Former WWE Star Explains Why Vince McMahon Changed Their Name

A good name can go a long way in the world of professional wrestling and when Ken Anderson joined WWE he ended up using the name Ken Kennedy, also known as Mr. Kennedy. Anderson is a name that’s well known throughout the wrestling industry thanks to Arn Anderson and his family, and it sounds like Vince McMahon wanted to avoid any confusion regarding Ken Anderson’s status.

During a recent appearance on Sportskeeda’s UnSKripted podcast the former Money in the Bank winner praised Arn Anderson while talking about Vince McMahon’s take on his name.

“(Vince) was like ‘I don’t want people associating you with them; I don’t want them to think there’s some kind of nepotism involved. I will say that whether or not I’m related to him, I was fortunate enough to be under (Arn’s) wing at WWE because he was one of the producers there.

From the time that I was just an extra, going there and trying to get a job and trying to get looked at, I would sit around the ring, and Arn was one of those guys who was just happy to share his knowledge with anyone who would listen.”

Following his departure from WWE the former Mr. Kennedy went on to use the name Ken Anderson in TNA where he became a two time TNA World Champion. He still has yet to make any sort of return to WWE or appearance on WWE programming since his release in 2009.

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