Kennedy gives his 2 cents on the media coverage lately

**Innovator** · 07-12-2007, 10:35 AM

This is taken from ken-kennedy.com

Please GOD, I'm just BEGGING for someone who has actually wrestled in a WWE ring in the past decade besides Jericho, Bret Hart, John Cena, and Ted Dibiase to come forward on one of these shows and tell the world what's really going on. For these goofs, like Lanny Poffo? Ultimate
Warrior? and Marc Mero???!! to repeatedly act as "experts" and "wrestler advocates" on the current situation is like having a frustrated ex-jock who rode the pine bench throughout his high school sports career give advice to Brett Favre on how to improve his game! It's ridiculous, insane, and it really makes me sick that these so called reporters like Bill O'Reilly, Nancy Grace, and Geraldo Rivera, call upon these silly bastards who are bitter and frustrated that their careers have ended to represent the WWE which of course makes all of us look like a bunch of babbling idiots who are all addicted to steroids, drugs, alcohol, etc.

THINGS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE FIVE OR TEN OR TWENTY YEARS AGO! Most of the "expert", frustrated ex-wrestlers that they've had on the show came from an era where everyone wrestled every day and then went out and partied like rock stars until dawn, drinking copious amounts of alcohol, smoking cigarettes and marijuana, snorting cocaine, taking fistfuls of pills, and injecting massive amounts of steroids. They would take pills to go to sleep, snort coke or take speed to get up and do this day after day after day! This would not be even remotely tolerated in today's environment.

We have a strict drug policy in place. The WWE's wellness program was designed and instituted by the same doctor who implemented the NFL and the NBA's substance abuse programs. Contrary to what somebody recently said on one of these "tabloid" shows the WWE's allowed levels are exactly the same as the NFL. (Someone, I can't recall exactly who said it, said that the WWE allowed a 10:1 Testosterone to Epitestosterone level, which is false. We have a 4:1 level exactly like the NFL and the NBA.) In fact, I knew of someone who took an over the counter supplement from GNC which he didn't know was on the banned list, which caused him to have an elevated testosterone level. This individual was suspended and fined because of it. We can't even take Ephedrine which is another legal supplement that can be bought at any gas station in the country. Since I've been with the company, I've seen the few people that did have problems with drugs either sent to rehab to try and help them overcome their addictions, (sent to one of the top rehab facilities in the country and paid for in full by the WWE) or be fired for repeat offenses.

Look at the list of wrestlers who have prematurely passed away over the years, and most of them made the decision to live their lives this way. That's right, I said "made the decision" because we have this cool thing in the United States of America called "freedom of choice". I have the choice to quit my job if I don't like it, or if I feel that I'm on the road too much. I have the right to choose whether or not I want to break the law and use drugs. I have the right to choose between eating healthy food and exercising regularly and eating fast-food three times a day, not going to the gym, and becoming obese like a good majority of the citizens in this country. When will individuals be held accountable for their own actions? Will it ever happen, or will we always try and point the finger at someone else? Unfortunately as much as I respect the man, Superstar Billy Graham is ultimately responsible for the health problems he suffers from right now because of the choices he made in his career. I find it both sad and humorous that the man who many say is largely responsible for starting the whole "steroid craze" in pro-wrestling is now pointing the finger at the industry rather than blaming himself.

I, like everyone else in the company, have the luxury of being able to go home almost every week, play with my dog, hang out with my girlfriend, sleep in my own bed, and eat good home cooked food. This wasn't the case with these frustrated ex-wrestlers who are trying to grasp on to FIVE more minutes of fame and recognition.

I hear some of these guys talking about how the WWE doesn't have any type of benefits. I heard Johnny Grunge's widow on Nancy Grace saying that wrestling leaves you with nothing, and that two weeks after her husband was released from WCW that they lost their cars and their home. It apparently wasn't obvious to Nancy Grace, who is reportedly an extremely intelligent person, that they were obviously living outside of their means, and they weren't doing something that my parents taught me to do when I was a little kid��SAVE MONEY.

This job pays well, but I know that it won't last forever. It's the same problem with pro athletes and actors in Hollywood who spend, spend, spend, like the money grows on trees and like it's always going to be there, and then falls flat on their faces when their careers are suddenly cut short. Who's fault? The team? The studio in Hollywood? I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for people who don't save money and spend everything that they earn so they can impress everyone around them with all the NEAT THINGS that they own. As far as the having no health insurance thing goes, I've been seriously injured twice since I've been in the WWE. Every red cent has been paid for in full by the company, which is the case for any employee who is injured during a work or work-related event. Yes, I have my own supplemental insurance which is a bit expensive, but if WWE paid for it, I'm sure that, just like every other company in the country that offers health insurance to their employees, I would just be paid less, so it's a wash!

In the end, we are all responsible for our own actions. Saying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's is like saying that you and I are responsible for the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and her son. The millions of people who tuned in every week to be entertained by "how funny" she was when she was all PILLED up and DRUNK, suddenly became the same people who acted SHOCKED and APALLED when she died of a drug overdose. Somebody, PLEASE, stop the insanity!!!!

**FourFifty** · 07-12-2007, 10:38 AM

Kennedy is the man!

...Man!

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FourFifty

Kennedy is the man and I want to toss his salad.

...salad!

**Indifferent Clox** · 07-12-2007, 10:44 AM

Kennedy is the salad

...man!

**Indifferent Clox** · 07-12-2007, 10:45 AM

I don't think I understand how to work the catchphrase...

Properly...

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 10:53 AM

It's entirely possible.

...it's!!!

**FourFifty** · 07-12-2007, 11:25 AM

They need to give Kennedy a solid 10 mins to do a shoot on whatever is on his mind. Seriously, this is awesome.

*clap-clap clap-clap-clap*

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 11:28 AM

Fuck that, he should get fifteen minutes on EVERY Raw, ten on EVERY Smackdown, and five on EVERY ECW to just say whatever the hell is on his mind.

**IC Champion** · 07-12-2007, 11:50 AM

Kennedy is the fucking man.

Also, Fuck Bill O'Reilly and his ingnorant ass.

**IC Champion** · 07-12-2007, 11:52 AM

Also, the American Media as a whole is terrible, worst in the free world probably.

**road doggy dogg** · 07-12-2007, 12:30 PM

Wow Kennedy is fucking awesome.

**Schoenauer** · 07-12-2007, 12:43 PM

Damn, Kenny sure can kick some ass!

KICK SOME ASS!

**Stickman** · 07-12-2007, 12:47 PM

I like Kennedy a lot more now.

....like

**BigDaddyCool** · 07-12-2007, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Instant Classic

Kennedy is the fucking man.

Also, Fuck Bill O'Reilly and his ingnorant ass.

Awesome, awesome to the max.

**road doggy dogg** · 07-12-2007, 12:58 PM

Just imagine what a couple of go-go- 80's Reaganauts like us could do.

**BigDaddyCool** · 07-12-2007, 12:59 PM

Also, I would like to see Kennedy form a 4 Hourman-esque stable.

**Corkscrewed** · 07-12-2007, 12:59 PM

You must spread more reputation before giving it to Ken Kennedy.

**IC Champion** · 07-12-2007, 01:00 PM

O'Reilly makes conservatives look bad as a whole, he makes them look like opinionated, closed minded, greedy fucks and shits on any beleif that isn't his own, oh yeah and he's on Fox.

**BigDaddyCool** · 07-12-2007, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Instant Classic

O'Reilly makes conservatives look bad a whole, he makes them look like opinionated, closed minded, greedy fucks and shits on any beleif that isn't his own, oh yeah and he's on Fox.

It is odd and conservatives are so jewish, yet we hate jews. BTW, Bill O'Reilly doesn't speak for all conservatives, just the dumb ones.

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 01:07 PM

He also looks like a poodle's shaved ass. Just putting that out there.

**BigDaddyCool** · 07-12-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthTedious

He also looks like a poodle's shaved ass. Just putting that out there.

I don't generally look at a poodle's shaved ass.

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 01:56 PM

There are horrors in my past you could not imagine.

**BigDaddyCool** · 07-12-2007, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Kennedy

Please GOD, I'm just BEGGING for someone who has actually wrestled in a WWE ring in the past decade besides Jericho, Bret Hart, John Cena, and Ted Dibiase to come forward on one of these shows and tell the world what's really going on.

Wait, isn't Kennedy someone who has actaully wrestling in a WWE ring in the past decade besides Jericho, Bret Hart, John Cena and Ted Dibiase? Why hasn't he come foward. The rest is spot on, and I could see why he wouldn't come out as he is farily new to the sport, but still.

**Stickman** · 07-12-2007, 02:09 PM

Marc Mero has been rediculous on these shows

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool

Wait, isn't Kennedy someone who has actaully wrestling in a WWE ring in the past decade besides Jericho, Bret Hart, John Cena and Ted Dibiase? Why hasn't he come foward. The rest is spot on, and I could see why he wouldn't come out as he is farily new to the sport, but still.

I think he realizes though that nobody knows who he is outside of the wrestling world. The problem is that aside from Jericho, Hart, Blackman, and DiBiase, I can't really think of anyone who has wrestled in WWE in the past ten years who isn't crazy, anrgy, bitter, in TNA, or any combination thereof. I mean who else are they going to get? Sid?

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 02:11 PM

We do not need a grown man shitting himself on Larry King Live to fuck up what credibility we have left.

**Xero** · 07-12-2007, 02:18 PM

They already have that in Larry himself...

**Theo Dious** · 07-12-2007, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126

They already have that in Larry himself...

......................................................... DAMN!

**Rammsteinmad** · 07-12-2007, 02:30 PM

Good read.

What's that quote in your sig Innovator? Who said it? Nice little line.

**Innovator** · 07-12-2007, 02:33 PM

Can't remember where I found it, but it holds true still

**RGWhat316** · 07-12-2007, 04:00 PM

If only I could positive rep Kennedy. He is right on the money. I've watched some of these shows and all I hear is people like Marc Mero bitching that it has to be drugs and steroids that caused Benoit to do this. He's just trying to make a name for himself since no one has considered talking to him in the last 10 years when he was somebody.

**The Fugitive** · 07-12-2007, 04:06 PM

I think Inno might be referring to this.

Oh, and excellent read. Props to Kennedy.

**SammyG** · 07-12-2007, 05:08 PM

MISTER FUCKING KENNEDY. Amazing read. I fucking love Ken Kennedy.

**Jura** · 07-12-2007, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad

Good read.

What's that quote in your sig Innovator? Who said it? Nice little line.

Someone told me it was CM Punk and I think I found that video of him in the UK doing a promo saying those exact words.

**Zen v.W.o.** · 07-12-2007, 07:58 PM

Towing the company line. Anyone who claims the wwe's "wellness Program" is great and doesnt have any holes must take people for fools.

Secondly, if the guys in the wwe are so pissed about former stars accepting offers to be interviewed at these shows, how about instead of bitching and sitting back, you guys currently in the know, currently in the company, actually get up and take a stand for the industry, instead of pretending like everything is fine and shit. But no, the wwe doesnt want to do that. They want to ignore it. Well fine, but dont complain when others who once worked for the company accept to speak publicly about this.

**Shaggy** · 07-12-2007, 08:12 PM

Bichoff recently wrote a blog saying the same thing....

I have more respect now for Bichoff and Kennedy...

Granted im also a huge Kennedy and Bichoff mark

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 07-12-2007, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Fugitive

I think Inno might be referring to this.

Oh, and excellent read. Props to Kennedy.

ROFL that is the stupidest thing I've ever seen

Its just a fucking TV show, give me a break

**Theo Dious** · 07-13-2007, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zen v.W.o.

Secondly, if the guys in the wwe are so pissed about former stars accepting offers to be interviewed at these shows, how about instead of bitching and sitting back, you guys currently in the know, currently in the company, actually get up and take a stand for the industry, instead of pretending like everything is fine and shit.

Maybe because anything they say will be dismissed as "towing" the company line?

**Theo Dious** · 07-13-2007, 10:23 AM

Additionally, that sentence hurt my eyes.

**Mooияakeя�** · 07-13-2007, 07:10 PM

Seeing that sig made me chuckle. Funny how WWE is most popular though, kinda Ironic in a Vincent K. McMahon kinda way.

Considering how big WWE is here in UK, u can tell fans here aren't the best educated at non-WWE stuff (possibly bar Liverpool and Doncaster). What little bits of promotions we have here, barely anyone goes. That's quite sad as there are a few British wrestlers that are bearable to watch in the ring. Heck, peeps would probably get to see a better show at one than Vengance.

07-12-2007, 10:35 AM	#1
Innovator Inno Knows. Posts: 43,710	Kennedy gives his 2 cents on the media coverage lately This is taken from ken-kennedy.com Please GOD, I'm just BEGGING for someone who has actually wrestled in a WWE ring in the past decade besides Jericho, Bret Hart, John Cena, and Ted Dibiase to come forward on one of these shows and tell the world what's really going on. For these goofs, like Lanny Poffo? Ultimate Warrior? and Marc Mero???!! to repeatedly act as "experts" and "wrestler advocates" on the current situation is like having a frustrated ex-jock who rode the pine bench throughout his high school sports career give advice to Brett Favre on how to improve his game! It's ridiculous, insane, and it really makes me sick that these so called reporters like Bill O'Reilly, Nancy Grace, and Geraldo Rivera, call upon these silly bastards who are bitter and frustrated that their careers have ended to represent the WWE which of course makes all of us look like a bunch of babbling idiots who are all addicted to steroids, drugs, alcohol, etc. THINGS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE FIVE OR TEN OR TWENTY YEARS AGO! Most of the "expert", frustrated ex-wrestlers that they've had on the show came from an era where everyone wrestled every day and then went out and partied like rock stars until dawn, drinking copious amounts of alcohol, smoking cigarettes and marijuana, snorting cocaine, taking fistfuls of pills, and injecting massive amounts of steroids. They would take pills to go to sleep, snort coke or take speed to get up and do this day after day after day! This would not be even remotely tolerated in today's environment. We have a strict drug policy in place. The WWE's wellness program was designed and instituted by the same doctor who implemented the NFL and the NBA's substance abuse programs. Contrary to what somebody recently said on one of these "tabloid" shows the WWE's allowed levels are exactly the same as the NFL. (Someone, I can't recall exactly who said it, said that the WWE allowed a 10:1 Testosterone to Epitestosterone level, which is false. We have a 4:1 level exactly like the NFL and the NBA.) In fact, I knew of someone who took an over the counter supplement from GNC which he didn't know was on the banned list, which caused him to have an elevated testosterone level. This individual was suspended and fined because of it. We can't even take Ephedrine which is another legal supplement that can be bought at any gas station in the country. Since I've been with the company, I've seen the few people that did have problems with drugs either sent to rehab to try and help them overcome their addictions, (sent to one of the top rehab facilities in the country and paid for in full by the WWE) or be fired for repeat offenses. Look at the list of wrestlers who have prematurely passed away over the years, and most of them made the decision to live their lives this way. That's right, I said "made the decision" because we have this cool thing in the United States of America called "freedom of choice". I have the choice to quit my job if I don't like it, or if I feel that I'm on the road too much. I have the right to choose whether or not I want to break the law and use drugs. I have the right to choose between eating healthy food and exercising regularly and eating fast-food three times a day, not going to the gym, and becoming obese like a good majority of the citizens in this country. When will individuals be held accountable for their own actions? Will it ever happen, or will we always try and point the finger at someone else? Unfortunately as much as I respect the man, Superstar Billy Graham is ultimately responsible for the health problems he suffers from right now because of the choices he made in his career. I find it both sad and humorous that the man who many say is largely responsible for starting the whole "steroid craze" in pro-wrestling is now pointing the finger at the industry rather than blaming himself. I, like everyone else in the company, have the luxury of being able to go home almost every week, play with my dog, hang out with my girlfriend, sleep in my own bed, and eat good home cooked food. This wasn't the case with these frustrated ex-wrestlers who are trying to grasp on to FIVE more minutes of fame and recognition. I hear some of these guys talking about how the WWE doesn't have any type of benefits. I heard Johnny Grunge's widow on Nancy Grace saying that wrestling leaves you with nothing, and that two weeks after her husband was released from WCW that they lost their cars and their home. It apparently wasn't obvious to Nancy Grace, who is reportedly an extremely intelligent person, that they were obviously living outside of their means, and they weren't doing something that my parents taught me to do when I was a little kid��SAVE MONEY. This job pays well, but I know that it won't last forever. It's the same problem with pro athletes and actors in Hollywood who spend, spend, spend, like the money grows on trees and like it's always going to be there, and then falls flat on their faces when their careers are suddenly cut short. Who's fault? The team? The studio in Hollywood? I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for people who don't save money and spend everything that they earn so they can impress everyone around them with all the NEAT THINGS that they own. As far as the having no health insurance thing goes, I've been seriously injured twice since I've been in the WWE. Every red cent has been paid for in full by the company, which is the case for any employee who is injured during a work or work-related event. Yes, I have my own supplemental insurance which is a bit expensive, but if WWE paid for it, I'm sure that, just like every other company in the country that offers health insurance to their employees, I would just be paid less, so it's a wash! In the end, we are all responsible for our own actions. Saying that Vince McMahon is responsible for the deaths of the Benoit's is like saying that you and I are responsible for the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and her son. The millions of people who tuned in every week to be entertained by "how funny" she was when she was all PILLED up and DRUNK, suddenly became the same people who acted SHOCKED and APALLED when she died of a drug overdose. Somebody, PLEASE, stop the insanity!!!!

07-12-2007, 01:00 PM	#18
IC Champion They/Them Posts: 15,331	O'Reilly makes conservatives look bad as a whole, he makes them look like opinionated, closed minded, greedy fucks and shits on any beleif that isn't his own, oh yeah and he's on Fox. Last edited by IC Champion; 07-12-2007 at 01:44 PM.

07-12-2007, 10:38 AM	#2
FourFifty As over as Crystal Pepsi Posts: 21,639	Kennedy is the man! ...Man!

07-12-2007, 10:44 AM	#4
Indifferent Clox emerge Posts: 16,710	Kennedy is the salad ...man!

07-12-2007, 10:45 AM	#5
Indifferent Clox emerge Posts: 16,710	I don't think I understand how to work the catchphrase... Properly...

07-12-2007, 10:53 AM	#6
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	It's entirely possible. ...it's!!!

07-12-2007, 11:25 AM	#7
FourFifty As over as Crystal Pepsi Posts: 21,639	They need to give Kennedy a solid 10 mins to do a shoot on whatever is on his mind. Seriously, this is awesome. clap-clap clap-clap-clap

07-12-2007, 11:28 AM	#8
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	Fuck that, he should get fifteen minutes on EVERY Raw, ten on EVERY Smackdown, and five on EVERY ECW to just say whatever the hell is on his mind.

07-12-2007, 11:50 AM	#9
IC Champion They/Them Posts: 15,331	Kennedy is the fucking man. Also, Fuck Bill O'Reilly and his ingnorant ass.

07-12-2007, 11:52 AM	#10
IC Champion They/Them Posts: 15,331	Also, the American Media as a whole is terrible, worst in the free world probably.

07-12-2007, 12:30 PM	#11
road doggy dogg wekasauce Posts: 106,951	Wow Kennedy is fucking awesome.

07-12-2007, 12:43 PM	#12
Schoenauer Don't be hatin' bitch! Posts: 874	Damn, Kenny sure can kick some ass! KICK SOME ASS!

07-12-2007, 12:47 PM	#13
Stickman Stickman Posts: 15,119	I like Kennedy a lot more now. ....like

07-12-2007, 12:58 PM	#15
road doggy dogg wekasauce Posts: 106,951	Just imagine what a couple of go-go- 80's Reaganauts like us could do.

07-12-2007, 12:59 PM	#16
BigDaddyCool Pelvic Sorcerer Posts: 64,762	Also, I would like to see Kennedy form a 4 Hourman-esque stable.

07-12-2007, 12:59 PM	#17
Corkscrewed Posts: 18,357	You must spread more reputation before giving it to Ken Kennedy.

07-12-2007, 01:07 PM	#20
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	He also looks like a poodle's shaved ass. Just putting that out there.

07-12-2007, 01:56 PM	#22
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	There are horrors in my past you could not imagine.

07-12-2007, 02:09 PM	#24
Stickman Stickman Posts: 15,119	Marc Mero has been rediculous on these shows

07-12-2007, 02:11 PM	#26
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	We do not need a grown man shitting himself on Larry King Live to fuck up what credibility we have left.

07-12-2007, 02:18 PM	#27
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	They already have that in Larry himself...

07-12-2007, 02:30 PM	#29
Rammsteinmad TPWW's #3 Peep Posts: 20,903	Good read. What's that quote in your sig Innovator? Who said it? Nice little line.

07-12-2007, 02:33 PM	#30
Innovator Inno Knows. Posts: 43,710	Can't remember where I found it, but it holds true still

07-12-2007, 04:00 PM	#31
RGWhat316 YesYesYes! Posts: 4,163	If only I could positive rep Kennedy. He is right on the money. I've watched some of these shows and all I hear is people like Marc Mero bitching that it has to be drugs and steroids that caused Benoit to do this. He's just trying to make a name for himself since no one has considered talking to him in the last 10 years when he was somebody.

07-12-2007, 04:06 PM	#32
The Fugitive Posts: 1,907	I think Inno might be referring to this. Oh, and excellent read. Props to Kennedy.

07-12-2007, 05:08 PM	#33
SammyG LAKE SHOW HOES Posts: 25,768	MISTER FUCKING KENNEDY. Amazing read. I fucking love Ken Kennedy.

07-12-2007, 07:58 PM	#35
Zen v.W.o. GO HABS GO! Posts: 4,018	Towing the company line. Anyone who claims the wwe's "wellness Program" is great and doesnt have any holes must take people for fools. Secondly, if the guys in the wwe are so pissed about former stars accepting offers to be interviewed at these shows, how about instead of bitching and sitting back, you guys currently in the know, currently in the company, actually get up and take a stand for the industry, instead of pretending like everything is fine and shit. But no, the wwe doesnt want to do that. They want to ignore it. Well fine, but dont complain when others who once worked for the company accept to speak publicly about this.

07-12-2007, 08:12 PM	#36
Shaggy Yipee Kai Yay!!! Posts: 5,705	Bichoff recently wrote a blog saying the same thing.... I have more respect now for Bichoff and Kennedy... Granted im also a huge Kennedy and Bichoff mark

07-13-2007, 10:23 AM	#39
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	Additionally, that sentence hurt my eyes.

07-13-2007, 07:10 PM	#40
Mooияakeя� ▒▓▀▄WINNER▄▀▓▒ Posts: 5,070	Seeing that sig made me chuckle. Funny how WWE is most popular though, kinda Ironic in a Vincent K. McMahon kinda way. Considering how big WWE is here in UK, u can tell fans here aren't the best educated at non-WWE stuff (possibly bar Liverpool and Doncaster). What little bits of promotions we have here, barely anyone goes. That's quite sad as there are a few British wrestlers that are bearable to watch in the ring. Heck, peeps would probably get to see a better show at one than Vengance.