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Ken Kennedy Bio
Born on March 6, 1976 Kenneth Anderson, is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Mr. Kennedy or Ken Kennedy currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. Anderson is the son of James Alan Holmes and Sheryl Anderson and has one sister, Jennifer Holmes. His father died at home on April 13, 2006, after a two-year battle with cancer. Ken Kennedy is a graduate of Washington High School in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Ken Kennedy is an excellent Swimmer. Before starting a wrestling career, Ken Kennedy worked at a nuclear plant as a security officer. Ken Kennedy has also worked as personal trainer. Ken Kennedy is also trained in Taekwondo and Eskrima. He appeared in a feature film Fighting The Still Life, directed by Matt Burns, who wrestled under the name Sick Nick Mondo. Ken Kennedy mentions that his dream match would be to face Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was his inspiration to become re-interested in wrestling. His admiration for Austin extends to his wire-haired fox terrier, which he named Austin. Career Ken Kennedy Ken Kennedy served in the United States Army. On getting discharged Ken Kennedy was trained by All-Star Championship Wrestling owners Eric Hammers & Mike Krause. Ken Kennedy was invited to appear on WWE Jakked, WWE Velocity and WWE Sunday Night Heat in a try-out basis as an independent jobber several times from 2001 to 2004. Ken Kennedy also made some appearances on TNA Xplosion and was initially approached for a contract at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling by Jeff Jarrett but communications broke down. Ken Kennedy WWE Career Ken Kennedy Signed up with WWE in 2005. Ken Kennedy was then sent to the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) farm league. Kennedy’s debut match was on August 25, 2005 SmackDown! Ken Kennedy defeated Funaki, in this match. Ken Kennedy’s self-ring introductions before the match became one of his trademarks. While working on Velocity and SmackDown!, Ken Kennedy was also still working in OVW. Ken Kennedy made his pay-per-view debut at SmackDown!'s No Mercy 2005, defeating Hardcore Holly, injuring Holly's ribs during the match. On the November 11 edition of SmackDown!, Kennedy faced Eddie Guerrero for a spot on SmackDown's Survivor Series team. He lost the match when Guerrero tossed him a steel chair and played possum, a move which Guerrero had made famous. In December 2005 Ken Kennedy participated in WWE's "overseas" tour. On the second day in Italy, Kennedy suffered a serious latissimus dorsi tear. The December 6 surgery was a success but Kennedy was still forced out of the ring for nearly six months while he rehabbed the injury. SmackDown! Ken Kennedy continued to make appearances on SmackDown! and Velocity throughout January and February, making his ring announcement and commentating specific matches as a representative of The Network. On the October 13 edition of SmackDown!, Kennedy, now with a win over The Undertaker in the books, again stated his desire to move to RAW, and again Long put him against an opponent who he had never faced - this time Chris Benoit - with Ken Kennedy’s title on the line. Kennedy tapped out to the Crippler Crossface, marking his first submission loss. January 5, 2007 SmackDown! Ken Kennedy defeated Chris Benoit in a "Beat the Clock" match, with the overall prize being a shot at Batista's World Heavyweight Championship at the upcoming Royal Rumble. At WrestleMania 23, Ken Kennedy won the Money in the Bank ladder match, giving him the right to challenge any World Champion in WWE at any date up until WrestleMania 24. During the match, Ken Kennedy was nearly thwarted from getting the briefcase by Finlay's on-screen close friend, Hornswoggle. Kennedy announced on the April 30 edition of Raw that he would be cashing in his Money in the Bank championship opportunity at WrestleMania 24. Ken Kennedy is currently sidelined from in-ring competition because of injury; it was believed that his right triceps muscle tore off of the bone and would be out for a minimum of 5-7 months. standpoint. On the June 11 edition of Raw, Ken Kennedy was drafted from SmackDown! to Raw as part of the WWE Draft. WWE’s Ken Kennedy’s logos, mp3, theme songs, pictures are all available at WWE’s website.
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