THIS Former WWE Superstar Says, “He Has Made Peace With Randy Orton”

At the end of the first decade of the new millennium, Kenneth Anderson, known to WWE fans as Mr. Kennedy, was one of the wrestlers of the moment. His mic was exceptional and fans wanted to see him in action every week. However, a series of actions in the ring ended with him leaving.

Anderson was fired from WWE in 2009 after manoeuvring Randy Orton incorrectly. “The Viper” showed his anger to the board, who decided to dispense with the fighter’s services. According to Anderson, John Cena also pressured the board to make the decision, although his anger was always focused on Randy Orton.

A few years later, Anderson admitted that he made several mistakes backstage, although he had never confirmed a conversation he had with Randy Orton around 3 years ago, where both wrestlers buried the hatchet. In an interview for A2theK Wrestling Show, the wrestler confirmed that that moment took place.

“I talked to him, but let me say this. Nobody got me fired. I got myself fired,” Anderson said. “I was very upset for a few years and that resentment was directed in the wrong place and should have been directed back at me because if I had been doing all the right things, I would never have been in a position where a person’s word could have any effect on my career.”

“So, the fact was that I was in a position at that point where I had done enough things and Vince had heard my name negatively enough that I finally said, ‘I’m tired of hearing about it. Come on.’ to cut my losses.’ So he fired me. But we’ve talked and I think we’re both in very different places in our lives right now. We’re not like, you know, I don’t call him, but I ran into him when “I went backstage at a Monday Night RAW about two or three years ago, in Minneapolis. I had a long, nice conversation with him. So, okay .”

Mr. Kennedy’s version

A few years ago, Anderson was interviewed by the Wrestling Inc news portal, where he told his version. The wrestler explained that Randy Orton complained to management after a tag team match held on May 19, 2009, where he received a back suplex from his rival, a move that many considered dangerous. Anderson admitted to reviewing the video for years.

“Randy and I were very close. We had travelled together for years and our wives used to go out together when they accompanied us, get their nails done and that kind of stuff,” Anderson told WrestlingInc. “Our wives, now our ex-wives, are still in touch and are friends today. So no, I’m not talking about any conspiracy theory, but I think it was a very hard blow on their part, especially as the events occurred. things that day .”

“I was accused of dropping him on his head. You can watch the video in high definition and in slow motion, and you can see how at no point does his neck or head come into the slightest contact with the canvas. He falls as flat as you can fall. , and I called him the next day and said ‘Hey, man, I saw the video and you don’t fall for it, man’ and he was like ‘Okay, mmmm, okay.’ Then he called me and told me that he had seen the video with John Laurinaitis (the company’s director of talent relations at the time), something I don’t know why anyone would do, and he said to me ‘Well, maybe from that angle it seems like it’s like you say, but there’s another angle on it. the one that looks like I fall with my neck’, something that did not happen.

I have seen the video countless times over the years, I have seen it in super slow motion, and you can see even the shadow of his neck, you can see how the shadow does not disappear from the image at any time, it is not covered by any impact. So here’s the thing, she went to talk to Vince and told him that he was a dangerous guy, a difficult guy to work with. “I didn’t get along particularly well with Cena at the time, so I guess he, who was a friend of Orton, helped him talk to Vince and that’s it.” 

After leaving WWE, Anderson signed with TNA (Impact Wrestling), where he remained for 6 years. During that time he managed to become World Heavyweight Champion. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fighter slowed down the pace of fighting. His last fight took place on August 5 at the WFC ExtravaSlamza II show.