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Kevin Ku
Ku in February 2024
Born (1988-08-29) August 29, 1988 (age 35)[1]
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kevin Ku
Kevin Park
Billed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Billed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Trained byBrian Fury
Debut2014

Kevin Ku is an American

professional wrestler currently wrestling on the independent circuit as one-half of Violence is Forever, with Dominic Garrini.[3]

Professional wrestling career

American independent circuit (2014–present)

Ku made his

tag team match to determine the 16 seed in the Crockett Cup tournament.[5]

European independent circuit (2019–2022)

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2019, 2022)

Ku competed in Westside Xtreme Wrestling's World Tag Team Festival, making his debut at the 2019 edition by teaming up with Dominic Garrini in a losing effort against Arrows Of Hungary (Dover and Icarus).[6] He returned to the competition at the 2022 edition where he teamed up with Garrini again, this time placing themselves in the B block of the tournament where they scored a total of three points against the teams of Amboss (Icarus and Robert Dreissker), Fuminori Abe and Shigehiro Irie and Rott Und Flott (Michael Schenkenberg and Nikita Charisma), failing to qualify for the finals.[7]

Progress Wrestling (2022)

Ku briefly competed in Progress Wrestling. He made his debut at PROGRESS Chapter 142 on September 25, 2022, where he and Dominic Garrini unsuccessfully challenged Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) for the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship.[8] Two nights later at PROGRESS Return Of The Fly on September 27, 2022, Ku and Garrini fell short to Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher).[9] At BLP Total Eclipse Of The Hart, an event promoted by Black Label Pro on August 27, 2022, Ku unsuccessfully challenged Big Damo for the PROGRESS World Championship.[10]

Game Changer Wrestling (2019–present)

Ku made his debut in

three-way tag team match.[11] At GCW Si Or No? on November 4, 2023, Ku teamed up with Dominic Garrini to defeat Los Macizos (Ciclope and Miedo Extremo) for the GCW Tag Team Championship.[12]

During his time in the company, he competed in various signature events promoted by it. One of them is the

Punjabi Prison match.[14]

Major League Wrestling (2020–2021)

Ku shared a short stint with

41-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity won by Alexander Hammerstone and also involving various other notable opponents such as Mads Krügger, Davey Richards, Tom Lawlor, King Mo, Alex Kane, Savio Vega, Myron Reed and many others.[17]

All Elite Wrestling (2022, 2023)

Ku made a couple of appearances in All Elite Wrestling. First of them occurred at AEW Dark: Elevation #51 on February 21, 2022, where he teamed up with Dominic Garrini, Ariel Levy, Chico Adams and Dean Alexander in a losing effort against 2point0 (Jeff Parker and Matt Lee), Daniel Garcia and The Gunn Club (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn).[18] His second appearance took place on the third night of Fight for the Fallen 2023 where he fell short to Powerhouse Hobbs in singles competition.[19]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Kevin Ku • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kevin Ku/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Kevin Ku Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 12, 2014). "IWE Scars & Stripes - Tag 2". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Carey, Ian (March 19, 2022). "NWA Crockett Cup night one live results: The tournament begins". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 5, 2019). "wXw World Tag Team Festival Night One Results (10/4): First Round Matches". fightful.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Ian (October 12, 2022). "Hamilton's wXw World Tag Team Festival 2022". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  8. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (September 25, 2022). "PROGRESS Chapter 142 Results (9/25): Millie McKenzie And Chris Brookes Return, Big Damo Wins Gold". fightful.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  9. ^ Tarrier, Lee (September 28, 2022). "PROGRESS Wrestling: Return Of The Fly Review (9/27/22)". pwmania.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  10. ^ Lambeert, Jeremy (August 27, 2022). "BLP Total Eclipse Of The Hart Results (8/27): Billie Starkz, Marko Stunt, Big Damo In Action". fightful.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  11. ^ "GCW: Lights Out Recap". sobrosnetwork.com. SoBros Network. July 23, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  12. ^ Tessier, Colin (November 5, 2023). "GCW Si Or No Results (11/4): New GCW Tag Team Champions". wrestlezone.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  13. ^ Haulotte, Kellie (December 8, 2020). "Joey Janela's Spring Break 4 Results: Joey Janela Vs. Ricky Morton, Former WWE Stars Battle". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  14. ^ Raghuwanshi, Mohit (January 30, 2024). "GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break: Clusterf*ck Forever". itnwwe.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  15. ^ Winfree, Robert (December 9, 2020). "Winfree's MLW: Fusion (Ep. 113) Review 12.09.20". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  16. ^ The Standing One (January 27, 2021). "MLW Fusion #119 Instant Recap". wrestlingnewsworld.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  17. ^ "MLW Battle Riot III recap: Dario Cueto steals the show". Cageside Seats. July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  18. ^ Winfree, Robert (February 21, 2022). "Winfree's AEW Dark: Elevation (Ep. 51) Review 2.21.22". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  19. ^ Powell, Jason (August 19, 2023). "AEW Collision results (8/19): Powell's live review of Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage, Diamante vs. Willow Nightingale, Jay White vs. Dalton Castle, FTR speak, Powerhouse Hobbs in action". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  20. ^ Ruth, Sondra (September 14, 2023). "Complete 2023 PWI 500 List Revealed, Top NJPW Star Absent". tjrwrestling.net. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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