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As we pointed out yesterday, Independent wrestler, along with the help of former TNA booker Scott D'Amore began sending links to D'Amore's facebook page to internet wrestling sites. Now, Conrad Kennedy himself has issued a formal response in the form of a letter to TNA President Dixie Carter. A copy of the letter was supplied to wrestlingnewsworld. You can read the full letter below:
Dear Mrs. Carter
My name is Justin T. Carnes, I was trained by Scott D'Amore along with Alex Shelley, Petey Williams, and Chris Sabin. I have been working for almost 11 years, nine of those as Conrad Kennedy III (CK3), and for the last two years I have been working as "Krimson," in the states and in the UK, a character based off the Joker. I have been sending promos to TNA since I started doing the character, and last September, when I was on the road with Rhino, who is one of my best friends, D-Lo Brown approached me at the show in Windsor and told me he wanted to bring me in for a try-out as "Krimson, the Joker character." I went again on Rhino's last loop with the company, and was told by D-Lo to keep sending promos, the more I send, the more he could pass on to creative, and the better my chances of getting a job. So I did.
In January, I learned from one of my promoter's in the UK that TNA had taken my name, "Crimson." I was obviously upset by this. Tommy Dreamer, another friend, called me and told me that although it's upsetting, think of a different name, at least it's not your character. So I did just that. I continued to send promos under a different name, "Villain." A few weeks ago I even received an email from D-Lo praising them and told me he has sent all my stuff to creative, and will let me know. Now, I see Sting doing a character eerily similar to the promos I have sent.
I realize TNA has promised me nothing, but I feel though, that the appearance of the new "Joker-Sting" character, years after the film debuted, and after a year of me sending promos, is more than mere coincidence. Now I am faced with the problem of trying to find bookings throughout the states, Canada and Europe, and potential promoters, taking a look at my work and saying, "You have TNA's 'Crimson's' name and Sting's Character. No thanks."
I'm quite certain that you were unaware of this happening, and truthfully, I don't know if anything can be done. I feel though, that the manner in which I was handled on TNA's part was nothing less than unprofessional and appalling. I would have much preferred a "creative has nothing for you" than encouragement to keep sending in my work, just to see them steal my name and gimmick, and to watch Sting doing essentially the same character on TV. Furthermore, instead of injecting a fresh and undiscovered face into your product who writes his own promos, and is more than willing to go on the road full time with an established company, your writers see fit instead to giving the character to an already established star such as Sting, who is in the twilight of his career and does not even work house shows?
In conclusion, I thank you for your time in reading this. I have included all the promos I have sent D-Lo both as Krimson and as Villain. I invite you to watch them and I feel you will see why I am upset by this situation. I have always wanted an opportunity to be a part of the TNA family, as I feel I have a lot to offer the company. I'm sure your creative team would agree. At the behest of my Attorney, I will also be sending you a certified letter with a disc of the promos and a copy of the emails from D-Lo as well."
Sincerely
Justin T. Carnes
The Joker was made by whoever made up the whole Batman series , not him
Would the TNA marks please leave... The man has a case. He worked under a name it's his name, changing one letter does not change this fact, the reason it's an issue is because he has proof that he sent them promo pacts and they stole from them. It's called copyright infringement, which is kind of a big deal... WWE ran into this issue a few years ago with the start up of NXT, and even the name karma... Yes it's based off of the Joker however once you put it into a wrestling format it's not just a cosmetics leap it's a character leap which equals the difference between a simple copy and paste, and creating something different.
At any rate I know this post is going to drop me about 35645323464674 points because i have an actual argument against those attacking a man trying to protect what is his...
If what he does isn't trademarked so he has no argument. Plus he and everyone else has no proof if TNA even got that gimmick from him. He is mad about 2 things.
1. Crimson - His name is Krimson.
2. Joker Sting - He apparently does that same gimmick.
He is just assuming that TNA stole that from him. he doesn't own the name Krimson or any version of it and he also doesn't own any version of a Joker like character so his letter and complaint is meaningless.
Would the TNA marks please leave... The man has a case. He worked under a name it's his name, changing one letter does not change this fact, the reason it's an issue is because he has proof that he sent them promo pacts and they stole from them. It's called copyright infringement, which is kind of a big deal... WWE ran into this issue a few years ago with the start up of NXT, and even the name karma... Yes it's based off of the Joker however once you put it into a wrestling format it's not just a cosmetics leap it's a character leap which equals the difference between a simple copy and paste, and creating something different.
At any rate I know this post is going to drop me about 35645323464674 points because i have an actual argument against those attacking a man trying to protect what is his...
Ok. people. WATCH Pro Wrestling Ohio and you will see who he is. He's not a NO NAME talent like you assume he is. He's actually pretty good. and, 'stealing his gimmick'? Are you even aware that just about EVERY gimmick in wrestling anymore is a copy or has a slit CHANGE to it? He does GREAT work and HAS done great work in the past. JUST because WWE or 'Impact wrestling' hasn't added him yet, is because he's not the 'face' WWE wants to promote AND he's not from WWE like most on Impact Wrestlings roster is. he's a really good talent, cuts AMAZINg promos and has the same kind of demented look the 'joker' had from the movie. And, your compareing his talent to WHOM that has been picked up by TNA or WWE? Remember Kizarny? Also known as Sinn Bodhi OR from TNA 'The original Sinn'? WWE Buried him and didn't even give him a name for himself before sending him packing after a couple months of ONLY being on tv ONCE. What do you think they would do with a guy like Krimson? NOTHING. Just let him rot in FCW until his contract was up and send him away. TNA just doesn't want him, because, as I said before, he wasn't part of WWE at any point and they can't soak up his fame into THEIR pockets.
So before bashing someone from just LOOKING at his youtube videos, actually WATCH him cut his promos and due his matches
people are bringing up things like ric flair stealing buddy rodgers gimmick but there's a difference. rodgers was already an icon when flair started "paying tribute" to him by using that gimmick. here you have an indy wrestler who's trying to find work where he can and is constantly working to make it to the bigger leagues. he found a gimmick that works for him and tried to get over with it. he sent TNA videos and kept getting told to send in more. now, it's more difficult for him because people won't want to book him as he mentioned in the email. it's also unfair to expect him to just find a new gimmick after he spent so long finding that one and making it work. sting doesn't need that gimmick to get over because he's FREAKING STING! he's an icon in his 50s who's soon approaching the end of his career
people are bringing up things like ric flair stealing buddy rodgers gimmick but there's a difference. rodgers was already an icon when flair started "paying tribute" to him by using that gimmick. here you have an indy wrestler who's trying to find work where he can and is constantly working to make it to the bigger leagues. he found a gimmick that works for him and tried to get over with it. he sent TNA videos and kept getting told to send in more. now, it's more difficult for him because people won't want to book him as he mentioned in the email. it's also unfair to expect him to just find a new gimmick after he spent so long finding that one and making it work. sting doesn't need that gimmick to get over because he's FREAKING STING! he's an icon in his 50s who's soon approaching the end of his career
