Kofi Kingston

Real Name: Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 212 lbs.
Date of Birth: August 14, 1981
From: Kumasi, Ashanti (Ghana)
Pro Debut: June 4, 2006
Trained by: Chaotic Wrestling & OVW
Finishing move: Trouble in Paradise

Biography

– In WWE’s developmental system, Kingston wrestled for both Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling.
– Kingston debuted on ECW television in early 2008.
– On June 25, 2008, Kingston was drafted to the Raw roster during the Supplemental draft.
– Four days later at Night of Champions in Dallas, TX, Kingston defeated Chris Jericho to capture the Intercontinental title.
– Kingston and CM Punk defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase on the October 27, 2008 edition in Tucson, AZ to capture the World Tag Team titles.
– On the June 1, 2009 edition of Raw in Birmingham, AL, Kingston defeated MVP to capture the United States championship.
– At Extreme Rules ’09, Kingston defeated William Regal, Matt Hardy, and MVP to retain the U.S. championship.
– At Night of Champions ’09, Kingston defeated Carlito, Primo, MVP, The Miz, and Jack Swagger to retain the U.S. title.
– At Breaking Point, Kingston pinned The Miz to remain U.S. champion.
– Kingston defeated The Miz and Jack Swagger at the 2009 Hell in a Cell.
– At Survivor Series, Team Kingston (Kingston, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mark Henry, R-Truth, and Christian) defeated Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, CM Punk, and William Regal).
– On April 26, 2010, Kingston was drafted to Smackdown.
– At Wrestlemania 27, Big Show, Kane, Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston defeated The Corre (Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, and Ezekiel Jackson).
– On April 26, 2011, Kingston was drafted to Raw.
– At WWE Extreme Rules ’11, Kingston defeated Sheamus for the United States title.
– At Summerslam ’11, Rey Mysterio, John Morrison, and Kingston defeated The Miz, R-Truth, and Alberto Del Rio.
– At the August 22, 2011 Raw in Edmonton, Kingston and Evan Bourne defeated Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga to win the WWE tag team titles.
– At Night of Champions ’11, Air Boom (Bourne and Kingston) defeated The Miz and R-Truth.
– At Hell in a Cell ’11, Air Boom defeated Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger to retain the tag team titles.
– At TLC ’11, Air Boom defeated Primo and Epico.
– Kingston and R-Truth defeated Primo and Epico on the April 30, 2012 edition of Raw in Dayton, OH to capture the WWE tag team titles.
– At Over the Limit ’12, R-Truth and Kingston defeated Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler.
– At Summerslam ’12, R-Truth and Kofi Kingston defeated Prime Time Players (Titus O’Neil and Darren Young).
– On October 16, 2012, Kingston defeated The Miz to win the WWE Intercontinental Title.
– At Hell In A Cell ’12, Kingston defeated Miz to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title.
– At Survivor Series ’12, Kingston was part of Team Foley as they lost to Team Ziggler.
– At TLC ’12, Kingston defeated Wade Barrett to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title.
– On April 15, 2013, Kingston defeated Cesaro to win the WWE United States Title but would lose it to Dean Ambrose only a month later.
– At TLC ’13, Kingston defeated The Miz in a No-DQ Match.
– At Payback ’14, Kingston fought Bo Dallas to a no-contest.
– In November 2014, following a period of inactivity, Kingston returned as part of the New Day stable alongside Big E and Xavier Woods.
– On the TLC ’14 pre-show, The New Day (Kingston & Big E) defeated Goldust & Stardust.
– At Extreme Rules ’15, The New Day (Big E & Kingston) defeated Cesaro & Tyson Kidd to win the WWE Tag Team Titles. The trio would defend the titles under the Freebird Rule
– At Payback ’15, The New Day (Big E & Kingston) defeated Cesaro & Tyson Kidd in a Best of 3 Falls Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Elimination Chamber ’15, The New Day defeated Cesaro & Tyson Kidd, Los Matadores (Diego & Fernando), The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor), The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto & Sin Cara) and The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O’Neil) in the first ever Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Summerslam ’15, The New Day defeated Los Matadores, The Prime Time Players & The Lucha Dragons in a 4-Way Match to regain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Night of Champions ’15, The New Day were defeated by The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von) by DQ, thus retaining the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At WWE’s Live MSG Special, The New Day were again defeated by The Dudley Boyz by DQ, retaining the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Hell In A Cell ’15, The New Day defeated The Dudley Boyz to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At TLC ’15, The New Day defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) and The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara & Kalisto) in a 3-Way Ladder Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Royal Rumble ’16, The New Day defeated The Usos to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At WWE Roadblock, The New Day defeated The League of Nations (Sheamus & King Barrett) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Extreme Rules ’16, The New Day defeated The Vaudevillains (Aiden English & Simon Gotch) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Money In The Bank ’16, The New Day defeated The Vaudevillains, The Club (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) and Enzo & Cass in a 4-Way Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– In the 2016 WWE draft, all 3 members of The New Day were allocated to Raw
– At Clash of Champions ’16, The New Day defeated The Club to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Survivor Series ’16, The New Day were members of Team Raw as they defeated Team Smackdown
– On April 11, 2017, Kingston moved to the Smackdown roster
– At Money In The Bank ’17, The New Day defeated Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) by countout
– At Battleground ’17, The New Day defeated The Usos to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On the September 12 episode of Smackdown, The New Day defeated The Usos in a Street Fight to regain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Fastlane ’18, The New Day fought The Usos to a no-contest after interference from The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan). The Usos retained their Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Summerslam ’18, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan) by DQ. The Brothers retained their Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– The next week on Smackdown, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a No-DQ Match to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On the Hell In A Cell ’18 pre-show, The New Day (Kingston & Big E) defeated Aiden English & Rusev to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Super Show-Down, The New Day (Kingston & Woods) defeated The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At WrestleMania 35, Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan to win his first WWE Title
– At Money In The Bank ’19, Kingston defeated Kevin Owens to retain the WWE Title
– At Super ShowDown, Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Title
– At Stomping Grounds ’19, Kingston defeated Ziggler in a Cage Match to retain the WWE Title
– At Extreme Rules ’19, Kingston defeated Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Title
– At Summerslam ’19, Kingston fought Randy Orton to a double countout to retain the WWE Title
– At Clash of Champions ’19, Kingston defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Title
– On November 8, 2019, The New Day (Kingston & Big E) defeated The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– A week later, The New Day fought The Revival to a no-contest to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On November 29, The New Day defeated The Artist Collective (Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At TLC ’19, The New Day defeated The Revival in a Ladder Match to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Money In The Bank 2020, The New Day defeated The Miz & John Morrison, The Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik) and The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On October 9, 2020, The New Day (Kingston & Woods) defeated The Artist Collective (Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– The following week, The New Day and Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Street Profits swapped brands and exchanged titles
– On October 12, The New Day defeated Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode to retain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– On November 16, The New Day defeated The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin) to retain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– On November 23, The New Day defeated The Hurt Business to retain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– On March 15, 2021, The New Day defeated The Hurt Business to regain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– At Extreme Rules 2021, The New Day (Kingston, Big E & Woods) defeated Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles & Omos
– In the 2021 Draft, Kingston was moved back to Smackdown
– At NXT Deadline 2022, The New Day (Kingston & Xavier Woods) defeated Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) to win the NXT Tag Team Titles
– On the following episode of NXT, The New Day defeated Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles