DerangedHermit Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 According to 1wrestling.com's Dave Scherer, Brian "Spanky" Kendrick gave notice to WWE at last night's SmackDown! tapings. It is not known how much longer he will remain with the company, and his resignation was apparently due to his lack of a push since his debut. The locker room is responding with shock and awe. Source: 411mania.com
DerangedHermit Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Posted January 14, 2004 Me like Spanky too, Abobo....me like Spanky too.
Guest OSIcon Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 More from Michael K. Johnson and 1wrestling: As Dave Scherer noted earlier today on the Newsline, Brian Kendrick, known professionally as Spanky, has given notice and I was told is released already from from World Wrestling Entertainment, with last night being his final night with the company. Kendrick requested to be released on Tuesday 1/13 at 4 PM while at the Smackdown tapings as he wanted to go back to ZERO-ONE in Japan, where he had been a regular under the ring name Leonardo Spanky. He had been scheduled to work the taping with Paul London on the Velocity tapings last night against Akio and Sakoda, but once he asked for his release, they instead booked London to work a dark match against Akio. ZERO-ONE has Kendrick scheduled to return shortly and I would not be surprised to see him sign a deal there. I am told Kendrick's request being granted is an amicable situation, so the door is open for his return down the line as WWE management was impressed with the way he handled the situation. Kendrick, who was trained by Shawn Michaels and Rudy Boy Gonzales, signed with WWE in October 2002. He had received a short Cruiserweight push under his real name prior to Wrestlemania 19 before morphing into his longtime persona Spanky during an angle with John Cena. In recent months, he had been paired on the Smackdown roster with another Gonzales trainee, Paul London as a babyface tag team, working mostly on Velocity. Kendrick had been under a developmental deal several years back but was released. As Dave noted on the Newsline, there is more and more unhappiness among undercard wrestlers who feel they aren't getting their shot. Many of the veterans in the company will advise them that they have to grab their shot and not wait for it to be handed to them. At the same time, they are frustrated because of the feeling that it's impossible to grab anything when week after week the creative team tells them, "We don't have anything for you right now." That frustration worsens when suggestions the wrestlers make to the creative team (In essence helping them do their job) are shot down as well. One wrestler likened it to me as watching the New York Yankees your entire life and making your way to the team to sit on the bench for an entire season. When you think about it, Spanky is following the veterans' advice, and grabbing his shot, just outside of WWE.
Guest FrigidSoul Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Smart on his behalf, Japan will use him wisely where-as Vince doesn't care what the fans want to see. Vince is basically running a program to entertain Vince. I hope Jericho and Benoit do the same soon, that will send a shockwave through showing things need to be changed.
Placebo Effect Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Wow. The MLW report from the weekend noted that Spanky was there, and had something to the extent of "but it was obvious that he had a lot of on his mind." I guess the report was correct.
Guest Krazy Karter Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 attaboy Spanky! Good for him, he deserved better treatment.
BUTT Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 WAIT A MINUTE!!! DID MY "SPANKY QUITS WWE" THREAD GET DELETED? I POSTED IT FIRST, DAMMIT!!
Guest FrigidSoul Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 WAIT A MINUTE!!! DID MY "SPANKY QUITS WWE" THREAD GET DELETED? I POSTED IT FIRST, DAMMIT!! ABOBO posted in this thread though making it the more dominant one.
k thx Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 And the face tag teams on Smackdown is reduced to The APA and 2Cool. Yay.
eirejmcmahon Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Fair play to him - take note RVD.
Guest Dynamite Kido Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 I like Spanky even more now.
haVoc Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Remember two weeks ago there was a report a cruiserweight asked Vince how to get a head in the company and Vince told them to become 6' and 230?
Guest Ghettoman Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Could Nova finally be called up to take his place along side London!?!
Guest Dids Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 YAY!! If this means Spanky in TNA and ROH, I'm all for it. WWE really blew it with him. The fans LOVED him. If he'd played the role that the OLM did, he'd be huge right now.
Guest Deebo Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 This is very odd to me. I would have thought Shawn Michaels could have gotten Spanky a better spot within the company instead of Velocity jobber.
Youth N Asia Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 I can't get into Japan wrestling...so I guess the only time I'll see him on is on ROH tapes or other random indies.
Zack Malibu Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Here's to hoping TNA grabs him up for some Spanky vs. Ki/Daniels/Sabin/Styles goodness.
Kahran Ramsus Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 If this means Spanky in TNA and ROH, I'm all for it. He's heading for Japan.
DerangedHermit Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Posted January 14, 2004 Here's to hoping TNA grabs him up for some Spanky vs. Ki/Daniels/Sabin/Styles goodness. *all TSM posters collectively spooge except me...cuz I don't want to be near that sausagefest*
Zack Malibu Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 If this means Spanky in TNA and ROH, I'm all for it. He's heading for Japan. I'm sure ROH at least can get him for some dates between tours.
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Spanky is welcome in TNA if he ever decides to go there. Maybe drag some good matches out of Michael Shane's ass.
Zetterberg is God Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Glad to see someone fed up enough with Vince's push big men operation to quit. Spanky is obviously better off in ROH or Japan where his skill is truly appreciated and rightfully so.
AndrewTS Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 At the same time, they are frustrated because of the feeling that it's impossible to grab anything when week after week the creative team tells them, "We don't have anything for you right now." Much like Goldust, how the phuck can "creative" not figure out anything for Spanky to do? He's got charisma out the wazoo, crowd-popping moves to go with solid all-around wrestling skills, a good look, great seller, and never really got a solid program yet although there were dozens of great possiblities. Oh, right. He's little. He also dared to going back to his indy persona rather than starting fresh with a completely WWE-ized gimmick.
Superstring Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 The locker room is responding with shock and awe. What the hell kind of reaction is that Either way I'm glad he realised he was never gonna get a real push and left.
k thx Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 This is very odd to me. I would have thought Shawn Michaels could have gotten Spanky a better spot within the company instead of Velocity jobber. If Michaels had that much pull, Spanky, London and Danielson would all be Smackdown regulars.
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 This is very odd to me. I would have thought Shawn Michaels could have gotten Spanky a better spot within the company instead of Velocity jobber. If Michaels had that much pull, Spanky, London and Danielson would all be Smackdown regulars. I don't wanna sound stupid, but is American Dragon the third guy you mentioned? (Doesn't know his real name)
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