Mr. Kennedy has revealed a significant change in his stance regarding a potential return to the company. During a recent interview on “Insight With Chris Van Vliet,” Kennedy admitted that following his WWE release and during his tenure in TNA, he had “no desire” to go back. “When I was at TNA, I was like, I’ll never go back there. I’ll never work for them again,” he stated.
However, time and perspective have altered his view. “Now it’s changed. I would definitely [go back] now,” Kennedy confessed.
He attributed his initial reluctance to animosity, which he now understands was misplaced. “Instead of looking at myself, I was looking at this person did this, and that person did that, and they screwed me,” Kennedy explained. “Then at some point I realized I played a hand, a huge hand, in all that.”
Kennedy elaborated on his realization, stating, “Had I been doing all the right things up until that point, that conversation [with Vince McMahon about talent refusing to work with him] would have gone differently. The fact was that that was just the straw that broke the camel’s back, and Vince was tired of [it all]. There was a lot of negativity around things that I was doing, my attitude…”
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