TAKE PWTORCH
WITH YOU! Get our iPhone App (FREE!): Click Here Or enter "PWTorch.com" on your Blackberry or other Smart Phone browser for mobile-version of PWTorch.
WWE News
WWE News: Expected return date for Mr. Kennedy, who he would like to wrestle when he returns Jan 13, 2009 - 11:56:10 AM
WWE star Mr. Kennedy is still well over a month away from even thinking about returning to a wrestling ring after suffering a dislocated shoulder last year and needing extensive recovery time.
Kennedy, frustrated by another injury setback, is set to meet with Dr. James Andrews on February 28 to get the "okay" to return to the ring, hopefully in time for WrestleMania 25.
"It's been extremely frustrating," Kennedy told Kevin Eck in the Baltimore Sun. "I think you just have to keep your head up, though."
He says he's slowly getting full range of motion back in his shoulder, but it's tough to stay motivated to train for wrestling shape when the rehab on the shoulder is so draining.
"I've just been in the wrong place at the wrong time," Kennedy said about the injury bug striking him. "I had the Money in the Bank and was on the way to becoming a world champion and then injury struck. And it's just been one thing after the other, but I just keep my head up. I was told a long time ago that if you have talent you cannot be denied and eventually good things will happen."
Kennedy is part of the Smackdown brand and hopes to return to the ring with a feud against Triple H. "We've done it on a couple house shows, and we've had a couple tag matches together on TV, but not a whole lot of contact," he said. "He is the man right now and I'd really like to get in there with him."
Kennedy has been on TV for the past month hyping the "Behind Enemy Lines" WWE film and defends the movie against critics of the movie. "It's just a fun action movie — nothing more, nothing less," he said.
"It's not going to win Oscars. It's not going to be Picture of the Year or anything like that, but it's a fun movie if you're in that type of mood."
Hopefully Trips gives him the Kenny Dykstra treatment when he comes back.
Kennedy's a generic, stale wrestler who should feel lucky to be in the
midcard.
Scott Homewood
13 Jan 2009, 08:53
I don't feel exactly the same way you do, but I feel he's never quite
regained what he had when he first appeared on WWE television. When he left
that first time (suspension? injury?) he came back and was never the same.
Jason
13 Jan 2009, 09:00
Kennedy is someone I've always hoped to see realize his full potential. I
really think he can be a strong character and his ring skills are plenty
adequate. Something just tells me he may be about done, unfortunately. I
hope I'm wrong.
wow
13 Jan 2009, 09:24
Glad to see teh Kennedy Haters are off work today lol....Im not a Kennedy
"MARK"....But i like his mathes, interviews, etc and would MUCH rather
watch and see him in main events then Orton,Hardy or Batista
Beer Baron
13 Jan 2009, 09:39
I'm a Kennedy fan, and am looking for him to return to the ring. I just
hope he stays healthy. The one thing that irks me with him is that his
matches just look a little sloppy/ugly. Now this may be half his
opponents, but his style just seems a little off in the ring. I hope he
comes back and get a good steady push. He'd be a great #2 or #3 face on
RAW.
Luis
13 Jan 2009, 10:33
he's alright
Rabid
13 Jan 2009, 12:04
I liked him better when he was an arrogant heel.
cbh
13 Jan 2009, 12:35
Spot on Rabid, he sucks as a babyface, much like Carlito, another wrestler
better suited as a hell.
bill torres
13 Jan 2009, 13:13
The rumor was that kennedy and austin who are good friends now would face
off at wm25.I heard austin has watched tapes and has helped him.But then
again rumors were that it was gonna hbk taker at wm25.As per hbks request.
B.H.Z.
13 Jan 2009, 15:40
Kennedy has always impressed me and entertained me every second he's on TV.
God only knows where he'd be today if it weren't for the injuries and
suspension.
He's got EVERYTHING, and I do mean EVERYTHING that a good WWE caliber
wrestler needs. WWE doesn't have a guy more suited to be the face of their
company than him. I hope that this time, Kennedy will go places.
Erik
14 Jan 2009, 07:27
HHH is not the man right now...Jeff Hardy and Edge are. Better to watch and
more interesting things are going on with them. Kennedy STILL SUCKS. Stay
uninjured for more than 3 months, you bum.
INCREDIBLE BENEFITS! Over 50 full-length audio updates per month (iPod compatible)... New weekly award-winning Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter (text and printable pdf versions) with latest exclusive insider news, new Torch Talks, great columns, Keller's cover story, much more... Hundreds of full-length back issues of PWTorch Newsletter from late-'80s to today... Ad-free access to PWTorch.com's Main Listing... VIP Forum with interaction with other subscribers and Torch staff... Torch Talk Library with text and audio of hundreds of interview installments from last 20 years... Great layout... Deepest archives on pro wrestling history anywhere... Keller's PWTorch Today PDF Bulletins with email alerts... VIP Email reports on major PPVs and TV shows... Staff Roundtable Reviews (text and audio) followiing major events... The best staff of writers and world class reporting since 1987... We'd love for you to join us and experience the most entertaining, authoritative, experienced staff of professional reporters and commentators in the business...
Compare the value of four or five months of PWTorch VIP content to the price of just one PPV. Can you cut 25 cents a day from your budget to make room for PWTorch VIP?
AND NEW FOR 2009! Monthly "Vintage Audio Torch Talks." We are releasing for the first time ever audio versions of our text Torch Talk updates, the historical first series of insider interviews ever. Wade Keller's newsmaking in-depth interviews with wrestling's biggest names are now being made available exclusively to VIP members. But you must be a member each month, as these are not archived, so they are replaced with a new one each month! This debuted in January 2009 with a 68 minute interview with the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Who's next? Hulk Hogan? Eric Bischoff? The Rock? Goldberg? Jeff Hardy?
WWE star Mr. Kennedy is still well over a month away from even thinking about returning to a wrestling ring after suffering a dislocated shoulder last year and needing extensive recovery time. 
