Wrestling Obscurity: Kenzo Suzki
I know I just started Wrestling Obscurity (WO), but I wanted to talk about Kenzo for awhile. Mainly because most wrestling fans don’t remember him at all. Well the American wrestling fans anyway, but in fairness to Kenzo. He has wrestled around the world for several wrestling promotions; TNA, WWE/F, All Japan Pro Wrestling, just to name a few and he continues to wrestle in Japan. But for this installment of WO, I thought we would take a look at Kenzo’s time in WWE/F. The year was 2004, Kenzo and his “manager” Hiroko debuted on SmackDown and his first opponent was Scotty 2 Hotty. Guess who won? Scotty? I don’t think so. Kenzo was introduced as a heel and would have matches with against baby faces such as Scotty, Spike Dudley and Billy Gunn, whom Kenzo had a short feud with. As time went on Kenzo was given 2 gimmicks. The first one was convincing fans he was pro-American by poorly singing popular songs and the other was an obsession with busty wrestling divas such as Torrie Wilson.
With those gimmicks out of the way, Kenzo was given the opportunity to team with René Duprée and together they won the WWE Tag Team Championship, defeating Billy Kidman and Paul London. However 3 months later they lost the titles to Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio
Rene and Kenzo parted ways and Kenzo had a brief feud with John Cena for the WWE United States Championship, They even engaged in a battle rap. Yes that was back in the days when Cena was rapping. Anyway that “gem” can be seen by clicking the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rcZRZud7SY
Not long after his feud with Cena, Kenzo suffered a collapsed lung and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) immediately after his recovery, where he continued his training until he was ready to return to the main roster. Suzuki and Hiroko were traded to Raw on June 30, 2005 at the end of the draft lottery. On July 6, 2005, Suzuki was released from his WWE contract along with his wife Hiroko, before debuting on Raw.
Next time we'll take a look at Tough Enough's Nidia
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