August 20, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Mr. Kennedy/Vince McMahon angle tease, Brian Adams passes away
While we don’t know that Mr. Kennedy will end up as Mr. McMahon’s Vince’s illegitimate son in WWE’s new lead angle, as noted here before, Kennedy was originally supposed to get a high profile rub as the guy who arranged for the killing of Mr. McMahon.
The original Mr. Kennedy as Vince McMahon’s illegitimate son idea came from a 2006 David Lagana pitch in an attempt to get Vince on Smackdown more often and use him to give Kennedy the big push. At that time, Vince turned down the idea. There was a point where the decision was made to light a rocket under Kennedy, but the decision at the time was to go with King Booker as the top heel with Kennedy in the wings and directions changed. The idea of Kennedy as Vince’s illegitimate son has been batted around several times since then. However, on Raw, they had a staredown with Vince and Kennedy as Vince left the ring, and later the announcers openly speculated on Kennedy, so under normal WWE code of secrets, that would seem to rule him out.
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