On a recent episode of his Something to Wrestle podcast, WWE Executive Bruce Prichard was covering the WWE Great American Bash event from 2004.
Kendo Suzuki defeated Billy Gunn in one of the matches on that particular PPV, and when asked about Suzuki, Prichard made his feelings known about the character.
It sucked! It was horrible. Does he know how to work? He was rotten… I mean rotten.
Kenzo Suzuki had signed a WWE developmental deal in early 2004 and was rushed to the main roster, debuting on the SmackDown brand in June of that year, but Bruce Prichard declared he should not have been brought up to the main roster when he was.
He did not belong, when I say he wasn’t ready for prime time, he just wasn’t ready in anybody’s category in any way you want to slice it. Suzuki was just not ready, he was not good, didn’t understand… rotten… absolutely rotten, there’s no other way to say it.
Kenzo Suzuki would wrestle his final WWE matches in February 2005 and even had a run as WWE Tag Team Champion with Rene Dupree for a 3-month title reign before being released from his contract in July 2005.
WWE Executive Bruce Prichard Reflects On The Greatest Crowds Of All Time
On another recent edition of his podcast, Bruce Prichard discussed the greatest crowd reactions of all time, highlighting the Toronto crowd for Hulk Hogan vs The Rock at WrestleMania 18 as one of them.
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