Once Upon a Time, in a Land Far Far Away. There was a wrestler. He wore long shorts, a hat, and pretended to something worse than VH1's The White Rapper Show could ever crank out, even during the first line of lame eliminations. And then this young man was given his walking papers and went out to ply his trade elsewhere. He made a name for himself and became a real high flying commodity in the wrestling world. As a matter of fact, he got a serious look from the competition, as their X-Division was now the talk of the town.
Scroll forward a few months, to where WWE felt that they needed to put a new coat of paint on the cruiserweight division that they had mishandled not once but twice. Suddenly ROH talent became very appealing for their ability to satisfy the spot monkey fan market with their in ring ability. Yes, for those for you who are not privy to the "wrasslin" business, ROH was beginning to gain momentum. And just like when past number three contenders would gain popularity, number one and number two come along to strip them of any marketable talent that they may have. And then they come back later to take anything that even looks remotely marketable just to cripple them out of existence.
But anywho, WWE resigns this young prodigy as well as other main event level ROH talent, most notably Jamie Noble. The young prince gets an appearance or two on TNA and they have a slight bit of interest in having him come in regularly. But we all know that the "Empire" known as the WWE, they can't let TNA snatch up a former WWE worker who could possible make an impact in the X-Division, the cornerstone of TNA fandom. So they bring him in, intent on having him pick up right where he left off. But amazingly the fame that he had acquired in ROH did not transcend into automatic WWE fame. So what do you do with a talented performer who you have nothing better for? You put him with another wrestler of similar build and regard in a newly formed tag team.
The funny thing is that by doing this, WWE was able to tap into Kendrick's talent and energy as London complimented him nicely. They went from being a strange eccentric duo to being legitimate underdog tag team champions. And WWE milked this for as long as they could, using it to create some stability in the Smackdown tag team ranks. Of course, this was not the same formula for the RAW roster and thusly lacked the continuity that having a "flavor of the moment" tag team be the main focus of the division. So after a what had to be a low point in WWE history, or so they think, where they think that having a stable tag team is s curse, WWE decided to rectify the problem by having Londrick lose the titles. Once again, order was restored and WWE was able to have any two random fools be champs without even knowing how to work together. The tag titles could now just be put on two guys who could be world singles champs, but needed gold around their waist in the meantime. Or perhaps the term should be "gold around their waste" instead. And the deed was completed by an exodus of the cursed team to RAW, in order to show them how to be truly mediocre.
Fast forward to the now. The team has been split. London has become so poorly respected that he doesn't even get to wear boots anymore. And Kendrick has gotten it worst of all. He has been given a huge bodyguard and a new look. He is now a heel and is often compared to such monumental Jedi Knights as Shawn Michaels and Brian Pillman on tv, even though he doesn't have anywhere near the size of either nor the charisma of either on his worst day. So what makes him the next big thing? Nothing really. His past says mediocrity. What his future will say is a story that has yet to be written. Hopefully, it will be fun to watch as it unfolds.
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