Mr. Kennedy.....injured

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

It wouldn't shock me at all to see them give Kennedy his own "show" for interviews and the such.

 

At very least I'd guess they'd give him something along the lines of Orton's RNN updates back in the fall of 02. His show is likely, I'm just waiting for the "clever name attached"

[The Czech Republic 0]

"The Kennedy Compound"

"The Ken Kennedy Show.......Ken Kennedy Show"

that's all i've got because i've never seen him before

 

Anyway, between Kennedy and Batista, it just goes to show you: when TSM loves you for a ridiculous reason in spite of talent, your back tears in half. Thank you and good night.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

"Ken Kennedy is Burning"

[Si82 0]

They should push Birchall instead. He's much more entertaining.

 

Well said.

I'd agree...if they hadn't made him work "WWE Style".

[Scroby 0]

Give him his own little talkshow for a little while, so people remember who he is.

[Matt Young 0]

I don't see why people hateon Kennedy so much. He's a talented worker with great mic skills. He's not the best wrestler in WWE or the second coming of anybody, but he's fun to watch and has a pretty cool finisher. Plus he's from Green Bay!

[nl5xsk1 0]

I don't think that I hate on Kennedy ... I just think that people were way to quick to coronate him as a savior of, or a major player on, Smackdown. He's good but not great in the rign, is above-average at best on the stick, and his finisher takes WAY too much help from the other guy to execute.

[Guest Jack Potts]

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I wondered what was going on at the Smackdown! taping last night when they brought some jobber out to the ring and started playing Mr. Kennedy's music and intro video package. Palmer Cannon abruptly came out and said Kennedy wasn't going to compete that night, for some undisclosed reason. Cannon then said the network had found a suitable replacement to take Ken Kennedy's place. That's when the pyro went off for The Boogeyman.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

When Kennedy cuts a money promo rather than a novelty promo, then you can talk about how great he is on the mic.

[haVoc 0]

Kennedy sidelined six months

By Evan Denbaum

December 5, 2005

 

Outspoken newcomer Ken Kennedy took WWE by storm, beating the likes of Booker T and bullying “inferior” announcer Tony Chimel. Few Superstars caught on so quickly or were so immediately entertaining. His propensity for repeating himself … Kennedy … became an infectious catch phrase in a matter of weeks. All that was left for Mr. Kennedy was to make his mark in championship matches and star on the pay-per-view stage. But Kennedy’s fierce momentum came to a grinding halt during WWE’s overseas tour, as Kennedy tore the tendon clean off a bone in his back. With surgery imminent, WWE.com caught up with an unusually somber Kennedy to get his take on the situation.

 

WWE.com: Can you give us the details on your injury?

 

Mr. Kennedy: I separated the tendon from the bone in my lat.

 

WWE.com: Did they give you an idea of how long you’ll be out?

 

Mr. Kennedy: The doctor estimated that it will be three months before I can even start strengthening it or rehabbing it, and then an additional three months before I can set foot in the ring. So, six months.

WWE.com: When did the injury originally happen?

 

Mr. Kennedy: It happened the second night we were in Italy. I tore it and it just felt like a bruise. I thought I was just dinged up a little bit. I did things to try to protect the injury, but I kept wrestling. Then, the swelling started going down and the bruising went away. When I had my match against Matt Hardy in the UK, afterward I felt really sore and was bruised up again and swelled up again. I had a couple days off and didn’t do anything, and then I went home and put heat on it, stretched it out and massaged it.

 

I wrestled Kid Kash last week in Cincinnati in a non-televised match, and afterward, I felt fine. But I went out to eat later on that night, and I couldn’t even put my hand into my pocket to take my wallet out to pay for my meal. It started to swell up and really starting hurting, and I knew something more than just a bruise had happened.

 

I had already had an MRI, but it hadn’t been read yet. And the next day when I called Dr. Rios to tell him that I felt like something was wrong, he said, “Yeah, we just got the results back from your MRI, and you’ve got a tear.” So, he advised me to find a specialist here in Minneapolis and get an opinion from him. So, I did that. I went to get some X-rays, and when I came back, there were four doctors in the room, and I knew something was up. They had me do a bunch of stretches to figure out what kind of range of motion I had. They then said that I had torn the lat off the bone. It’s kind of similar to what Triple H did to his quad. I had torn it completely off the bone and the doctors said I needed surgery — that it couldn’t be rehabbed.

 

WWE.com: Are you confident in the care you’re receiving?

 

Mr. Kennedy: I’m in good hands. I’m being taken care of by one of the top doctors in the country. The University of Minnesota is a renowned medical facility, and I’m being taken care of by the doctor who works on players from the Minnesota Vikings.

 

WWE.com: When will you have the surgery?

 

Mr. Kennedy: I go into surgery tomorrow. They told me I could stay overnight, but I opted to be miserable at home where I can play video games and stuff like that.

 

WWE.com: So, are you just going to take it easy after the surgery and keep a low profile?

 

Mr. Kennedy: No. I’m going to stay in the gym. I’m going to make sure I make it to the gym every day — once I can actually start going. It might be a week or two before I can go to the gym. You know, I can do cardio, and I can do legs and I can work on the other side of my body. I just can’t do anything with my right side. But I’m going to try to get back as soon as I can. I don’t want to lose what I’ve gained.

 

WWE.com: Is this frustrating for you, considering how much momentum you had before the injury?

 

Mr. Kennedy: It is. I’m so bummed out right now. A lot of the guys have been calling me, though.

 

WWE.com: Are you already thinking at all about what you might do upon your return to try to regain that momentum? Do you have any goals set?

 

Mr. Kennedy: Well, I don’t want to wait six months before I come back. I think there are other things I can do to contribute to the show without actually being in the ring wrestling. But, hopefully now there will be some time to think about things. I want to make an impact when I come back. I don’t want to just take a little run to first base; I want to knock one out of the park and round the bases.

 

WWE.com: On another note, what has it been like becoming more known and getting a lot of press in the local papers? Has that been fun for you?

 

Mr. Kennedy: Yeah. To me, I never wanted all that, though. It hasn’t been about fame. I just really, really enjoy entertaining people. I always have, ever since I was a little kid when I would do impersonations of people. I’d watch movies and know them word for word after watching them one time, and I’d emulate what I saw in movies. As I got into high school, I started doing impersonations of all my teachers, which got me into a little bit of trouble sometimes. So, I’ve always liked entertaining people. So, I guess the best thing about receiving press and seeing those stories is that I then know that people are being entertained by what I’m doing. So, that’s I guess the best part about it.

 

Credit: WWE.com

[iamsherm 0]

that's all i've got because i've never seen him before

Anyway, between Kennedy and Batista, it just goes to show you: when TSM loves you for a ridiculous reason in spite of talent, your back tears in half. Thank you and good night.

 

How does that work?

[Dangerous A 0]

This could be a blessing in disguise as Kennedy was starting to get his push scaled back some because he was recently relegated back down to Velocity duty and had not been featured prominently on SD the last couple of weeks.

 

Hopefully when he comes back, they'll let him do more than just the Kennedy......Kennedy bit and actually give him some lines and character motivation because I've seen him in OVW and his OVW character kicks his WWE character's ass.

[nl5xsk1 0]

that's all i've got because i've never seen him before

Anyway, between Kennedy and Batista, it just goes to show you: when TSM loves you for a ridiculous reason in spite of talent, your back tears in half. Thank you and good night.

 

How does that work?

 

My presumption is that Czech intended it to imply in spite of a lack of talent ... but I might be wrong.

[iamsherm 0]

that's all i've got because i've never seen him before

Anyway, between Kennedy and Batista, it just goes to show you: when TSM loves you for a ridiculous reason in spite of talent, your back tears in half. Thank you and good night.

 

How does that work?

 

My presumption is that Czech intended it to imply in spite of a lack of talent ... but I might be wrong.

 

That's what I presumed as well, but how would he know if he's talented (or not) if he hasn't seen him?

[ChrisMWaters 0]

What a bad time for him to be injured too...

 

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

I like that shirt. It does not even look like a wrestling shirt.

[BUTT 0]

The whole Ken Kennedy phenomenon on TSM is puzzling to me. Not that I can't understand why fans would like him, but the general elitist nature of "smarks" seems to be in direct conflict with the love they're showing this talent-impoverished individual. It's like if Pitchfork Media gave a 9.7 to the latest Breaking Benjamin album.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

I like that shirt. It does not even look like a wrestling shirt.

Except for the wrestler on the front, and the WWE logo on the back.

[Guest DuDe]

I like that shirt. It does not even look like a wrestling shirt.

Except for the wrestler on the front, and the WWE logo on the back.

And the "Say it loud, say it proud" thing. It makes it look Gay-o-faboulous (not that there's anything wrong with that).

[Epic Reine 0]

It sucks that he's gonna miss his first Royal Rumble and his first Wrestlemania.

[Silence 0]

It sucks that he's gonna miss his first Royal Rumble and his first Wrestlemania.

 

Especially the Royal Rumble. He could have announced his entry number while he was walking down to the ring with a mic in his hand.

[Jericholic82 0]

I like that shirt. It does not even look like a wrestling shirt.

Except for the wrestler on the front, and the WWE logo on the back.

yea but its not that bad, the pic of him isnt "gay looking" or anything. Id buy it

 

wonder if anyone will ever remember his one week velocity run as Mr. Anderson.....Anderson

doesnt have quite the same ring does it?

 

EDIT: Oh hes shirtless in the pic on the shirt, but again not too bad, hey right now Im wearing an old Raw is Jericho tshirt from kmart back in the day that has a pic of him in a unbuttoned silvery shirt so I dont worry too much about pics I suppose

[ChrisMWaters 0]

wonder if anyone will ever remember his one week velocity run as Mr. Anderson.....Anderson

doesnt have quite the same ring does it?

 

Eh, I dunno.

 

Like I've said before, I would have LOVED someone to use the Matrix line paraphrased...

 

"I'm going to enjoy watching you lose, Mr. Anderson!"

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

I like that shirt. It does not even look like a wrestling shirt.

Except for the wrestler on the front, and the WWE logo on the back.

yea but its not that bad, the pic of him isnt "gay looking" or anything. Id buy it

 

wonder if anyone will ever remember his one week velocity run as Mr. Anderson.....Anderson

doesnt have quite the same ring does it?

 

EDIT: Oh hes shirtless in the pic on the shirt, but again not too bad, hey right now Im wearing an old Raw is Jericho tshirt from kmart back in the day that has a pic of him in a unbuttoned silvery shirt so I dont worry too much about pics I suppose

 

I remember it. Someone posted Velocity spoilers and said he had a cool finisher. That, and there was another really good match on (debut of Super Crazy and Psychosis pre-Mexicools maybe?). So I checked it out. Thought his gimmick was amusing (abusing Tony Chimmel is always funny) and wrestled a pretty decent match with Funaki. And, indeed, I found his finisher to be really good, albeit maybe just a wee bit contrived. Then, a week or two later, he comes out as "Mr. Kennedy" much to my surprise, and wrestled almost a carbon copy of his Velocity match with Funaki.

[normam 0]

as ken kennedys injured for a few months, i think he should have a slot on the show like christian had with the peep show, that could be cool!