As for Smackdown, I'll agree their midcard is good, their tag division OK, their Divas title crap and their main event is even worse. How many more times are we going to see Hardy vs HHH and how much longer is HHH going to crush everyone he faces? And when is arguably one of the most talented superstars on the roster MVP going to win for once?