Well B/R, let's get to it. It would seem that Brian Kendrick's talent will not be going to waste. As you already know, he was probably on his third strike with Vinny Mac and was "future endeavoured," like so many others this year.

Imagine my surprise to find out that the newly established Dragon Gate USA has signed him. I'm really happy for him and for Dragon Gate. I was looking at the roster and while it's pretty small, these guys have the potential to do great things.

Dragon Gate USA is actually an extension of the well known Dragon Gate Japan. If you kept up with JLB's articles before he left, you will know that he covered the promotion for a bit along with a few other lesser known wrestling promotions.

The wonderful thing about DGUSA is that the matches won't always feature the guys listed on the site. They tend to bring in guys from Japan from time to time to mix it up with the current roster. Change is always good and you just never know what to expect.

I checked out the official DGUSA site and I'm really impressed. I also took some time to look at some of the roster and even looked up a couple of matches on youtube. These guys are no joke and in my opinion, I think this is the best thing that could have happened to TBK.

From what I've seen so far, most of these guys are high flying, technicians that could really help TBK develop his skills. I personally thought Kendrick was already pretty good, but there's always room for improvement.

I've been to several house shows and have seen him wrestle guys like R-Truth, Jeff Hardy and the latest being Evan Bourne. Kendrick was no pushover in the ring and had better mat skills than a lot of overrated superstars that I know. He wasn't half bad on the mic, either, but I think his weakness was his build.

TBK is a little guy, much like Rey Mysterio and I knew the day he was drafted to Raw that things would not go so well for him.

I'm not saying he should have been in the running for a big one, but he's skilled enough to carry one of the smaller belts.

The explosive matches we're sure to see in the future should help him in the long run.  He is set to wrestle his first match on Sept. 6 in Chicago at a DGUSA event. For more information on this and anything DGUSA, check out their website.

If he can stay clean, I'm sure we'll see him back in the WWE (or TNA) in the future but for now, I wish him much success with DGUSA.

~Nef

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*Note: Sources include DGUSA official website and wikipedia.