5 Wrestlers who did not look good until joining WWE

#4 Mr. Kennedy

Another star who did not have a huge career before he came to WWE, Mr Anderson, also known during his time in WWE as Mr Kennedy, looked good for the first time when he came to WWE. His time in the wrestling business before that and after that shows that it was only his WWE run that stands out in his career.

He had a brief time with TNA before he came to WWE, and he could not remain there as TNA did not offer him a contract of real value. In WWE he was treated like a rising star as soon as he came out of their developmental territories. He won the United States Championship and was involved in huge feuds with other top WWE wrestlers. His match with Eddie Guerrero cemented his career earlier on. All this would come to an unfortunate end.

Mr Kennedy went on to win the Money in the Bank briefcase and looked set to be the WWE champion. Then he lost the briefcase to Edge and just like that his push was over. He was released the next year from WWE. There are rumours that this happened due to his substance abuse, and an injury, but many believe the real reason to be that he had backstage differences with Randy Orton. Orton is a wrestler who has considerable sway backstage and has stopped a number of wrestlers from being pushed, and he associated Kennedy with this when the wrestler failed to take an RKO in the correct manner.

Kennedy went on to wrestle for TNA where he found success, but it was nothing like what it looked like his career had in store during his time in WWE.