[OFFICIAL] Mr. Kennedy .........Kennedy Released

[IrishCanadian25]

WWE.com has posted the following statement:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Mr. Kennedy (Ken Kennedy) as of today, May 29, 2009. WWE wishes Ken the best in all future endeavors.

Keep it all in here. Kennedy is gone, apparently being pushed to the moon and injury prone was a bad mix.

DO NOT SPAM! If you want to weight in on Kennedy's release, give some semblance of an opinion.

 

[LMaruko]

Holy shit.

You're not kiddin, IC25.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/industrynews/kennedyreleased

Wow, well, really, it's not a surprise his release after his injury. WWE never even speculated whether it was serious or not. Even after such a comeback match and his "plans for WWE dominance" of the title.

Oh well. Opens up some spots for other guys. Good luck, Kennedy!

 

[Decarow]

Not surprised, but at the same time i'm kind of upset. I remember him being billed as the next Stone Cold. But hey, we can only hope for him to make a return in a few years.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaH.


the fuckin future of the WWE? Right o. Cant say its suprising at all. Well fuck, what ever will they do for all those WM main events that the marks would have you belive he was gonna be in.

Honest though, its not like a big loss. He was barely around, barely did anything, and barely had any impact, save for people having delusional rantings and ravings on this very site.

 

[LMaruko]

the fuckin future of the WWE? Right o. Cant say its suprising at all. Well fuck, what ever will they do for all those WM main events that the marks would have you belive he was gonna be in.

Lol!! I was one of those delusional marks!!! (even said something about that yesterday XD)

Yeah, its no big loss, actually. It would be nice for his to actually make it as a new face in the main event, but any other fool wrestler pushed to that extreme would be a new face.

Next target: MVP!!!

 

[48.7 is Approximately 49 Times Better Than You]

Holy [expletive]!

I love Kennedy. I cannot.. Is this really? No way. That's insane. I honestly don't know what to say about this. Kennedy had the worst possible luck a man can have. This is just outstanding.. Wow. Good luck in TNA.

 

[klunderbunker]

I think this is a combination of a few things.

1. The obvious injury issues. Never have I seen someone that has been bitten by the injury bug more than Kennedy. I mean it was every month he'd get hurt again and again. He never had a chance to build anything up for himself.

2. He never actually did anything. Kennedy is the epitome of a guy built up and coasting on hype. What did he ever do in the ring that was so great? His entire appeal was based on nothing but hype that he had and eventually, which I guess was tonight, that ran out of steam.

3. Vince's ego. The ratings for Monday night tanked, and Kennedy was the focus of the show as far as in ring stuff goes. Vince will never in his wildest dreams admit that either A) John and Kate Plus 8 being one of the biggest cable draws of all time hurt him, B) The NBA playoffs hurt him, or most importantly C) Randy Orton and the rest of the Raw feuds right now are so mind numbingly boring that people simply don't care. Kennedy, if he had stayed healthy, could have been a GREAT thing for Raw for one reason: he could have been a new face in the main event. We've seen HHH, Cena, Orton and Batista in the main event forever and people are just flat out tired of it. Throw Kennedy in there fore awhile to replace one of them and I'd be more interested. Of course though, Vince can't accept that his flagship show sucks so he's blaming everyone else, and Kennedy was the brunt of that blame for now.

I wish he was still around, but I'm not really that upset. All that'll happen now is people will whine about how Vince doesn't know what he's doing when in reality, this was probably a good idea.

 

[IrishCanadian25]

To me, Ken Kenedy amounted to an overpushed Mik Sanders. Phenom on the mic, worked great as a commentator and as a GM, but when it came to getting in the ring, there was something missing. With Sanders it was size, with Kennedy it was durability.

We are losing a mic presence, but not the world's best in-ring performer. He'll catch on in TNA after he heals - again - and that will be that. We haven't seen the last of him, but he's the biggest disappointment since the finish to the Hogan vs Sting 1.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Holy [expletive]!

I love Kennedy. I cannot.. Is this really? No way. That's insane. I honestly don't know what to say about this. Kennedy had the worst possible luck a man can have. This is just outstanding.. Wow. Good luck in TNA.

it would be the perfect place for him. Down there, he can take all the steroids he would like. So he can have like, an ounce of muscle on him, so he can actually stay healthy for more than 6 weeks at a time, and so when he does suffer his 2nd or 3rd injury, he can roid up to heal quicker. TNA would be a wonderfull place for him

 

[ztwhite]

In the past few years, seeing the WWE surprise a lifelong wrestling fan (25 years and counting - I'm 31) were few and far between. This absolutely surprised me.

I know people will say it's long overdue, what with all the injuries and everything, but this guy was constantly thrust into the upper echelon while never doing a damn thing. I thought he was one of Vince's guys, no matter what.

Thank you so very much Mr. McMahon for providing me a with a moment to mark the fuck out. Now if you'd of only done it on Raw ??!!

 

[THE Madcap]

hahahaha this is too funny...

What a Clusterfuck the last few years have been for Mr Kennedy. I do however find it very strange that the WWE would let him cut a promo saying he would be the next WWE champ or whatever he said and not even a week later he is released. When I heard of his injury, I also wondered how many more until he's gone...the answer was 1.

I guess he will be destined to return to TNA now as Mr Anderson and can continue to do his drugs as he wishes to "heal his injuries". Norcal, what you gonna do with your tee now bro?

Thank you Mr Kennedy, we never (really) knew ye!

 

[hardrocker488]

Is it bad that I immediately thought Jeff Hardy when I saw the headline on the main site, even though Jeff is on Smackdown now?

Seems kinda strange to me that WWE would release a guy JUST for being injury prone. I think that would probably be a bad PR move. Maybe they would but I think there might be something more to it than injuries.

 

[It's...Baylariat!]

This is genuine surprise from me. I mean, has this EVER happened? A semi-big star, who was built up to be a main event star, then after his return from injury, he's released. I've never seen that. It's not that he didn't deserve it, because he did. Before his injury, he simply wasn't that good in the ring. His promo skills were the only good thing about him overall. Hopefully, Kennedy will learn from this and make his debut in TNA after his 90 days is up.

The last straw was him hurting his wrist while taking the RKO. Vince probably seen that, and was like, "OK, how serious was the injury? Not serious? OK, Friday, I'm releasing him. He's useless. He's oft injured, and there really is no direction for him." And to me, it seemed as if his second appearance of the night during the Main Event received a near silent response.

This is a bold move by the WWE. And one to keep us on their toes. VINCE STILL HAS IT!!

 

[SavageTaker]

I'm not really surprised. It's a shame he couldn't stay healthy. I like him but he was honestly just costing the company money. He would come back get injured and then just go away, and while he was away he would be collecting a pay check from the company for doing absolutely nothing. Hopefully he will be able to prove that he can stay healthy and the WWE might think about bringing him back in. For now though he is probably going to work on the Indy scene and I would be a little surprise to see TNA signing him to a contract even though the schedule in TNA could benefit him.

 

[gd]

Yes, but this is ridiculous. Considering how often Kennedy gets hurt, there has to be something wrong with him. Maybe his body can't handle professional wrestling. Everytime he is right in the middle of a push, he gets injured. Not once and awhile, EVERY TIME.

Don't get me wrong, I like Kennedy and think he has the potential to be really good. In fact, he probably already should have been a world champion, but his injuries keep getting in the way. I think at this point, the best move for the WWE might be to release him.

^ I'm just saying.

I'm a little surprised, but honestly, this has been a long time coming. Despite all of the oppurtunities he's gotten, he's really never amounted to anything in the WWE. If you are a pro wrestler and can't stay healthy, there is really no hope for you. I guess he could go to TNA from here and he could successful there, but I doubt it.

 

[Dr. Stinger A. Zoidberg]

I am truly shocked, I thought that his wrist injury was no big deal, so much for being future WWE Champ. Can you say TNA? I can, that is if he can stay healthy with the lighter schedule

 

[Razor Blade Dream]

I'm shocked but more as in, "I expected it later than sooner." I would have at least expected him to start some kind of feud and do a few matches.

On the same token I can see where Vince was like, "Fuckin hell Ken, stop being a puss and take that RKO like a man! And goddamn you if you come to me and ask for that wrist to be looked at!"

I voice the same as everyone else though, Kennedy wasn't that awe-inspiring in the ring. Then again, neither is Orton but he isn't as injury prone. If Orton was as injury prone as Kennedy, we'd be reading about Orton being dropped today. I mean Ken was Vince's golden boy it seemed, his character shares his fuckin middle name for God's sakes. So I am sure no matter what pull Orton had in the back, if he was out of action as much as Kennedy he would be dropped like a bad habit as well.
I think firing the guy is a bit harsh, he would have been a hell of a commentator or an on-screen character. Like they could have had him be the co-GM on Raw to counter Vickie. Sort of like when Foley appointed himself a co-GM with Bischoff. Whatever though, Vince seems to forgive and forget and I'm sure if Ken can show he isn't such a clusterfuck in the ring with some TNA time or Indys he will be welcomed back. Then again, would TNA be such a hot place for him since it is a cesspool of steroids and such?

I seriously would love to see videos or hear stories of the office where they give the guys their walking papers. That must be a hell of an emotional place especially for shockers like this one.

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

I knew this was coming straight after Raw, as soon as the injury happened I knew his nine lives where up, the guy has been involved in major storylines and either gets injured or suspended, this for me is no surprise, how many times can you put up with an employee going off sick?.

With Kennedy i see this as a clear message, no matter how much faith vince has in you, your expendable so stay healthy and keep yourself together because if your gonna get injured every time vince puts you in the main event there is no need for you, just look at what the wwe did for the guy, he got a movie under his belt, a us title run, was supposed to be a mcmahon before getting suspended, then thrusted into a feud with mvp after being drafted to smackdown and injured again, losing the mitb case that he was supposed to cash at wrestlemania and again injured IMO this is a bold move by the wwe and will show that no matter how high you are in the food chain dont mess them around or your gone.

 

[miroa12004]

He didn't compete in a match for a little less than a year and then when he returns for supposdly his comeback match and the match that really marks his true push to the main event of RAW, he gets injuired, I guess HHH was right, If you blow wind in Kennedy's body he'll get injuired.
Anyway I guess he'll end up in TNA, though I prefer if he goes to do movies though.

 

[JGlass]

I can't believe anybody is really surprised about this, unless they didn't hear about the wrist injury, but even so, this release has been years in the making. If he's not getting injured himself, he's injuring other people. He's very entertaining, but I don't think it's worth keeping it around. See you in TNA Kennedy, maybe you can do something worthwhile over there.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

WOW. What the hell? They pay him all this time when he's gone, he comes back, and they fire him later on in the week??? What's the point in that? He must've really pissed someone off, cause four days ago, he looked like he was going to be pushed hard, and now he's suddenly fired upon his return?

Very shocking, and disappointing, as I was hoping this would be the chance that he needed to actually become something.

 

[Harthan]

I'm surprised it happened so quickly. But, really now. When you get hurt in your return match, something is wrong. When he returned, he was pretty much one injury away...and the one injury came the night he returned.

I've always liked Kennedy. I think he was shot up too fast, but given time on Raw (and health), he could have amounted to something. The biggest problem for Kennedy was time...he was always great on the mic and he had a good foundation in the ring, but he didn't have any time to work with it. If you took out all the injuries, I guarantee Kennedy would have seen world championship gold, for better or for worse. Plus, all that time wrestling would have meant more time working on his ring skills, and you'd have seen a much more polished Kennedy. He was a walking load of potential dragged down by injuries and overpushing.

Really, though, this is Vince's fault. He clearly had no plans to bring Kennedy back that night, or the Kennedy ad the previous week would have said "Next week". It was going to be a while, and that would have been best. Plus, bringing him back in a ten man tag, is a bad idea. It's a naturally chaotic match and that's the last thing Kennedy needed. A singles match, preferably with a jobber, that Kennedy could work nice and structured with, would have been so much better, and severely reduced the risk of injury. But, just to fuel the ridiculous Denver vs WWE feud, he was rushed back, and look what happens.

Kennedy is injury prone, and its highly unfortunate. But if Vince had taken more care with Kennedy's return, the likelihood of injury would have been reduced, and Kennedy might not be in this position.

This is definitely not the last of Kennedy in a wrestling ring, though. At least, he'd be crazy to retire. TNA would grab him in an instant, and push him to the moon. Mr. Kennedy is certainly copyrighted, but Mr. Anderson probably isn't, and he could roll with that. Anyway, he could be real big for TNA. Even if not, Kennedy is not a stranger to the indies, and he could be an indy GOD if he stepped down there. Contrary to popular belief, a guy working a full indy schedule makes decent money. Certainly not a WWE contract level, but a solid amount. Kennedy, as ex-WWE talent (and fairly big ex WWE talent) would be in huge demand in the indies, and could make some good money. Either way, I have to think he sticks around wrestling - he's got too big of a chance to capitalize on his popularity and too long in the business to give it up. Maybe he'll retire quietly, and if he does, that's good for him, but he's got a big opportunity to make waves elsewhere and I hope he takes it.

 

[Razz]

I want to get the full facts on this story before I can respond properly lol. I hope it doesn't have anything to do with a policy or wellness violation for Kennedy's sake. They push him so hard on his return and then release him days later, there's got to be more to this story. If it's just because he's injury prone, that would be so weird. I'm sure he could still do angles and stuff with his wrist injury.

 

[scabooshmoo1]

You have to feel sorry for the guy. It's not his fault that he gets injured, it honestly just takes one bad knock and unfortunatly he has had one to many of those bad knocks. All i can realy say is..

CANT WAIT TO SEE HIM IN TNA!!

 

[jayp_1984]

im going to shoot down a few misconceptions

1. kennedy hasnt done anything? i guess dominating smackdowns upper mid card for a few years is nothing. thats just flat out stupid to say.

2. for all the so called wrestling fans out there, to just root against a guy making a living is absurd. the whole first page is full of people who need to grow up. lets just hope the piss poor mods around here dont ban me again for stating the obvious.

3. hes not injury prone, hes just has major injuries when hes gotten injured. theres a big difference. some people bounce back, and some dont. he got a minor injury on raw, and its just idiotic to think he was released for getting hurt. another case of the young crowd "not getting it" on these forums.

4. he was without a doubt released for taking some banned substance. its not even arguable there...i wish him the best in his battles and i definitely think he will return some day and be dominant.