It was meant to have been one of the WWE's most creative angles. Rumours were that it was going to climax in a blow-off match at Wrestlemania XXIV.
I am sitting here thinking 'what the hell?'
Last night the WWE ended their 'whodunnit' storyline with the revelation that Hornswoggle the Irish Leprechaun was Vince McMahon's mystery child.
The story had been running for a few weeks now. All the people in the company were named as possible candidates to be the mystery child after there was a claim by the mother of a current performer that the WWE owner had fathered an illegitimate child.
The original angle was meant to have been involving the limousine blowing up storyline. The will of McMahon was going to include an announcement that there was a third McMahon child. He or she was to get control of the company and it was to end at the showcase event next Spring in a match where Triple H (Vince's real-life son in law) defends the family's honour.
But the plan was scrapped after the Benoit tragedy.
Vince McMahon announced the passing of the Canadian wrestler on the opening to Raw which was ironically meant to have been the episode that was a tribute to the chairman. The story was meaningless at that time.
S0 - they went in a new direction with the same result. Or so they thought.
Ken Kennedy was meant to have been the man set to become the third child. He had been getting a noticeable push on television and was well on the way to becoming a break-out star.
All plans for a Kennedy push were shelved for a month at least. He was one of the men named in the steroid scandal that rocked the WWE a few weeks ago. He is currently sitting out on a thirty-day suspension for receiving drugs via an online pharmacist.
Kennedy was one of the most vocal defenders of the WWE during the media frenzy after the Benoit murders and suicide. He claimed - on live news shows and in the printed media - that he had stopped using steroids and the company was clean.
Evidence proved he lied when it showed he was receiving packages as early as this year.
The storyline was at the half-way stage, however. They needed to come up with a Plan B. And failed.
There will be no match that can come out of this angle. It seems it was a waste of TV time building up something that ended up being a major letdown.
I hope there is more to this story as I just cannot see how the WWE can justify doing this ridiculous storyline with the thing becoming a comedy segment rather than building towards a main event feud.
Someone needs to get their head examined if they think this is good for business. It may make the children laugh but who are the ones who have the money to buy the pay-per-views?
I am sitting here thinking 'what the hell?'
Last night the WWE ended their 'whodunnit' storyline with the revelation that Hornswoggle the Irish Leprechaun was Vince McMahon's mystery child.
The story had been running for a few weeks now. All the people in the company were named as possible candidates to be the mystery child after there was a claim by the mother of a current performer that the WWE owner had fathered an illegitimate child.
The original angle was meant to have been involving the limousine blowing up storyline. The will of McMahon was going to include an announcement that there was a third McMahon child. He or she was to get control of the company and it was to end at the showcase event next Spring in a match where Triple H (Vince's real-life son in law) defends the family's honour.
But the plan was scrapped after the Benoit tragedy.
Vince McMahon announced the passing of the Canadian wrestler on the opening to Raw which was ironically meant to have been the episode that was a tribute to the chairman. The story was meaningless at that time.
S0 - they went in a new direction with the same result. Or so they thought.
Ken Kennedy was meant to have been the man set to become the third child. He had been getting a noticeable push on television and was well on the way to becoming a break-out star.
All plans for a Kennedy push were shelved for a month at least. He was one of the men named in the steroid scandal that rocked the WWE a few weeks ago. He is currently sitting out on a thirty-day suspension for receiving drugs via an online pharmacist.
Kennedy was one of the most vocal defenders of the WWE during the media frenzy after the Benoit murders and suicide. He claimed - on live news shows and in the printed media - that he had stopped using steroids and the company was clean.
Evidence proved he lied when it showed he was receiving packages as early as this year.
The storyline was at the half-way stage, however. They needed to come up with a Plan B. And failed.
There will be no match that can come out of this angle. It seems it was a waste of TV time building up something that ended up being a major letdown.
I hope there is more to this story as I just cannot see how the WWE can justify doing this ridiculous storyline with the thing becoming a comedy segment rather than building towards a main event feud.
Someone needs to get their head examined if they think this is good for business. It may make the children laugh but who are the ones who have the money to buy the pay-per-views?
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