Who better than Kanyon? Well, TNA thought that Billy Gunn, Sonny Siaki, Shocker, and Michael Shane all were as they all received plenty of dates to work while Kanyon didnt. Chris Kanyon wasnt exactly a huge name during the Attitude and NWO era, but he was a consistently entertaining mid-card act. He held tag team gold multiple times along with the WCW US Title, and was employed by WCW and WWE for eight years combined. Unlike many of the former castoffs from those companies, Kanyon could have been a solid acquisition for TNA. He was still in good shape, could always be counted on to rile up the crowd, and had plenty of experience training other wrestlers. But in TNA, he received one match. For a few months, Raven had been feuding with Larry Zybszko who was bringing out former opponents from Raven's past. P.J. Polaco (Justin Credible) was first up, who himself only enjoyed a handful of matches in TNA over the years. The next opponent was Kanyon, who went by Chris K. because he didnt want to sign over his name to the company. For his efforts, he received a few hundred bucks for the match, jobbed to Raven in under six minutes and was never seen again in the company.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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