During a recent appearance on Sportskeeda’s UnSKripted podcast, Ken Anderson explained how he got the ring name Mr. Kennedy in WWE.
Anderson revealed that it was Vince McMahon who gave him the new name in order to prevent any confusion with the fictional Anderson family that included Arn and Ole.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the name change: “[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.’”
On learning from Arn Anderson: “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.”
