Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston | |
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Birth name | Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah |
Born | Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana | August 14, 1981
Alma mater | Boston College |
Spouse(s) |
Kori Campfield (m. 2010) |
Children | 3 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Kofi Kingston Kofi Nahaje Kingston Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 212 lb (96 kg)[1] |
Billed from | Ghana, West Africa[1] Kingston, Jamaica[2] |
Trained by | Chaotic Wrestling[3] Killer Kowalski[3] Ohio Valley Wrestling[2] |
Debut | 2006 |
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston and is part of The New Day.
After graduating from Boston College, he decided to pursue a professional wrestling career, and began performing on the New England independent circuit as a Jamaican wrestler by the name of Kofi Nahaje Kingston.[4] After signing a developmental deal with WWE in 2006, he shortened his ring name to Kofi Kingston. He debuted in WWE in 2008 using the same Jamaican character as he did on the independent circuit. In late 2009, he stopped being billed from Jamaica and dropped the accent, although he kept his ring name. He then started being billed from his home country of Ghana.
From 2008 to 2013, Kingston became a four-time
He is the first, and currently only, African-born world champion in WWE history. His WWE Championship win also made him WWE's 30th Triple Crown Champion and 20th overall Grand Slam Champion (13th under the current format).[7][8][9][10] With his NXT Tag Team Championship win in 2022, Kingston also became a Tag Team Triple Crown Champion, becoming the only wrestler to have won both the traditional and tag team version of the WWE Triple Crown, as well as having the most overall reigns with a WWE-branded tag team championship with 15.[11] With the exception of a few months spent as a villain in 2015 with The New Day, Kingston has been a heroic character for almost the entirety of his WWE career. Kingston has also gotten some distinction through his numerous methods of avoiding elimination during the Royal Rumble.
Early life
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah[12] was born in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on August 14, 1981, to Kwasi and Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah.[13][14][15][16] He has a brother, Kwame (who is a Twitch streamer under the name Temp0[17]), and a late sister, Nana Akua.[15] He moved with his family to the United States and eventually settled in the greater Boston area, where he graduated from Winchester High School in Winchester, Massachusetts, and then Boston College, majoring in communications.[18][19]
Professional wrestling career
Training and early career (2005–2006)
Sarkodie-Mensah started training in late 2005 and made his official wrestling debut in 2006 for Chaotic Wrestling, when he faced Evan Siks on June 4 for the PWF Mayhem Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort.[2] He competed primarily in the New England area, including stints in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) – New England (where he was briefly a member of Barry Ace's "A-List"), Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF), New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA), and Chaotic Wrestling.[4]
World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
Developmental territories (2006–2007)
In September 2006, he signed a developmental contract with
In 2007, under the ring name Kofi Nahaje Kingston, he had his first exposure to the main WWE roster, when he worked dark matches on March 5 and 26 before episodes of Raw against Charlie Haas and Trevor Murdoch, respectively.[24][25] When he returned to the developmental federations, he shortened his original ring name to Kofi Kingston and continued to alternate between both ring names throughout his duration there. He also worked live events, defeating Shelton Benjamin on May 5,[26] and Val Venis on May 6.[27] When the Florida-based developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) opened in June, Kingston was relocated there, appearing at their inaugural show on June 26 where he teamed with Eric Pérez against Keith Walker and Rycklon Stephens in a losing effort.[28] Kingston worked there for most of the remainder of the year.[28]
Intercontinental Champion (2008–2009)
A series of
On June 25, 2008, Kingston was drafted to the
At
United States Champion (2009–2010)
After winning a
On the October 19, 2009 episode of Raw, Kingston spoke without a Jamaican accent during a televised segment, dropped the Jamaican character and began being billed from his home country of
Championship reigns (2010–2011)
On the April 26 episode of Raw, Kingston was drafted to the
On the October 15 episode of SmackDown, Kingston defeated Drew McIntyre to earn a spot on Team SmackDown at Bragging Rights. At Bragging Rights, Team SmackDown defeated Team Raw. On the December 3 episode of SmackDown, Kingston defeated Jack Swagger to become the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship, but failed to win back the title when Swagger attacked him during the match. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Kingston competed in a triple threat ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship, which was won again by Ziggler. On the January 7, 2011, episode of SmackDown, Kingston defeated Ziggler to become the Intercontinental Champion for a third time. Immediately following the match, acting General Manager Vickie Guerrero ordered that Ziggler invoke his rematch clause straight away, but Kingston quickly pinned Ziggler again to retain his championship. Kingston then moved into a feud with Alberto Del Rio, which culminated in a non-title match at Elimination Chamber, which Kingston lost. On the March 25 episode of SmackDown, Kingston lost the Intercontinental Championship to Wade Barrett.[72] On the April 1 episode of SmackDown, Kingston won his rematch against Wade Barrett by disqualification. At WrestleMania XXVII, after Vladimir Kozlov was injured at the hands of The Corre, Kingston was chosen as Kozlov's replacement in an eight-man tag team match involving Kingston, Kane, Big Show, and Santino Marella versus The Corre, which Kingston's team won.[73]
On April 26, Kingston was drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the
Air Boom and teaming with R-Truth (2011–2012)
On the August 22, 2011 episode of Raw, Kingston won the
At
At Royal Rumble, Kingston participated in the Royal Rumble match and although he did not win, he had a stand-out moment when he saved himself from elimination by walking on his hands to reach the ring steps and re-enter the ring.[89] At Elimination Chamber, Kingston failed to capture the WWE Championship after being eliminated third by Chris Jericho.[90] Kingston then began teaming with R-Truth. On the February 27 Raw, Kingston and Truth failed to capture the WWE Tag Team Championship from Primo and Epico in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match, also involving Ziggler and Swagger. On the April 30 Raw, Kingston and Truth defeated Primo and Epico to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. At Over the Limit, Kingston and R-Truth successfully defended the titles against Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger and then again in a rematch on the May 28 Raw.[91][92]
The following night on Raw, they successfully defended the WWE Tag Team Championship against
Multiple championship victories (2012–2014)
On the October 17, 2012 episode of
On the April 15 episode of Raw, Kingston defeated Antonio Cesaro to win his third United States Championship
At the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2014, Kingston participated in the Royal Rumble match, where he avoided elimination by landing on the crowd barricade and made an 11-foot jump to get back in the ring, but he was later eliminated by Roman Reigns.[118] At WrestleMania XXX, Kingston competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where he would have a standout moment in the match, getting thrown of over the turnbuckles by Cesaro and to avoid elimination by keeping his toes on the steel steps, he would later be eliminated by Sheamus.[119] At Battleground, Kingston competed in the Battle Royal for the Intercontinental Championship, but failed to win the match.[120]
Formation of The New Day (2014–2018)
During the summer of 2014, Kingston was put in a team with
On the April 6 episode of Raw, The New Day turned
At
On July 19 at the
On January 29, 2017, Kingston participated in the
On April 11, 2017, The New Day were moved to the SmackDown brand as part of the
At the
WWE Champion (2018–2019)
In November 2018, The New Day made up part of "Team SmackDown" in a five-versus-five tag-team elimination match at Survivor Series, in which they defeated Team Raw.[146] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, The New Day failed to win the championship from The Bar, in a triple-threat tag team match, also involving The Usos.[147] At Royal Rumble, Kingston was eliminated by Drew McIntyre.[148]
On the February 12, 2019 episode of SmackDown Live, Kingston was selected to replace
Kingston then successfully defended the title against Daniel Bryan on the May 6 episode of Raw,
Return to the tag team division (2019–present)
In October 2019, Kingston returned to competing in tag team matches. At
At
On the October 9 episode of SmackDown, both Kingston and Woods returned from injury and defeated Cesaro and Nakamura, winning their seventh SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
On the May 17 episode of Raw, Kingston defeated Randy Orton, and then WWE Champion Bobby Lashley on the same night. The following week on Raw, he faced Drew McIntyre in a singles match with a stipulation in which the winner will face Lashley for the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell, and the match ended in a no contest. A rematch between him and McIntyre was scheduled on Raw next week with the same stakes, where Kingston would lose. On the June 21 episode of Raw, Kingston interrupted Lashley and challenged him for the title, Lashley accepted and the match was scheduled for Money in the Bank.[194] At the event, he lost the match.[195]
As a part of the
As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Kingston, along with teammate Woods, was drafted to the Raw brand.[208]
Other media
Kingston, under the nickname Mr. 24/7, frequently appears on fellow WWE wrestler Xavier Woods' YouTube channel, UpUpDownDown. In May 2019, he defeated UpUpDownDown Champion Gentleman Jack Gallagher in a game of Mortal Kombat 3 to win Gallagher's championship.[209] Kingston lost the title one month later to Jey Uso in a game of Tetris.[210]
In 2012, he guest-starred in an episode of Disney XD's karate sitcom Kickin' It.[211] In 2016, he appeared with his New Day teammates on a Christmas Family themed Let's Make a Deal.[212] In 2017, he published The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It with fellow New Day members Big E and Xavier Woods.[213]
Kingston and Xavier Woods appeared on an episode of Smosh Pit's Try Not to Laugh YouTube series.[214]
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Countdown | Himself | Uncredited |
2016 | Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon | Himself | Voice |
2021 | The Main Event | Himself | Cameo |
2021 | Escape the Undertaker | Himself | Main star[215] |
Video games
Year | Title |
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2008 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 |
2009 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 |
2010 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 |
2011 | WWE All Stars |
WWE '12 | |
2012 | WWE '13[216] |
2013 | WWE 2K14[217] |
2014 | WWE 2K15[218] |
WWE SuperCard | |
2015 | WWE 2K16[219] |
2016 | WWE 2K17[220] |
2017 | WWE 2K18[221] |
WWE Champions | |
WWE Mayhem | |
WWE Tap Mania | |
2018 | WWE 2K19[222] |
2019 | WWE 2K20 |
2020 | The King of Fighters All Star[223] |
WWE 2K Battlegrounds | |
Gears 5 | |
2022 | WWE 2K22 |
2023 | WWE 2K23 |
Personal life
Sarkodie-Mensah married Kori Campfield on September 11, 2010.[224] They have three children together.[225][226][15][227]
Sarkodie-Mensah's favorite wrestler growing up was Shawn Michaels.[228] In a June 2019 interview, he stated that Dolph Ziggler was "one of my favorite opponents of all-time, if not my favorite. Not to toot my own horn or our horn, our matches have always been off the chain. We have really good chemistry."[229]
Sarkodie-Mensah has tattoos of Ghanaian Adinkra symbols along his spine.[230][231] His first name (Kofi) is the traditional name in Ghana for people born on a Friday.[232]
Championships and accomplishments
- CBS Sports
- Best Moment/Angle of the Year (2019) – Winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35[233]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- R-Truth
- Tag Team of the Year (2015, 2016) with Big E and Xavier Woods
- Ranked No. 4 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[234]
- Ranked No. 8 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 with Big E and Xavier Woods[235]
- Sports Illustrated
- Ranked No. 9 of the top 10 male wrestlers in 2019[236]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Gimmick (2015) – The New Day, shared with Big E and Xavier Woods[237]
- WWE/World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Championship (1 time)[238]
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (4 times)[37]
- WWE United States Championship (3 times)[239]
- WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (6 times)[b] – with Evan Bourne (1), R-Truth (1), Big E and Xavier Woods (2) and Xavier Woods (2)[240]
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Big E and Xavier Woods (6) and Xavier Woods (1)[241]
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with CM Punk[242]
- NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Xavier Woods[243]
- 13th Grand Slam Champion (under current format; 20th overall)
- 30th Triple Crown Champion (traditional format)
- Third Tag Team Triple Crown Champion – with Xavier Woods
- Tyler Reks)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010)[244]
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament (2018) – with Big E and Xavier Woods[245]
- Slammy Award (2 times)
- "Tell Me I Did Not Just See That" Moment of the Year (2012) – Hand walking during the Royal Rumble match to avoid elimination[246]
- Ring Gear of the Year (2020) – with Big E and Xavier Woods[247]
- "Tell Me I Did Not Just See That" Moment of the Year (
- WWE Year-End Award (2 times)
Notes
- ^ Kingston's Jamaican gimmick actually predates his tenure in WWE, and was developed when he was training in Boston. He had been constantly listening to Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock around this time, and decided to test out a Jamaican character in promo class with guest trainer Ric Flair. Shortly afterwards, he had a tryout at his training school in which WWE talent scouts noted that the Jamaican character had not been done before.[30]
- Freebird Rule.
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External links
- Kofi Kingston on Twitter
- Kofi Kingston on WWE.com
- Kofi Kingston's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database
- Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah at IMDb