History Series / TheWrestlingKennection

** Ken was (almost) stunned silent at the shocking release of [[PrimeTimePlayers Darren Young]], not so much on the "creative has nothing for you" end, but that Young's release came on the heels of the recent UltimateWarrior controversy.[[note]]A ''lot'' of Warrior's past bigoted statements, homophobia and racism included, were brought to the forefront after Warrior's trademark was used in WWE's squeaky-clean campaign against breast cancer ("Unleas Your Warrior").[[/note]] Ken noted that if WWE was truly trying to whitewash Warrior's past grievances with homosexuals and blacks, then releasing their only ''openly gay'', ''black'' superstar was '''NOT''' the brightest move to make, "lack of creative direction" reasoning notwithstanding.

** To further his point, he cites Chyna[[note]]A woman who, at 200 lbs and being well-built, ''could'' realistically take the same kind of bumps men did[[/note]], Lita[[note]]Having once taken a number of steel chair shots from StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/TripleH[[/note]], Trish Stratus[[note]]who would take part in a number of intergender matches and be put through a number of tables in her career[[/note]] and Mae Young[[note]]who once actually ''demanded'' that BubbaRayDudley not go soft on putting her through a table and would go so far as to ''dive off into one'' to emphasize her point[[/note]], in her ''eighties'', mind you, as women in the wrestling industry who weren't afraid or even told the males to deliver bumps to them with the same force they'd deliver to a fellow male wrestler.

'''WK Big 4 PPV Championship''': The WK's official secondary title, the "Big 4" Championship, was created to honor Zack's several close calls at winning the King of PPV championship. This title, akin to Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s X-Division Title and WWE Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank, can be used to give its a holder an advantage in winning the King of PPV title. By cashing it in, the titleholder can double up on one of their PPV predictions if correct, or risk losing a point if wrong. As the name indicates, the championship can only be won at predictions for WWE's four major PPV events (''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'', ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'', and ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'') with the title being awarded to the second place competitor.
** ''Miss Julie Manoogian'', in her 4th reign as champion, after having beaten out Ken in a Main Event "Time-Breaker" at WWE Clash Of Champions 2017; both were tied at the end of the PPV with 6 points each.

** '''"Mr. 8-Ball" Nick Giglio''', in his 4th reign as King of PPV following Clash Of Champions 2017, scoring 7 total points for a 1st place victory.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Ken discussed this at length during a recent Season 4 episode, concerning StephanieMcMahon's on-air authority character, feeling that, aside from an accidental spear from Roman at WM 32[[note]]which Ken discounts anyway since he observed Roman didn't appear at all happy that he'd speared Stephanie despite her lambasting him at every turn like she'd done to everyone else who wasn't her husband[[/note]], she hadn't gotten the comeuppance her character truly deserved after 4+ years of emasculating nearly the entire WWE roster.

* HereWeGoAgain: Ken's mindset on Episode #192, voicing his ''extreme'' displeasure of StephanieMcMahon returning to WWE television without an iota of her character changed, i.e. Emasculating the RAW GM and not getting even an ounce of true comeuppance, verbal or otherwise; Ken even referred to it as "stepping into a six-month time warp."

** Ken nailed it on the head again for the 2017 Elimination Chamber preview, stating that WWE wouldn't divert from the simmering Orton-Wyatt storyline just to {{Troll}} their hardcore fanbase by keeping the World Title on JohnCena (though he DID pick Cena as his 2nd pick to win the EC match, more or less admitting that you can't put anything past VinceMcMahon's whims).

''The Wrestling Kennection'' is an 2-time award-winning weekly show about, well, [[JustForPun "kennecting" the audience]] to ProfessionalWrestling.

'''WK King of PPV Championship''' - The "crown jewel" of The Wrestling Kennection, the King of PPV title is held by the competitor who makes the most correct predictions for an upcoming PPV. Ken has stated that it's not a title won through blood, sweat and tears, but rather it is won by [[KurtAngle intelligence, integrity and in]]...how well you truly know professional wrestling and how the industry works.

The show is hosted and created by long-time pro wrestling fan Ken Hill and co-hosted by Zack Martinkus (2014-Present) and Julian Warren (2015-Present), along with producers Greg Dolan (2014-Present), Brian Dorrington, Jr. (2014-2015), Nick Giglio (2016-Present), and Julie Manoogian (2015-Present).

''The Wrestling Kennection'' can be seen every Friday around 3:00 PM, EST, with an hour dedicated to the weeks before and after pay-per-views, where Ken previews/reviews the most recent pay-per-view; along with the preview, picks are made by Ken, Zack, Julian, Brian, Julie, and Greg (aka [[ItMakesSenseInContext "The Almighty Printer"]]) and the winner with the most correct predictions will retain/be crowned the "WK King of PPV" Champion for the month. The live stream for the show can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BedfordTVMA here.]]

** '''Kenny Hill''', in his 14th reign as King of PPV following Survivor Series 2017, scoring 10 total points for a 1st place victory (3 of those points coming as a bonus for donning [[PrinceDevitt Finn Balor's]] "Demon King" face-paint as part of a bet made by Nick).

** ''Vacant''

* WrestlingFamily: A ''very'' loose example, but the cousin of Ken's great-great uncle was none other than the legendary Depression-era wrestler [[http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/jimlondos2.html "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos.]]

** Certainly subverted with Bedford TV intern Kristoff [[spoiler:, Ken's recently-announced protege]], who was deeply invested in pro wrestling months prior to his debut on Episode #190 and put in a good showing, finishing in a third-place tie with Nick and fellow newcomer Evan at TLC 2017 with a solid 5 points.

* WhamEpisode: Episode #190[[spoiler:, with the shocking announcement that Ken has decided to take on a protege in Bedford TV intern Kristoff, someone whom, as Ken discovered, shares the same passionate spark for professional wrestling as he does and wants to share with Kristoff everything he knows about the ins and outs of pro wrestling and running "The Wrestling Kennection" before ultimately having to step away.]]

** '''Miss Julie Manoogian''', in her 5th reign as "Queen" of PPV following TLC 2017, tying with Ken for first with 7 points, and winning the "Main Event Time-Breaker."[[note]]The main event (5-on-3 Handicap TLC Match) went 35:30; Ken picked 18:35, Julie picked 19:06 (closer to the actual match time).[[/note]]

** '''Greg Dolan''', in his 5th reign as champion following Hell In A Cell 2017, coming in second after Ken Hill with 7 points, earning the championship due to Ken having previously cashed in the Big 4 title on the HIAC preview.

* WhamEpisode: Episode #190, with the shocking announcement that Ken has decided to take on a protege in Bedford TV intern Kristoff, someone whom, as Ken discovered, shares the same passionate spark for professional wrestling as he does and wants to share with Kristoff everything he knows about the ins and outs of pro wrestling and running "The Wrestling Kennection" before ultimately having to step away.

** Once again subverted with special guest Prakhar[[note]]Host of Bedford TV's "Video Game Fight Club"[[/note]], who put up a good first PPV showing and has even dutifully taken up the noteworthy task of trying to achieve a "perfect" zero in PPV predictions from Nick, who had tried and came close to doing so throughout most of 2017

* {{Determinator}}: 100 episodes in, Ken hasn't missed ''one.'' Not even having ''mono'' or a ''blood clot scare'' kept him from delivering all the news on professional wrestling!

** '''Ken Hill''', in his 13th reign as King of PPV following Hell In A Cell 2017, after successfully cashing in his Big 4 PPV title (picking BobbyRoode over Dolph Ziggler as his LOTN[[note]]Lock Of The Night[[/note]]) and coming out on top with 9 points.

----> '''Ken Hill''': "He's CANADIAN! Canadian with Indian roots [[MoneyDearBoy ripe for Vince and WWE to exploit]], but he's as Canadian as a [[BretHart Hart]] Attack!"

*** For starters, declining WWE subscription rates and TV ratings in India for the 3 months Mahal has been champion, [[{{Irony}} the irony being that capitalizing on pro wrestling-related media in the Indian market was a big part of having Mahal AS the champion to begin with]]...
*** The argument could be made that WWE suffered from a similar ratings problem the prior year, even with a more popular AJStyles as Smackdown's top champion, so Mahal wouldn't totally be at fault here, except the goal behind Mahal's reign is geared specifically towards the Indian media market, whose viewers have been acknowledged as generally less than receptive to Mahal as champion.

** Ken went postal during the HIAC prediction show when JinderMahal's match with ShinsukeNakamura came up, delivering a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal poison-tipped bullet point presentation]], emphasis on ''bullet'', on why the "experiment" of Mahal as WWE Champion was and has been an absolute, abject failure:

*** Finally, Ken simply acknowledges the (by now) well-known fact that Mahal ISN'T wholly from India, but rather born in Calgary, Canada BY WAY of India, or as he more succinctly put it:
----> '''Ken Hill''': "He's CANADIAN! Canadian with Indian roots [[MoneyDearBoy ripe for Vince and WWE to exploit]], but he's as Canadian as a [[BretHart Hart]] [[{{Pun}} Attack]]!"

*** The fact that there are over 60 different language-based groups in India, and Mahal claiming that he represents '''all 1.3 billion''' citizens of India while he speaks only in Punjabi, [[CriticalResearchFailure which only roughly 30 million people, a mere '''2.3% of the entire country''', even speak...]]

--> '''Ken Hill''': "He's CANADIAN! Canadian with Indian roots [[MoneyDearBoy ripe for Vince and WWE to exploit]], but he's as Canadian as a [[BretHart Hart]] Attack!"

* RaceAgainstTheClock: On occasion, there will be a tie between two or more of the WK Krew when making predictions for a PPV; in case of such a situation, the winner comes down to whoever comes closest to picking the main event's actual match time without going over, ala ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', dubbed the "Main Event Time-Breaker."

** '''Miss Julie Manoogian''', in her 4th reign as "Queen" of PPV following SummerSlam 2017, after cashing in her Big 4 PPV title and coming out on top with 11 points.

** '''Ken Hill''', in his 2nd reign as champion following SummerSlam 2017, coming in second after Miss Julie with 9 points, including a 2-point head start earned by fulfilling a bet made by Nick to do the SummerSlam Preview in *deep breath* "[[{{Goldust}} golden]]" fashion.

** '''Greg Dolan''', in his 8th reign as King of PPV following Battleground 2017, edging out Julie Manoogian with 6 out of 10 possible points.

** '''Miss Julie Manoogian''', in her 3rd reign as champion following Battleground 2017, won the championship by default, as Greg won the King of PPV title while still the Big 4 PPV Champion; being unable to hold both titles, Greg relinquished the Big 4 PPV title, and Julie won it, beating out Ken and Nick with 5 out of a possible 10 points.

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Before he could even begin to enjoy it, Ken's 12th King of PPV title reign comes to an inglorious end at the hands of Greg Dolan, who now goes into SummerSlam riding on his 8th run as King of PPV. Time will tell if Ken can regain the title once more for a lucky 13th reign, or if the new Big 4 PPV champion Miss Julie will be triumphant at the Biggest Party of the Summer...

Meanwhile, Ken was not the only one to have a rotten night, as outside of a stellar opening match for the tag titles, Smackdown's latest PPV contribution left a LOT to be desired. Don't take my word for it, though...Ken will tell you that and then some!


A newsworthy and rather news-filled episode of The Wrestling Kennection! Ken goes over the rumors of Brock Lesnar and a potential confrontation with Jon Jones, and how that ties in to Brock's upcoming Universal Title defense at SummerSlam in a Fatal 4-Way Match.

On the other side of SummerSlam main events, Ken brings up Nakamura's shocking squeaky clean win over John Cena on the latest episode of Smackdown LIVE, the aftermath, and how both men and the latest MITB winner Baron Corbin will affect the Smackdown side of WWE's summertime PPV bonanza.

Last but certainly not least, Ken sounds off on Vince and WWE over the cancellation of the popular WWE Network show "Talking Smack", Vince having cited budget cuts and a lack of structure for the show being nixed, the latter of which Ken objects to BIG TIME.


Ken delves into the latest happenings on WWE's Monday and Tuesday nights with a Wrestling Wreview! First, Ken goes over the highlights of the latest RAW, including a physically brutal Last Man Standing Match between Reigns and Strowman, an interesting announcement from Goldust (and an even MORE interesting "Bizarre" challenge from Nick to Ken), and the unusual journey of Jason Jordan, Kurt Angle's (spoiler alert!) long-lost son. BUM BUM BUMMMMM!

On the Smackdown side, Cena and Corbin have a confrontation, Styles and Owens deal with Shane's less-than-reputable history as a ref, and Orton faces off with Mahal once more...than anyone would have liked to see.

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** '''Ken Hill''', in his 12th reign as King of PPV following Great Balls of Fire 2017, edging out former champ Julie Manoogian and Greg Dolan with 8 out of 9 possible points.

** '''Greg Dolan''', in his 4th reign as champion following Great Balls of Fire 2017, won the championship by default, as Ken won the King of PPV title while still the Big 4 PPV Champion; being unable to hold both titles, Ken forfeited the Big 4 PPV title, and Greg won it, beating out Julie in a Main Event "Time-Breaker" after they tied for 2nd with 7 out of possible 9 points.

** '''Julie Manoogian''', in her 3rd reign as "Queen" of PPV following Money In The Bank 2017, after coming out on top over former champ Greg Dolan with a whopping 8 out of 9 possible points.

** '''Kenny Hill''', in his 1st reign as champion following Money In The Bank 2017, won the championship by default, as Julie won the King of PPV title while still the Big 4 PPV Champion; being unable to hold both titles, Julie forfeited the Big 4 PPV title, and Ken won it, beating out Greg in a Main Event "Time-Breaker" after both men tied for 2nd with 6 out of possible 9 points.

** '''Greg Dolan''', in his 7th reign as King of PPV following Extreme Rules 2017, after tying with former champion Julie Antriasian for most correct predictions and winning the Main Event "Time-Breaker" to win the championship.

** '''Miss Julie Antriasian''', in her 2nd reign as champion, won the championship by default, as Greg won the King of PPV title while still the Big 4 PPV Champion; being unable to hold both titles, Greg forfeits the Big 4 PPV title, which defers to the second place winner, in this case Julie.