Wrestling fans are K-Fed up Federline has that going for him
Kevin Federline is making hay out of hatred as WWE bad guy. Britney's unpopular ex is expected to make an appearance at a wrestling event at Verizon Center in Washington tonight.
Date published: 12/18/2006
By MICHAEL ZITZ
Maybe Kevin Federline should swipe a page from his estranged wife's songbook and write a rap ditty titled "Baby, Boo Me One More Time."
The sheer intensity of the negative reaction Britney Spears' ex is drawing from crowds since he began appearing on the pro wrestling tour in October is the envy of the WWE, one wrestler says.
Federline, a spectacular failure as a hip-hop artist, may have found his niche as a pro wrestling villain. He's been drowned out by thunderous boos when he's tried to rap in the ring at WWE events beginning in October.
It's likely he'll show up at tonight's nationally televised RAW event at the Verizon Center in Washington, a WWE spokesman said.
And the rail-thin Federline is scheduled to make his debut as an actual wrestler on New Year's Day in a match against imposing WWE star John Cena, who recently had the lead role in the action movie "The Marine."
Another wrestler, John Randall Hennigan, whose stage name is Johnny Nitro, was awed by the negativity of the crowd reaction the first time Federline appeared at a WWE event.
"That was something every wrestler dreams of," Hennigan told The Free Lance-Star during a phone interview.
"The mark of a good entertainer as a wrestler is evoking a reaction," he said. "And that was the strongest reaction I can recall from the fans. Every time he goes on stage, people scream their heads off.
"They want to see him get his [butt] kicked. They want to see the anti-hero get his come-uppance. They want to see Kevin Federline get what's coming to him."
But Hennigan, who has become a Federline fan, a friend and will be in his corner for the Jan. 1 match with Cena, says the man some man called Mr. Britney Spears is getting a bad rap.
"I don't think he deserves it," Hennigan said.
He called Federline a "great person, with very sophisticated views on a lot of things--music, entertainment."
Hennigan also called Federline a "great humanitarian," but couldn't explain what Federline has done for humanity other than marrying a pop diva and rapping badly.
WHAT: WWE presents RAW
WHEN: Tonight at 7:30
WHERE: The Verizon Center in Washington
TICKETS: $60, $45, $35, $30, $25, $20, ticketmaster.com, verizoncenter.com or 800/551-SEAT |
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Date published: 12/18/2006
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