Kendrick is a Surprise Scrambler

Bleacher Report member Alevyn Shareef has a great write up to analyze the recent scramble for title matches set for Unforgiven. These of course are the 2 "Championship Scramble" concept matches which will see a total of 5 wrestlers in the ring for 20 minutes. Whoever scores the final pinfall of the match before 20 minutes elapses, becomes the champ. For Raw it's John Cena, JBL, Kane and Batista all vying for CM Punk's World Heavyweight title. On Smackdown's side, it's Triple H trying to outlast MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Jeff Hardy, and yes..... "The Brian Kendrick".

Alevyn Shareef on Bleacher Report writes:

The biggest surprise in this match however is The Brian Kendrick. A man who re-debuted on Smackdown a few weeks ago. Since then he's been in a squashing jobbers with the help of his bodyguard. The WWE seems to have wanted to split him up from Paul London and give him a push for a while, even including a small heel turn just before Wrestlemania.

Now it looks like they were able to do it with the draft. Unlike the other names in the scramble, he has never even made it to the upper-mid card. In fact he's the only guy in the match who has never held a singles title.

I agree with "The Brian Kendrick" as being the biggest surprise but don't consider him a lock for the match yet. As Alevyn also notes in his article, Mr. Kennedy and Umaga were both recently lost to injuries, keeping them out of the big main event with Triple H. However, after seeing Big Show not officially entered in Smackdown's Qualifying Battle Royal, but eliminating most of the competitors so Kendrick could win, I'm expecting we see Show vs. Kendrick on Smackdown. Big Show will likely lobby with Vickie Guerrero for a spot in the Unforgiven PPV match, leading to a contest with Kendrick to prove it. And possibly we see Big Show take over Kendrick's spot. It seems far too strange for Kendrick to enter the title picture like this over guys like Big Show, Undertaker and Vladimir Kozlov who are all far more capable title contenders.

And looking at the last two names, we might have the makings of yet another matchup for Unforgiven, as the Russian destroyer Kozlov faces the Deadman, the Undertaker.

Read Could We Really See A New Champion at WWE Unforgiven? at Bleacher Report here.