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This article is about a professional wrestling stable. For the professional wrestling promotion, see Kingdom (professional wrestling).
For the professional wrestling tag team formerly known as "The OGK", currently known as "The Kingdom", see The OGK.
Undisputed Kingdom
Maria Kanellis-Bennett (manager)
DebutJuly 12, 2014[1]
Years active2014–2015
2016–2019
2022–present

The Undisputed Kingdom (formerly known as The Kingdom) is a

ROH World Tag Team Champions
in their third reign.

The stable rose to prominence during the mid-2010s in

Impact World Tag Team Championship
.

History

Ring of Honor (2014–2019)

Formation, victories and split (2014–2016)

At

Raymond Rowe) along with Michael Elgin in a six-man tag team match which ended in a no contest.[3] On November 15, 2014, at Glory By Honor XIII, Matt Taven, who had joined the stable back in September, teamed with Bennett as they unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[4] At Best in the World 2014 Cole lost the ROH World Championship to Michael Elgin. In July, Hardy opted out of his ROH contract and went back to TNA. After failing to regain the ROH World Championship from now champion Jay Briscoe at Final Battle 2014
, Cole announced he had suffered a shoulder injury which would require surgery.

Mike Bennett (left) and Matt Taven (right) displaying their ROH World Tag Team Championship, along with Maria Kanellis-Bennett

On March 1, 2015, at the

legitimate knee injury and subsequently turning on Cole (who would later join the Bullet Club
as its U.S. side's de facto leader), The Kingdom went on hiatus.

The Kingdom reunion (2016–2019)

On the September 18, 2016 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Taven returned and announced that The Kingdom would be competing in the tournament for the new

The Briscoes
.

On September 27, 2019 at ROH's Death Before Dishonor XVII pay-per-view, after Rush defeated Taven for the ROH World Championship, O'Ryan and Marseglia were shown having been attacked backstage (to explain why neither of them had interfered on Taven's behalf to prevent the defeat, which they regularly had done in the past). On ROH's TV show, Marseglia attacked Taven in the ring, signalling the start of a storyline feud between the two former allies. On December 13, 2019 at ROH's Final Battle PPV, Marseglia scored an upset victory over Taven. After the match, Marseglia and Bateman attacked Taven, attempting to break Taven's ankles. On the December 14, 2019 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, O'Ryan announced that The Kingdom had disbanded.[11]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2015)

On August 10, 2014, during the

2015 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of two wins and four losses, failing to advance from their block.[18]

Impact Wrestling (2022)

On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on a hiatus after

Impact!.[26] Kenny King returned to Impact Wrestling on the February 3 episode of Impact! to join the faction.[27][28]

On February 19 at

Call Your Shot Gauntlet championship match privilege which he won earlier that night, then immediately challenged, and defeat, Alexander for the title). Feeling betrayed by Impact Wrestling (as well as by Ring of Honor, a company Edwards once wrestled for, going on a hiatus and releasing members of Honor No More from their contracts[21][22]), Edwards cost Team Impact the match at No Surrender.[30]

On March 5 at

Eight-Team Elimination Challenge.[34][35] On May 7 at Under Siege, Honor No More defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, El Phantasmo, and Karl Anderson) in a 10-man tag team match.[36] On June 19 at Slammiversary, King failed to capture the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match, and the rest of Honor No More lost a 10-man tag team match against the Impact Originals (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian, Nick Aldis, and Davey Richards).[37] On July 1 at Against All Odds, Honor No More lost another 10-man tag team match against Heath, America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson).[38]

On the July 28 episode of Impact!, after Eddie Edwards defeated

Call Your Shot Gauntlet, and Edwards was unsuccessful in capturing the Impact World Championship from Alexander.[46]

On October 8 (which aired on tape delay on October 20), after Taven and Bennett dropped the Impact World Tag Team Championship to Heath and Rhino, it was announced that they along with Kanellis and Vincent had left Impact Wrestling.[47] That same date, PCO also left the stable after attacking his partners.[48]

All Elite Wrestling (2023–present)

From late 2022, Taven and Bennett made appearances as The Kingdom. Roderick Strong aligned with them from mid 2023, then Bennett's wife Maria Kanellis-Bennett has left the team and she later joined with Cole Karter and Griff Garrison as their manager.

Starting from the September 27, 2023, episode of

Scramble match where he will receive a AEW World Championship match. Later in the show, Strong defeated Orange Cassidy for the AEW International Championship. After the match, Strong, Taven and Bennett was confronted by a returning Kyle O'Reilly, who refused an offer to join the Undisputed Kingdom.[49] On May 26, Strong lost the International Championship to Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing.[50]

Members
I-II Leader(s)
* Founding member(s)
M Manager

Current

Members Joined
Adam Cole
(II) 		July 12, 2014* – April 16, 2016
December 30, 2023
Mike Bennett July 12, 2014* – December 19, 2015
November 21, 2020
Matt Taven
(I) 		July 12, 2014 * – December 14, 2019
November 21, 2020
Roderick Strong December 30, 2023
Wardlow December 30, 2023

Former

Members Joined Left
Matt Hardy July 12, 2014* July 1, 2015
T.K. O'Ryan
 October 1, 2016 December 14, 2019
Vinny Marseglia October 1, 2016 September 28, 2019
Maria Kanellis-Bennett
(M) 		July 12, 2014* December 19, 2015
November 21, 2020 August 12, 2023

Sub-groups

Affiliate Members Tenure Type Promotion (s)
The OGK
 Mike Bennett
Matt Taven		 2014–2015
2020–present		 Tag team AEW
ROH
NJPW

Timeline

Championships and accomplishments

IWGP Tag Team Champions
in July 2015
  • The Wrestling Revolver
    • Revolver Tag Team Championship (1 time)[52]

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See also

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