6. Mr Kennedy
Ken Anderson was a smart man, or so he thought. While in OVW, the WWEs developmental area at the time, he worked alongside Paul Heyman, to create a new character. Heyman, always a genius at hiding peoples flaws and accentuating their strengths, saw this young mans charisma and verbal ability, and together, they came up with a unique gimmick, where Anderson would carry out his own ring introduction, repeating his surname after a few seconds pause, like old school boxing MCs of the 1950s. After appearing on Velocity as Mr Anderson, he swiftly changed his name to Mr Kennedy. It was no coincidence that the new surname he chose just happened to be his boss Vince McMahons middle name. The only trouble was that Kennedys WWE career never really got going, as he was plagued by injuries. Whether this was down to bad luck or general clumsiness in the ring is subject to debate, but there are a couple of prominent names who will cite the latter. He was becoming more of a liability than an asset to the company, but was given one more chance on an episode of Raw in May 2009 after recovering from a dislocated shoulder. Working in a 10 man tag team main event, he executed a sloppy back suplex on Randy Orton, who had only recently returned from a series of injuries to his neck and shoulder area himself. Orton claimed that Kennedy nearly dropped him on his head and was visibly angry immediately after the move, not selling the move and slapping the mat several times to vent his frustrations. Complaining to management that Kennedy was a sloppy and dangerous worker (and apparently being backed up by John Cena too), Kennedy went from Raw main event to the unemployment line in just four days, never to be seen on WWE programming again.