The Career Of Mr. Kennedy....

[logan_punisher]

Reports are flying on Mr. Kennedy.... Anderson.... Is leaving Total Non-Stop Action. People can have there own opinions on if he will leave or if he will stay. Clearly people criticize him ruining his career in wwe. By making enemies with Triple H & Randy Orton. I clearly see no reason to ignore talent by no means. Hell bring back Kevin Nash. Bring back Razor Ramon, Jake "The Snake" Roberts. People criticize wwe bringing back guys like Chris Jericho and Rvd, but then say "I wish wwe would bring back Hulk Hogan so he could Drop a leg drop one last time." Those same people wouldn't mind Hulk Hogan, but completely complain about bringing Jericho or Rvd back? I don't understand it? What's the point in bringing Hulk Hogan in? No reason. Here's the point I'm getting at. Those sane people who criticized Mr. Kennedy on Bringing back Jericho & Rvd but want Hogan, are criticizing Bringing back Mr. Kennedy.... Andersonnnnnnnnnn..... Here's my Top 3 Opinions.

1. He could succeed in Wwe. My own opinion. He has the mic skills.

2. He's better in wwe then tna

3. I rather pick him returning to wwe then Hulk Hogans BACK. literally his back.

Brand switches and departure (2008–2009)

During the sixth annual WWE Draft on June 23, 2008 on Raw, Kennedy was drafted from Raw back to the SmackDown brand. On August 4, he dislocated his shoulder in a match against Shelton Benjamin at a house show, sidelining him from active competition. Kennedy made his return to WWE television, in a non-wrestling capacity, on the November 24 episode of Raw, while promoting his film Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia, and also made an appearance on SmackDown on the November 28 episode.
On April 15, 2009, Mr. Kennedy returned to the Raw brand as Raw's first pick of the 2009 Supplemental Draft. On May 7, Kennedy returned to in-ring action at Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory, to gain match fitness before returning to Raw. On the May 11, 2009 episode of Raw, WWE aired a video package to promote Kennedy's return. He made his official Raw return on May 25, competing in a 10-man tag team match, which his team won. Kennedy was released from his WWE contract on May 29, 2009, just four days after his return.

In January 2010 Anderson signed a one-year deal with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He would make his return to the company at the Genesis pay-per-view on January 17, 2010, working under the ring name Mr. Anderson. As a mystery opponent, he wrestled Abyss, whom he pinned after using brass knuckles. Anderson made his Impact! debut on January 21, 2010. He would deliver a promo explaining why he came to TNA, while disparaging Abyss. At Against All Odds Anderson defeated Kurt Angle and Abyss to advance to the finals of the 8 Card Stud Tournament, where he lost to D'Angelo Dinero. On the following edition of Impact! Angle, whom Anderson had defeated by using his dog tags against him, promised to make him suffer for disrespecting U.S. soldiers, which led to Anderson coming out and laying him out by hitting him with a mic, effectively starting a feud between the two. At Destination X Angle defeated Anderson by submission in a rematch. Anderson and Angle were booked in a rubber match inside a steel cage at Lockdown. On the April 5 edition of Impact! Anderson defeated Angle in a ladder match to win possession of the key to the cage door. At Lockdown Angle defeated Anderson in a steel cage match. At Sacrifice Anderson was defeated by Jeff Hardy. After the match, Anderson offered to shake Hardy's hand, but the offer was declined. On the following edition of Impact!, Anderson helped Hardy defeat Sting in the main event of the show. After the match both Anderson and Hardy were attacked by Sting. At Slammiversary VIII Anderson and Hardy, the team now known as the Enigmatic Assholes, defeated Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) in a tag team match. At Victory Road, Anderson and Hardy attempted to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Rob Van Dam in a four-way match, also involving Abyss, but were unsuccessful. On the following edition of Impact! Anderson saved former rival D'Angelo Dinero from Matt Morgan. On the July 22 edition of Impact! Anderson defeated Morgan, but was after the match assaulted and bloodied by him. On the August 19 edition of Impact! the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated and Anderson was entered into an eight-man tournament for the title, defeating Jay Lethal in his first round match.

From Wwe to Tna. He's what he is in tna that he was going ti be in wwe. I'll be honest that he's much better then many superstars thats leaving tna soon. Besides AJ Styles he is the best guy that wwe could use. I think People might say that Mr. Whatever is a nobody, but I don't believe in anyone being a nobody. Once your in wwe. Your famous. Unless your Sting. He's famous outside of wwe. Which some people don't.

 

[AJ1981]

I think a lot of what you've said was dealt with in another thread that was on here last week also you seem to have cut and pasted most of your post from Anderson's Wikipedia page (I guessed because the spelling mistakes stopped). That being said I don't see Anderson returning to WWE, he's burned too many bridges, is ill thought of by wrestlers and management and to be honest WWE have more exciting prospects of their own in NXT.

 

[R.K.O]

From his work of the past few weeks Ken has been great, character wise he can contribute so much to the WWE if they sign him. He's great on the mic, decent as a wrestler and plays the loose cannon character so much better than Dean Ambrose. He would be a hit in WWE for sure. But with that said I don't see WWE signing him like others have said, he certainly doesn't have the best of relationships with the important people there. It's a shame that TNA is thinking of releasing him and WWE not signing him because he's a talent.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Kennedy/Anderson is someone that could be a contribution to any roster, whether it's WWE or TNA.

While I'm sure some will piss & moan over this comparison, Kennedy/Anderson is someone who puts me in mind of The Miz in a couple of ways:

1. He's strong on the mic and is has the capability of delivering really good promos as either a babyface or a heel. At the same time, also like Miz, he's not nor has he ever been a new standard of excellence when it comes to cutting promos.

2. In the ring, like Miz, he's sometimes hit & miss. There are times in which he's really smooth, has his timing down pat and everything just has a nice flow. There are also times in which he's slow, awkward and just seems to be completely off.

At the same time, however, I believe now just as I believed when Kennedy/Anderson first came to WWE that the guy's pretty overrated. He's good, but he's not nearly the wrestling god that some in the IWC have proclaimed him to be. In my eyes, his time in TNA cemented that notion because there were no excuses to be had as to why the little more than 3.5 years he was in TNA were so lackluster. No one could say "management never gave him a chance" or "politics held him back" or "he wasn't used right". You know, the usual excuses that internet fans like to toss about as to why their favorites didn't get to the levels they believe they should have. TNA pushed him hard to the top of the roster but he couldn't deliver ratings and, to me, it looked as though they ultimately lost faith in him right after he won the TNA WHC for the first time. This was during a time period in which TNA was gaga over bringing in any former WWE talent and giving them pushes in the hopes that their exposure in WWE would translate into ratings.

As far as Kennedy/Anderson returning to WWE, I doubt it. I doubt WWE is even interested to be honest. I'm not saying that to put the guy down but, based on what Triple H has said, WWE seems to be interested in finding indy talent that's both young & has a lot of experience on the indy scene and finding young guys with little experience who they can cultivate over a long period of time down in NXT. Kennedy/Anderson has some things going against him as far as another WWE run. For one thing, he's 37 years old and the end of May 2014 will mark 5 years since he departed the company. While guys like Christian & RVD are older than him, he doesn't have the long term good will & consistently strong work ethic that Christian has demonstrated in WWE nor does he have the name recognition & overall popularity of RVD. When Kennedy/Anderson was in WWE during his first run, he was sidelined a lot with injuries. All in all, he spent probably about 40% or so of his 4 year run with WWE on the shelf recovering from injuries. Whenever WWE would start up with a big push for him, he'd get hurt and they'd have to start all over again due to the loss of momentum. The fact that he also is said to have drawn some major heat with top guys like Cena & Orton certainly didn't help either.

That's not saying that he couldn't pop up and be used in WWE, but it's highly unlikely that he'd be anywhere near the main event picture if he did. If Kennedy/Anderson ever had the chance to be a top tier guy in WWE, I think it's a chance that's long since passed by.

 

[thebowtiekiller]

i didnt see watch him much in tna but when he got fired from wwe i actually felt sorry for him he back dropped orton in a slightly awkward way on his shoulder so randy kicks off both in the match and backstage and randy been wwes golden boy actually gets the guy kicked out.i know it was a pretty dodgy looking move but mistakes happen its pro wrestling afterall i didnt think it was fair for him to lose his job over that and ortons whining.i actually thought he was entertaining mayby not main event material but definatly a good midcarder if he leaves tna i think hel have no choice but to go back to the minor leagues because if hes made an enemy not only in orton but hhh aswell then his chances of going back to wwe are nil besides a report a while back said that hhh isnt intrested in anyone from tna so it looks like kennedys screwed.

 

[Salvador238]

It's posts like the OP's that make me wonder why the admins call this "the four horsemen of message boards". Lmao.

 

[SaveUsCMPunk]

At the same time, however, I believe now just as I believed when Kennedy/Anderson first came to WWE that the guy's pretty overrated. He's good, but he's not nearly the wrestling god that some in the IWC have proclaimed him to be. In my eyes, his time in TNA cemented that notion because there were no excuses to be had as to why the little more than 3.5 years he was in TNA were so lackluster. No one could say "management never gave him a chance" or "politics held him back" or "he wasn't used right". You know, the usual excuses that internet fans like to toss about as to why their favorites didn't get to the levels they believe they should have. TNA pushed him hard to the top of the roster but he couldn't deliver ratings and, to me, it looked as though they ultimately lost faith in him right after he won the TNA WHC for the first time. This was during a time period in which TNA was gaga over bringing in any former WWE talent and giving them pushes in the hopes that their exposure in WWE would translate into ratings.

1) The term "overrated" is the most overused word by the IWC. Dolph Ziggler, Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes.....I could probably think of half a dozen or more wrestlers that the term "overrated" would be more applicable to.

2) A wrestling God? Last I checked, the majority of the IWC hated him. Most of what I read on threads involving him is, "Kennedy sucks, Kennedy's overrated, Kennedy's injury prone,(How many times has he been injured in TNA and who has he injured?) Kennedy's a one-trick pony....blah, blah, blah." None of which I agree with. Well, I guess you could say he was injury prone in WWE(So are Mark Henry and Rey Mysterio. So was Batista. Why don't more people bitch about them?) but not TNA.

3) Um...no. Anderson has no say in how he's booked so you can say he wasn't used right. Giving the title back to Jeff Hardy(after one month), who would go on to have that infamous match with Sting. In hindsight, I wonder if TNA wishes they kept the title on Anderson longer due to Hardy's substance problems. Losing the title to a 50+ year old Sting after one month? Poor booking. I don't know how anyone with an ounce of sense can say it wasn't stupid that both of his title reigns were one month each. That's not adequate time to determine whether someone can draw ratings....and really, TNA ratings have seen very little change at all. They're always hovering in the 1.0 area. Proven commodities like Sting and Jeff Hardy haven't spiked TNA's ratings that much. (And this is coming from someone that prefers TNA over WWE.)

Back to the topic. Don't just automatically assume that he's done with TNA and that his wrestling career is over. It could be true, it could not be true. Only Anderson and TNA know for sure. Now if Anderson is still interested in wrestling, he should stay in TNA. While it did look like they were writing him off TV on Thursday, he could just be taking time off. I don't think TNA should let him get away (Should any of this be true.) because he's a very entertaining and charismatic personality. Plus, this could make for a good revenge storyline. If he's done, it's very disappointing for me as a fan.

 

[LSN80]

1) The term "overrated" is the most overused word by the IWC. Dolph Ziggler, Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes.....I could probably think of half a dozen or more wrestlers that the term "overrated" would be more applicable to.

DO you recall his time with the WWE, specifically, 2006 and 2007? He got win after win over former World and WWE Champions, was being pushed as the future of Smackdown, and even won Money In The Bank. At the time, which is what Jackhammer first referenced, the IWC went nuts over him, especially after he won Money In The Bank. And he was overrated, not to mention injury prone. I can't think of a single good match he had, and his 'mic skills' consisted of him saying his name repeatedly and yelling.

Yet, people went nuts for him, and lost their minds when he lost the MITB briefcase to Edge due to injury. Both the way he was perceived by wrestling fans and booked by the WWE alike suggest that he was quite overrated. For those who still hold the same high opinion of him, they're overrating him as well.

2) A wrestling God? Last I checked, the majority of the IWC hated him. Most of what I read on threads involving him is, "Kennedy sucks, Kennedy's overrated, Kennedy's injury prone,(How many times has he been injured in TNA and who has he injured?) Kennedy's a one-trick pony....blah, blah, blah." None of which I agree with. Well, I guess you could say he was injury prone in WWE(So are Mark Henry and Rey Mysterio. So was Batista. Why don't more people bitch about them?) but not TNA

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Sensitive much? I don't think anyone's written anything about Mr. Kennedy's career lately, because that ended in April 2009 when he was released by the WWE. It was then that he became Anderson, his true last name, and he has had an injury history in TNA. TNA built a concussion storyline around a concussion he sustained in late 2010 where he missed two months, and he missed the last few month of 2011 into the first few months of 2012 to heal nagging injuries.

Nobody's perfect, and if you're a professional wrestler, you're going to get hurt. Unfortunately for him, and fans of his like yours, he gets injured more then most.

3) Um...no. Anderson has no say in how he's booked so you can say he wasn't used right. Giving the title back to Jeff Hardy(after one month), who would go on to have that infamous match with Sting. In hindsight, I wonder if TNA wishes they kept the title on Anderson longer due to Hardy's substance problems.

I'm guessing "No", otherwise, they would have gone with Anderson as their champion rather then a 50+ year old Sting. You can say he wasn't used right, but he's simply not the type of guy a company can build a fanbase around. After both of his title wins, TNA seemed to lose faith in him as champion, and he hasn't won it since.

Back to the topic. Don't just automatically assume that he's done with TNA and that his wrestling career is over. It could be true, it could not be true. Only Anderson and TNA know for sure.

No one assumed his wrestling career is over, or that he's done with TNA. He may re-sign. But TNA did let his contract expire, which is why he was written off of TV Thursday night. That doesn't exactly scream "big time player" or "top priority" to me.

Now if Anderson is still interested in wrestling, he should stay in TNA.

Agreed. At a substantial pay cut, which is why the two sides couldn't come to an agreement.

While it did look like they were writing him off TV on Thursday, he could just be taking time off.

Or his contract expired and the two sides couldn't come to an agreement.

I don't think TNA should let him get away (Should any of this be true.) because he's a very entertaining and charismatic personality.

This is where it gets interesting. Like they recently did with AJ Styles, why didn't they come to Anderson with a short-term deal to work through say, Bound For Glory? One would think that if they valued him as a performer, and he truly wanted to stay in TNA, they could have worked something out.

I know it makes me wonder why they didn't. If he was part of their major plans, one would think he would be apart of the biggest PPV of the year. It's hard to picture that happening after he took a Piledriver on the ramp, wouldn't you say?

Plus, this could make for a good revenge storyline. If he's done, it's very disappointing for me as a fan.

That's true, it could. And I don't dislike Mr. Anderson, I think his a capable wrestler with decent personality. But he's not in that upper echelon of stars, which I think TNA realized both when they had him drop their WHC in his first defense both times, and they let his contract lapse this close to their biggest PPV of the year.

 

[GameOver]

Seems they are letting everyone's contract expire so they can renegotiate at a lower price with possibly more restrictions on what TNA will cover and how many times said star is gonna be used.

i think Anderson is better then nothing and better then half the roster as a upper midcard and he doesn't have much choice other then to go back to the indy's or japan if he decides to part ways with TNA and still wants to "wrestle", but i do personally think he's highly overrated too and is one of those guys who doesn't seem to give a shit about improving or thinks he is too good already LOL but to me he's just ok in the ring and his mic skill are hit and miss he has just one catchphrase that catches attention and that's it everything else he spouts is zzzzville

Contract re-negotiations isn't specific to TNA tho i'm sure the same thing happens in WWE, ROH or wherever and in any workplaces too, Management don't really care about the people making them the money they only care about the money that is being made to pay there salary and any way to cut costs and get more out of your employees while paying them less is a bonus. But this would be even more true in companies that are on the stock exchange like WWE where they have investors to answer for and pay dividends too they come first b4 anything else. Obviously that llast bit doesn't apply to TNA or they have never stated they are trading, but the parent company has to pay all there wages, expenses b4 they shovel any money into Daddy's little girls hobby.

 

[The Brain]

1. There is already a thread about Kennedy in the old school section.

2. There is already a thread about Kennedy in the TNA section.

3. Half the op is taken directly from wikipedia.

4. Closed.