With an invite to the main roster, Ken Anderson was set to wrestle Funaki in a Dark match and do his intro, but he was meant to eat a Superkick from Funaki and get pinned. “I was in Gorilla Position, we were supposed to be up first, I’m doing pushups, we’re getting ready, like we’re five minutes away from this thing kicking off,” he recounted.

“Dave Lagana comes walking around the corner, and he said, ‘Hey, there’s been a change,’ and immediately I thought they cut my match! And he said: ‘We have to come up with a Finisher for you because you’re going over, you’re going to win the match, this is now going to be a televised match, so you’re not gonna go first, you’re gonna be on like third or fourth,’ and then he stuck his hand out and he said: ‘Welcome aboard,'” Anderson added.

Looking back at the way he was brought into WWE, Anderson admits that the events leading up to the moment were crazy and all seemed to stem from saying his name twice during a promo, and five weeks later, he was on television.

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