The new leader of EV2 — says who? Sure hope that isn't a spoiler, for your sake...
As for Kendrick, I've always enjoyed the guy, but just like I don't buy Rey Mysterio as a World Heavyweight Champion, I would never buy Kendrick either. Does this mean I only want jacked up juice heads as my champion? Absolutely not, but just because you throw away tradition doesn't mean you throw away history with it. Tradition in this case is simply a penchant for putting the title on meat heads, whereas history would mandate said meathead actually be in a weight class that he could believably compete in.
Say for example that Abyss wins the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a month and a half and begins feuding with Kendrick — who among you could reasonably believe Kendrick could actually beat Abyss in any way shape or form?