WHAT IF....KEN KENNEDY'S WWE RELEASE WAS A WORK?
By Todd Oblak on 6/2/2009 8:33 AM
What does WWE gain by releasing Kennedy right now? Ratings aren't great and
he was returning to a lot of hype......and after one match where he dumps
Orton not perfectly on a back suplex and was holding his wrist
afterwards......he is released?!? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to
me.....
I mean, the fan reactions to Kennedy have been a LOT better than some of the
other talent they have kept around for a long time.....and I've never heard
much about his attitude being a problem......I mean, he seems to get along
fairly well backstage with everyone. Didn't he also take his wellness
violation and suspension in stride? I mean he was built up for a big role in
the company and that happened.....he did his time, went to SmackDown (still a
big star) and then got injured and continued to work in a speaking role while
he was rehabbing.....promoting the movie and trying to encourage
MVP.....sounds like a pretty decent employee to me. I mean he never trashed
any hotel rooms like a certain WWE champion did.....and at one point didn't
Vince see Kennedy as his next main eventer? I mean, he was gonna induct him
into the family (kayfabe) for crying out loud?!?! Do you give up that easily
on him? He's been injured twice that required significant time off in 4 years
with the company (a triceps muscle injury and a freak shoulder joint injury,
neither has to do with the other). I have no idea how that makes him more
"injury-prone" than someone like Rey Mysterio (knee injury and biceps injury)
which happened in the span of 2 years?!?
So what if WWE is trying to draw some hype......work everyone? I mean with
all the releases and the economy the way it is.......why not? Rally some
folks around behind the "fired" wrestler to get a second chance.....sounds
like a great wrestling storyline but updated for the internet-savvy 21st
century to me.
Remember when Matt Hardy was canned.....then Edge slept with Lita and Matt
made all that noise on his website and Vince rehired him just so they'd have a
money feud on his shows? Well, Matt is still employed to this day and has
done pretty well for himself since that feud got people caring about him.
What if this is a rework on that idea? What if this is a planned "release?"
What if Vince only let Orton & Kennedy in on this one? Tell Orton to get
pissed at how Kennedy worked a match then have them work the guys backstage by
getting into a verbal confrontation backstage to make it real.....
Even if I'm way off, this could be a cool angle....Kennedy shows up in the
audience (figures he can't do anything for 90 days or whatever) and keeps
showing up to stare down the jackass that got him fired the day he returned.
WWE security could try to remove him and he would be a paying customer just
like everyone else. He could rant on his website. Whatever, keep building up
the feud and then strike.
How cool would that be?
