Kerry Kendrick

A lean, vascular competitor with stringy dirty blonde hair to just past his shoulders and stubble beard; since pairing with Flex Ferrigno in the lead-up to SuperClash VIII, he's added a fair bit of muscle mass. He's a good looking young man, always drawing cheers from the crowd… unless you really get to know him. In the ring, Kendrick wears a pair of black and dark blue-green trunks dark blue-green (a silver, mirrored "double K" logo in gothic font on the front and back) and black knee pads and white boots.

"Agile, powerful, technically innovative and boasting razor-sharp intelligence, Kerry Kendrick is all business in and out of the ring. While detractors will label The Foundation as narcissistic, there is no denying his dominance and excellence in everything he does." At least that's how his sweetheart Miss Sandra Hayes would describe him.

Kerry Kendrick is a face familiar to longtime AWA fans… well, really only the diehards… maybe just the historians. In fact, Kendrick was in the first match in AWA history - serving as "enhancement talent" against Buddy Lambert under a false name of Keith Smith.

Kendrick was a fantastic athlete in high school, a four sport letterman in baseball, basketball, football, and wrestling. He skipped college with the idea that he could go straight into pro wrestling and use his athleticism to become the next big thing.

Things… did not work out that way.

Wrestling school was tough… real tough… for a kid who got by on his natural abilities until that point. But he scraped through and was first in line when the AWA came to town looking for talent.

To say serving as a preliminary wrestler wasn’t his endgame would be an understatement. He was convinced by a veteran wrestler (Marcus Broussard) to use a fake name until he got some experience under his built. So Keith Smith walked the aisle for the first match on Saturday Night Wrestling, thinking it would be a matter of weeks before he could go by his real name and start a Hall of Fame career.

Things… did not work out that way.

After several months jerking the curtain, Kendrick went to AWA management and stated his intent to leave the company. He had decided that the business wasn’t the right place for him and was going back home to find a job. On his way out, he ran into Marcus Broussard who took the kid to lunch. Broussard told the kid his own story of hard work and determination to get to the next level - pointing out he went from nothing to the Empire in one leap before becoming one of the first members of the AWA locker room. He gave the kid some helpful words and wished him well.

Kendrick went home to Philly… where he re-dedicated himself to his career. He worked often… he worked hard… he worked wherever he could. His weekends were filled with local shots, shows in the Northeast, drives down to the Carolinas and beyond. He was the very epitome of a journeyman wrestler… but he was getting better… slowly.

Three years later, Kendrick got a break when an established superstar in Carolina Championship Wrestling needed a tag team partner when his own partner suffered an injury. Kendrick was basically the only option but flourished in the role. With a veteran looking out for him and giving him feedback, Kendrick became a mid-level superstar in CCW and earned a booking in Japan alongside his partner.

Tiger Paw Pro was rough on Kendrick who had visions of becoming a major gaijin.

Things… did not work out that way.

He took beating after beating night after night by TPP veterans. Again, Kendrick thought of quitting the business but upon returning to the States, a golden opportunity unfolded - Marcus Broussard was coming to CCW for a "workout." The former National Champion would be on hand to run the wrestlers through their paces, give them advice, and tell them what they need to do to get to the next step.

Broussard was happy to see Kendrick was still in the business. The San Jose Shark stuck around the area for a few days, even working the weekend shows for the small territory. On the Sunday matinee, Broussard demanded to work with Kendrick and the promoter obliged. The two went to a thirty minute draw that tore the house down and became one of the hottest viewed matches on the Internet. After the show was over, Broussard taught Kendrick his version of the belly-to-belly suplex… and Kendrick used it two weeks later to capture the CCW title.

A star was born… almost.

Boosted by his new confidence and success, Kendrick reached out to the AWA looking for a job. He believed they would have heard the buzz building around him and would quickly bring him back and position him for a run to the top.

Things… did not work out that way.

Kendrick was bitter… angry… and wanted the world to know. The next CCW show saw Kendrick turn on his former tag team partner, leaving him a bloody mess, and cut a promo over his carcass on how he was destined for stardom but that the powers that be kept trying to hold him back.

Kendrick cut a series of promos that were among the most-watched on YouTube, calling out AWA superstars, "shooting" on AWA management, and demanding that he get the respect he felt he earned.

At the end of 2014, Marcus Broussard reached out to Kendrick. In his new role as an AWA talent scout, Broussard wanted to bring Kendrick back to the place where he got his start. Kendrick was wary, worried that he was being brought in to be buried for his comments. Broussard told him it was that fire that convinced management to give him a chance.

That... flopped.

After his "demotion" back to Combat Corner Wrestler after a few short months, Kerry Kendrick made his dissatisfaction known to the AWA when he showed up unannounced on Saturday Night Wrestling, hijacking a microphone and railing against the politics that have kept him down for over seven years. After high profile victories over the likes of Adam Rogers, Shadoe Rage, and Supernova, as well as a cup of coffee with the AWA Television Championship, Kendrick seemed poised to end 2016 on a huge high note.

Then SuperClash VIII happened.

He lost the deciding fall to non-wrestler David Ortiz in his featured match, and fell into a multi-month slump that he initially blamed on his bodyguard Erica Toughill. He modified his offense to stay ahead of the changing curve of the "AWA style," rededicated himself to a harsh fitnes regimen, and most ominously entered into a relationship with Miss Sandra Hayes, formerly of the Shane Gang and the Wise Men. Driver to manifest his own destiny, The Foundation is letting nothing stand in his path to what he views as his destiny.

Miss Sandra Hayes. She appropriated Erica Toughill's role, swinging a glittery pink baseball bat when needed.

1999-2000 era Triple H

[To the buzzing of what sounds like household electronics being tortured, the lights in the arena dim, then cycle through blue, green, and red hues...]

["The Business of Emotion" by Queen blares to life over the PA system as a young man emerges in a pool of light, lit from beneath. He has a toned, muscular physique with stringy dirty blonde hair to just past his shoulders and a stubble beard. He wears black and midnight green trunks with a silver, mirrored "double K" logo in gothic font on the front and back, thick black kneepads, and white boots. The man who calls himself "The Foundation" sips from a plastic water bottle. Beside him, Miss Sandra Hayes looks smugly at her man, hand on her hip.]

RO: Introducing first/and his opponent... Accompanied by MISS Sandra Hayes... From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... weighing 253 pounds... THE FOUNDATION... KERRY... KENDRICK!

[Kerry Kendrick reaches the end of the aisle and looks on into the ring, a serious look on his face. He turns to Hayes, and they softly plant a kiss on each other's lips. Kendrick ascends the steps, dumping the contents of the water bottle over his head. The Self Made Man turns to face the fans from the ring apron. He faces out to the audience, and spreads his arms overhead, glistening in the high-angled stage lighting before stepping through the ropes.]

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