{"id":506,"date":"2009-06-08T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=506"},"modified":"2009-06-08T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T17:38:38","slug":"kennedy-defends-reportedly-injured-batista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/06\/08\/kennedy-defends-reportedly-injured-batista\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Defends Reportedly Injured Batista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vocal user of his Twitter Account, Mr. Kennedy did not hesitate to chime in on Batista&#8217;s recent injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know everyone&#8217;s saying stuff about Batista but I gotta say that he&#8217;s one of the best guys in the lockerroom. No ego, always trying to help elevate younger talent,&#8221; the wrestler, who was released two weeks ago by World Wrestling Entertainment, posted in an update this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\batista wwe&#038;iid=2756619\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/f\/f\/b\/1\/WWE_Smackdown_Sydney_7c23.jpg?adImageId=1472177&#038;imageId=2756619\" width=\"320\" height=\"221\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"WWE Smackdown Sydney Press Conference\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Batista&#8217;s reported injury, a biceps tear that requires surgery, has brought him a chorus of &#8220;injury prone&#8221; comments similar to those faced by Kennedy.  Both have been sidelined from the ring numerous times, and it appears Kennedy relates to Batista&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the &#8220;injury prone&#8221; label has been a big part of Kennedy&#8217;s post-WWE focus; after filming a video to demonstrate the health of his supposedly injured wrists, he later tweeted, &#8220;If I take a samurai sword and cut your leg off, and you don&#8217;t tell anyone that I did it to you&#8230;.are you &#8220;injury prone&#8221;? 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