Kofi Kingston

This article is about the professional wrestler. For the soccer player, see Kofi Sarkodie.

Kofi Kingston
Kingston in 2018
Birth nameKofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah
Born (1981-08-14) August 14, 1981 (age 43)
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Alma materBoston College
Spouse(s)
Kori Campfield
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(m. 2010)​
Children3
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kofi Kingston
Kofi Nahaje Kingston
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah
Sir Kofi Kingston
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Billed weight212 lb (96 kg)[1]
Billed fromGhana, West Africa[1]
Kingston, Jamaica[2]
Trained byChaotic Wrestling[3]
Killer Kowalski[3]
Ohio Valley Wrestling[2]
Debut2006

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 WWEs brand ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) 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 Intercontinental Champion, a three-time United States Champion, and a 1-time World Tag Team Champion with Evan Bourne. In 2014, he formed The New Day with Big E and Xavier Woods. The trio went on to break the record for the longest tag team championship reign in WWE history when they held the WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship from August 2015 to December 2016, defending the titles under the Freebird rule.[5][6] In total, Kingston is a 15-time tag team champion in WWE. In April 2019, Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 to win the WWE Championship, giving him 23 total championships in WWE.

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. As of today Kofi Kingston is still in the tag team 'The New Day' with his partner Xavier Woods, however the 3rd member of the New Day Big E retired in 2022 due to injuries sustained to his neck.

Early life

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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

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Training and early career (2005–2006)

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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

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Developmental territories (2006–2007)

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In September 2006, he signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a Georgia-based developmental federation. He debuted in the new company, as Kofi Nahaje Kingston, in a dark match loss to Montel Vontavious Porter on September 21.[20] For the rest of 2006 and the beginning of 2007, he appeared in DSW, as well as its Kentucky-based sister promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was in a tag team dubbed the Commonwealth Connection with Harry Smith.[21][22][23]

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)

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Kingston in March 2008

A series of vignettes for Kingston's television debut began airing on the weekly ECW on Syfy television show starting on December 6, 2007.[29] During this introduction phase, his videos, the official website and commentators noted he would be the first Jamaican to wrestle for WWE, but he does not have any Jamaican ancestry, nor any connection to Jamaica.[a][19][31] He is, however, the first African-born performer in WWE history. He debuted on the January 22, 2008 ECW as a face with a win over local wrestler David Owen in Charlottesville, Virginia.[32] After wrestling sporadic matches, Kingston was involved in his first major match, a 24-man battle royal during the WrestleMania XXIV pre-show with the winner receiving an ECW Championship match, but was eliminated by Mark Henry.[33] Kingston remained undefeated in singles competition in ECW for months and was placed into a feud with Shelton Benjamin at the end of April 2008. After two straight losses, Benjamin got a win over Kingston on the May 20 ECW, ending his undefeated streak.[34] On the June 24 ECW, Kingston defeated Benjamin in an Extreme Rules match to end their feud.[35]

On June 25, 2008, Kingston was drafted to the Raw brand, as part of the WWE Supplemental Draft.[36] In his first match as a member of Raw roster, and first championship match in WWE, he defeated Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship at Night of Champions, after Shawn Michaels, whom Jericho was feuding with, attacked Jericho's manager Lance Cade.[37] The win made him the first African-born wrestler to hold a championship in World Wrestling Entertainment.[38] Kingston held the championship until SummerSlam, where he and Women's Champion Mickie James both lost their championships in an intergender "winner take all" tag team match to Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix.[39]

At Unforgiven, he appeared backstage, coming to the aid of then-World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, who had been attacked by Randy Orton, Manu, and the World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.[40] Soon after coming to his rescue, Kingston and Punk were paired together more often, and on the October 27 episode of Raw, the duo won the World Tag Team Championship.[41] He was also involved at Survivor Series in the traditional ten-men elimination tag team match on the side of Team Batista, but was eliminated by Randy Orton.[42] Kingston and Punk lost the World Tag Team Championship to John Morrison and The Miz at a live event on December 13.[43] When asked about his reign with Punk, he stated that "Punk took him under his wing when he didn't have to and he was always grateful for that friendship".[44] At No Way Out on February 15, 2009, Kingston was scheduled to compete in the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match but was unable to officially enter the match as he was ambushed by Edge, who took Kingston's place and eventually won the match.[45] On the March 9 episode of Raw, Kingston defeated Chris Jericho after interference from Ric Flair, to earn a spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 25, but the match was won by CM Punk.[46][47]

United States Champion (2009–2010)

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Kingston wrestling William Regal in April 2009
Kingston as WWE United States Champion

After winning a triple threat number one contender's match the week before, Kingston defeated Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) on the June 1 episode of Raw to win the United States Championship for the first time.[48] For the next several months, he went on to defend and retain the title at Extreme Rules,[49] Night of Champions,[50] Breaking Point,[51] and Hell in a Cell,[52] and on several episodes of Raw, until losing the championship to The Miz on the October 5 episode of Raw, ending his reign at 126 days.[53]

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 Ghana.[54][55] At Bragging Rights, Kingston wrestled as part of the Team Raw, which lost the match after Raw teammate Big Show betrayed them by chokeslamming Kingston, allowing Chris Jericho to pin Kingston to pick up the win for Team SmackDown.[56] After Kingston interfered in a match between Randy Orton and John Cena for Cena's WWE Championship match,[57] Orton and Kingston feuded, including a 5-men Survivor Series team against each other where Kingston's team won after he was the sole survivor, last eliminating Orton.[58] and TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs,[59] where Orton defeated Kingston.[60] They also participated in a triple threat match which included John Cena to determined a challenger for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble, which was won by Orton, who pinned Kingston.[61] Around a week earlier, on the January 4, 2010 episode of Raw, Kingston botched the finish of a match with Orton, and kept getting up despite the plan having been to take a punt kick on the ground from Orton. Orton was reportedly insulted by this, delivered a stiff RKO, and Kingston reportedly had a push stopped following complaints from Orton. He would remain a mid-carder for the next decade.[62][63][64][65] He competed in the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber, but was eliminated by the champion Sheamus. At WrestleMania XXVI, Kingston was unsuccessful in the Money in the Bank match, which was won by Jack Swagger.

Championship reigns (2010–2011)

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On the April 26 episode of Raw, Kingston was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the WWE draft.[66] He would win a tournament for the vacant Intercontinental Championship on the May 14 episode of SmackDown. However, moments later, the title win was reversed when the title was returned to the previous champion Drew McIntyre.[67] Kingston would defeat McIntyre for the title at Over the Limit,[68] and retained in a rematch at Fatal 4-Way.[69] On July 18 at Money in the Bank, Kingston lost the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match when Kane grabbed the briefcase.[70] His Intercontinental reign would end on the August 6 episode of SmackDown, where he lost it against Dolph Ziggler. Kingston would have three title rematches at SummerSlam, Smackdown, and Night of Champions, but he did not win the title.[71]

Kingston in December 2010

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 2011 Supplemental Draft.[74] At Extreme Rules, Kingston defeated Sheamus in a Tables match to win his second United States Championship.[75] On the May 9 episode of Raw, Kingston successfully defended his championship against Jack Swagger.[76] At Capitol Punishment, Kingston lost the title to Dolph Ziggler.[77] Kingston faced Ziggler in a rematch for the title on the June 20 episode of Raw in a 2-out-of-3 falls match, but Ziggler retained the championship as the match ended with Ziggler being disqualified.[78]

Air Boom and teaming with R-Truth (2011–2012)

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Kingston (front) and R-Truth as WWE Tag Team Champions

On the August 22, 2011 episode of Raw, Kingston won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Evan Bourne, when they defeated David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty.[79] On the August 29 Raw, the duo was called "Air Boom", and they had their first successful title defense when they defeated Otunga and McGillicutty in a rematch.[80] At Night of Champions, Air Boom retained their titles against The Miz and R-Truth by disqualification after Miz attacked a WWE referee.[81] At Hell in a Cell and Vengeance, Air Boom retained their titles twice against Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger.[82][83] Bourne was suspended throughout November for his first violation of the company's Wellness policy.[84]

At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Air Boom successfully retained their titles against Primo & Epico.[85] On January 15, 2012, Air Boom lost the Tag Team titles to Primo and Epico at a house show.[86] The following night on Raw, Air Boom were awarded a rematch but failed to regain the titles.[87] The following day, Bourne was suspended again for his second violation of WWE's Wellness Policy.[88]

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 The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young).[93] At SummerSlam, Kingston and Truth defeated the Prime Time Players to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship.[94] At Night of Champions, Kingston and Truth lost the Tag Team Championship to the team of Daniel Bryan and Kane[95] and failed to regain the titles from the new champions the following night on Raw.[96] Both Kingston and Truth were defeated by The Prime Time Players in the first round of the Tag Team Tournament to determine the number one contenders for the Tag Team Championships, causing both Kingston and Truth to disband as a team and each returning to being single competitors.

Multiple championship victories (2012–2014)

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Kingston in April 2014

On the October 17, 2012 episode of Main Event, Kingston defeated The Miz to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time in his career.[97] Kingston then began feuding with Wade Barrett, when the two were placed on opposing teams in the traditional five-on-five elimination tag team match on November 18 at Survivor Series.[98] Kingston's team, led by Mick Foley, was defeated by Barrett's team, led by Dolph Ziggler, during which he was eliminated by Barrett.[99] The following night on Raw, Kingston was defeated by Barrett in a non-title match.[100] Kingston, still the Intercontinental Champion, received a shot at the United States Championship on the December 3 episode of Raw against Barrett, R-Truth, and the champion Antonio Cesaro in a fatal four-way match, but was unsuccessful after Cesaro pinned Kingston for the win.[101] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Kingston successfully defended his title against Barrett.[102] Two weeks later on the December 31 episode of Raw, Kingston lost the Intercontinental Championship to Barrett, ending his reign at 74 days.[103] Kingston received his rematch four days later on SmackDown, but lost the match.[104] On January 27, 2013, at the Royal Rumble, Kingston participated in the Royal Rumble match, and after eliminating Tensai, he was pushed out of the ring, but Kingston jumped on Tensai's back, landed on the announce table and used a commentary chair from John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) to hop to the ring apron, before being eliminated by Cody Rhodes.[105][106]

On the April 15 episode of Raw, Kingston defeated Antonio Cesaro to win his third United States Championship[107] but lost it on May 19 at Extreme Rules to Dean Ambrose.[108] On the May 31 episode of SmackDown, Kingston was written out of television, as he was undergoing elbow surgery and was expected to be out for four to eight weeks.[109] Kingston returned from injury on the August 5 episode of Raw, defeating Fandango.[110] At Night of Champions, Kingston faced Curtis Axel for the Intercontinental Championship, but was defeated.[111] In the following weeks, Bray Wyatt would start delivering cryptic messages to Kingston after his matches,[112][113] leading to a match between the two at Battleground, which Wyatt won.[114] On the November 18 episode of Raw, Kingston teamed with The Miz to face The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger), but they lost after The Miz turned on Kingston.[115] This led to a match at Survivor Series, where Kingston was defeated by The Miz.[116] In the upcoming weeks, the feud continued and culminated in a no disqualification match between the two at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, which Kingston won.[117]

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)

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Main article: The New Day
Kingston with Big E and Xavier Woods as The New Day in January 2015

During the summer of 2014, Kingston was put in a team with Big E, and Xavier Woods usually as manager.[121] In November, WWE began airing vignettes for Kingston, Woods and Big E, with the stable now being billed as The New Day.[122][123] The New Day made their in-ring debut on the November 28 episode of SmackDown in a winning effort against Curtis Axel, Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil.[124] They started a brief feud with Gold and Stardust, which Kingston and Big E defeated Gold and Stardust at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pre-show on December 14.[125] At the WrestleMania 31 pre-show on March 29, 2015, they failed to win the WWE Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way match as well as being eliminated by Big Show in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

On the April 6 episode of Raw, The New Day turned heel, which would mark Kingston's first heel turn in WWE ever since debuting in 2008.[126] At Extreme Rules, Kingston and Big E defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to win the WWE Tag Team Championships.[127] At Payback, The New Day defeated Kidd and Cesaro to retain their titles. At Elimination Chamber, The New Day defeated Kidd and Cesaro, The Lucha Dragons, The Ascension, Los Matadores, and the Prime Time Players to retain their titles in the first ever tag team Elimination Chamber match; all three members were allowed to compete in a pre-match stipulation.[128] However, they lost the titles at Money in the Bank against The Prime Time Players.[129] However, they would regain the titles at SummerSlam. The following night on Raw, The Dudley Boyz made their WWE return and attacked the New Day with Woods being put through a table with the 3D. New Day lost to the Dudley Boyz via disqualification at Night of Champions but retained their tag team titles. The next month, at Hell in a Cell, they defeated the Dudley Boyz to retain their titles. At TLC, The New Day retained the title against The Usos and The Lucha Dragons in a Triple threat tag team ladder match.[130] The New Day retained the titles at Royal Rumble against The Usos.

The New Day during the WrestleMania Axxess in April 2016

At Fastlane, The New Day turned face by mocking The League of Nations, starting a feud. They retained their titles at Roadblock against The League of Nations. At WrestleMania 32, The New Day were defeated by The League of Nations in a six-man tag team match.[131] The following night on Raw, they successfully retained their title against The League of Nations, ending their feud.[132] After WrestleMania, they retained their title at Extreme Rules against The Vaudevillains, and at Money in the Bank against Gallows and Anderson, The Vaudevillains and Enzo Amore and Big Cass in a Fatal-4 Way Tag Team match.

On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft, Kingston, along with his fellow The New Day teammates, was drafted to Raw. Three days later, on July 22, Kingston, along with Big E and Xavier Woods, became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions in history, breaking the record of 331 days previously set by Paul London and Brian Kendrick. After SmackDown established the SmackDown Tag Team Championship after the brand split, the titles held by The New Day were renamed the Raw Tag Team Championship. They would retain the titles against Gallows and Anderson at SummerSlam and Clash of Champions. Their reign ended at Roadblock: End of the Line, where they lost the title to Cesaro and Sheamus, thus ending their record breaking championship reign at 483 days.[133]

On January 29, 2017, Kingston participated in the Royal Rumble match in which he was standing on the top-rope when Baron Corbin tried to push him backwards to eliminate him from the match. Instead, he fell directly behind the ring post, grabbed on to the top rope of it and managed to hang on. The New Day were revealed to be the hosts of WrestleMania 33. The night after WrestleMania on Raw, The New Day issued an open challenge to any team which was accepted by The Revival, who were moved up from NXT, and lost to them. After the match, Revival attacked Kofi Kingston. On April 10, it was announced that Kingston had suffered an ankle injury due to the attack of Revival which would require surgery.[134]

On April 11, 2017, The New Day were moved to the SmackDown brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up.[135] The New Day debuted on "Talking Smack", the post-show for SmackDown Live on May 23, however, they did not wrestle or make an appearance on SmackDown Live itself due to Kingston's injury.[136] The New Day made their official return on May 30 episode of SmackDown Live, announcing their objective to defeat The Usos and win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. The two teams faced off at Money in the Bank, where Big E and Kingston emerged victorious when The Usos purposely got themselves counted out, thus keeping their titles. A rematch took place at Battleground, where Kingston and Woods were successful in capturing the titles, thus making Kingston the first wrestler to hold the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, Raw Tag Team Championship (both its previous and current incarnations), and the original World Tag Team Championship. A month later at the SummerSlam pre-show, however, The New Day (represented by Big E and Woods) dropped the titles back to The Usos, ending their reign at 28 days. On September 12 at the episode promoted as Sin City SmackDown, Kingston and Big E represented New Day and defeated The Usos to win back the championship for their second reign in a "Sin City Street Fight", but lost them again to The Usos at Hell in a Cell. On the October 23 episode of Raw, The New Day along with other talent of SmackDown ambushed the Raw locker room. They again appeared on the November 6 episode of Raw in the crowd, which led to distraction of Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose and costing them the tag titles. On the November 14 episode of SmackDown Live, The Shield led an attack with Raw Superstars and invaded SmackDown similar to the one led by SmackDown and attacked everyone including The New Day. At Survivor Series, The New Day was defeated by The Shield.[137] The New Day failed to regain the titles from The Usos at Clash of Champions in a Fatal-4-Way tag team match also involving the team of Rusev and Aiden English, and Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin.[138]

The New Day at WrestleMania 34 in April 2018

At the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2018, Kingston entered the match as the 16th entrant, but was eliminated by Andrade "Cien" Almas. At Fastlane, The New Day faced The Usos for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships, but went to a no contest after interference from The Bludgeon Brothers.[139] Two weeks later, it was confirmed that at WrestleMania 34, The New Day would face The Usos and The Bludgeon Brothers in a Triple Threat tag team match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships.[140] The New Day failed to capture the titles at the WrestleMania, which were won by The Bludgeon Brothers. On the April 11 episode of SmackDown Live, The New Day were defeated by The Usos in a match to determine which team would challenge The Bludgeon Brothers at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. The New Day competed in a tag team tournament, defeating Sanity in the first round, while The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) defeated The Usos. The New Day then defeated The Bar the following week on SmackDown Live to earn the right to face The Bludgeon Brothers at SummerSlam, where they won the match by disqualification, meaning The Bludgeon Brothers retained their titles. Two days later on SmackDown Live, however, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a no disqualification match to capture the titles for a third time.[141] At Hell in a Cell, The New Day successfully defeated Rusev and Aiden English to retain the titles.[142] A few weeks later on October 6, at Super Show-Down, The New Day again retained their titles by defeating The Bar.[143] At SmackDown 1000, The New Day lost their titles against The Bar.[144] They would fail to regain the titles at Crown Jewel event.[145]

WWE Champion (2018–2019)

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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 Mustafa Ali in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match at the namesake pay–per–view after Ali suffered an injury.[149] While Kingston lost the Elimination Chamber match against Bryan, his good performance during a one-hour gauntlet match at SmackDown[150] and the Elimination Chamber[151] translated in a huge support by the public. The following months, Kingston was involved in a storyline during the road to WrestleMania, known as KofiMania, where he tried to win the WWE Championship, but Mr. McMahon put obstacles. At Fastlane, Kingston was apparently granted a title match by McMahon, but it was instead a handicap match against The Bar, which Kingston subsequently lost.[152][153][154][155] After Fastlane, Mr. McMahon told Kingston he would earn a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania if he beat Sheamus, Cesaro, Rowan, Samoa Joe, and Randy Orton in another gauntlet match,[156] but after Kingston succeeded in beating the five men, McMahon inserted Daniel Bryan in the match who would defeat him.[157] In what was the last chance for Kingston, McMahon announced a gauntlet match for Big E and Xavier Woods, who were able to defeat five other teams, including Bryan and Rowan to give Kingston his championship match against Bryan at WrestleMania 35.[158][159] At WrestleMania, Kingston defeated Bryan and won the WWE Championship for the first time, becoming the first African-born WWE Champion in history and his first world championship win in his career, as well as WWE's 30th Triple Crown and 20th Grand Slam champion.[160][161][162]

Kingston then successfully defended the title against Daniel Bryan on the May 6 episode of Raw,[163] and against Kevin Owens at Money in the Bank.[164] Kingston then started a feud with the returning Dolph Ziggler, retaining the title at Super ShowDown in a singles match[165] and at Stomping Grounds in a steel cage match.[166] At Extreme Rules, he retained the championship against Samoa Joe,[167][168] while Big E and Woods won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship for a record-tying fourth time for New Day (which also technically made Kingston a double champion, as WWE counts all of New Day's Tag Team Championship reigns as individual reigns for all three members under the Freebird rule).[169][170] At Smackville, he successfully defended the title against Dolph Ziggler and Samoa Joe in a triple threat match.[171] Kingston defended his title against Randy Orton at SummerSlam, where the match ended in a double count out.[172] The two had a rematch at Clash of Champions, where Kingston was victorious.[173] On the September 17 episode of SmackDown Live, Brock Lesnar confronted Kingston and challenged him to a championship match on the October 4 episode of SmackDown, which Kingston accepted.[174] At the 20th Anniversary of SmackDown on October 4, Kingston lost the title to Lesnar in 10 seconds, ending his reign at 180 days.[175]

Return to the tag team division (2019–present)

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In October 2019, Kingston returned to competing in tag team matches. At Crown Jewel later that month, Kingston and Big E competed in a tag team turmoil match for the WWE Tag Team World Cup, but they failed to win the match.[176] On the November 8 episode of SmackDown, Kingston and Big E defeated The Revival to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, becoming four-time champions as a team, and record fifth reign for The New Day as a stable.[177] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Kingston and Big E successfully defended the titles against The Revival in a ladder match.[178] On January 26, 2020, at the Royal Rumble, Kingston participated in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Brock Lesnar.[179] At Super ShowDown, Kingston and Big E lost the championships against John Morrison and The Miz[180] and failed to regain the titles at Elimination Chamber.[181]

At WrestleMania 36, Kingston, who represented The New Day, failed to win the titles back from Morrison, who represented himself and Miz, in a triple threat ladder match, also involving Jimmy Uso, who represented The Usos.[182][183] A rematch took place on the April 17 episode of SmackDown, where Big E, who represented The New Day, won the titles back from Miz, who represented himself and Morrison, in a triple threat match, also involving Jey Uso, who represented The Usos, and this makes The New Day six-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions.[184] At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules on July 19, Kingston and Big E lost their titles to the team of Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura in a tables match after being powerbombed through two tables.[185] while Kingston would suffer a legitimate back injury, thus being out for nearly three months.[186]

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.[187] After the match, as part of the 2020 Draft, Kingston and Woods were drafted to the Raw brand, splitting them from Big E, who remained on the SmackDown brand.[188] On the October 12 episode of Raw, New Day would exchange tag team titles with Raw Tag Team Championship holders The Street Profits, who were drafted to SmackDown. This would mark Kingston and Woods' third reign with the Raw titles as a team (fifth for Kingston individually), New Day's 10th tag team championship reign in WWE as a team, and Kingston's 13th tag team championship reign individually.[189] On December 20, at TLC, Kingston and Woods lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin).[190] In January 2021, Kingston stated that he was sidelined with a jaw injury.[191] Kingston returned to the ring on the February 8 episode of Raw, teaming with Woods to defeat Retribution (T-Bar and Mace).[192] At Elimination Chamber, Kingston competed in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match, eliminating Randy Orton, before being eliminated by Sheamus.[193] On the March 15 episode of Raw, Kingston and Woods would defeat Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin to win back the Raw Tag Team Championship, the New Day's 11th tag team championship, and Kingston's 14th individually. They would hold the championship until WrestleMania 37 where they lost the titles to AJ Styles and Omos.

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 2021 Draft, Kingston and Woods were drafted to the SmackDown brand.[196] In October, Kingston entered the King of the Ring tournament, where he lost to Jinder Mahal in the first round.[197] Woods, however, went on to win the King of the Ring tournament. Woods, in turn, changed his ring name to "King Woods",[198] and he knighted Kingston as "Sir Kofi Kingston", the Hand of the King.[199] Kingston and Woods then reignited their feud with The Usos, but would be defeated to them at WWE Day 1 and then again in a Street Fight on following SmackDown.[200][201][202] In following weeks, Big E would rejoin The New Day as they would start a new feud with Sheamus and Ridge Holland, but during a match Big E encountered a neck injury. Kingston and Woods eventually challenged Sheamus and Ridge Holland for a tag team match at WrestleMania 38 in a losing effort.[203] They would then start a feud with returning Viking Raiders, who would brutally attack them. They would be unsuccessful in defeating Viking Raiders several times. They would then once again start a brief feud with The Usos as they wanted to defend their record of longest-reigning tag team champions, however, they were unsuccessful. They would make a surprise appearance on NXT in December challenging for NXT tag team championship.[204] New Day would win the match and the titles, giving them the Tag Team Triple Crown (Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships), and making Kingston the first wrestler to have won both WWE's traditional Triple Crown and Tag Team Triple Crown. In the process, Kingston is the only person to have won the original World, Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships.[205] At NXT Vengeance Day, Kingston and Woods lost the titles to Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) in a Fatal four-way tag team match ending their reign in 56 days.[204][206][207]

As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Kingston, along with teammate Woods, was drafted to the Raw brand.[208] As part of the 2024 WWE Draft, The New Day remained on Raw. Woods and Kingston began feuding with Karrion Kross and his stable The Final Testament. Kross attempted to form a wedge between the two tag team competitors, claiming that Kingston was holding Woods back from having a successful singles career, leading to several on-screen and backstage bouts between the two factions. The feud concluded on the August 19 episode of Raw when The New Day and Odyssey Jones defeated The Final Testament in a Six-Man Tag Team Match. On the September 16 episode of Raw, Kingston and Woods failed to defeat The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) for the World Tag Team Championship after the referee was distracted with the remainder of The Judgment Day ("Dirty" Dominik Mysterio and Carlito with Women's World Champion Liv Morgan) brawling with Latino World Order (LWO; Dragon Lee, Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde) at ringside. After the match, Woods was livid that Kingston had approached LWO without being consulted, driving a bigger wedge between the two.[209]

Other media

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In 2012, he guest-starred in an episode of Disney XD's karate sitcom Kickin' It.[210] In 2016, he appeared with his New Day teammates on a Christmas Family themed Let's Make a Deal.[211] 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.[212]

Kingston and Xavier Woods appeared on an episode of Smosh Pit's Try Not to Laugh YouTube series.[213]

TV

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Kickin It Himself

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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[214]

Video games

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Year Title
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[215]
2013 WWE 2K14[216]
2014 WWE 2K15[217]
WWE SuperCard
2015 WWE 2K16[218]
2016 WWE 2K17[219]
2017 WWE 2K18[220]
WWE Champions
WWE Mayhem
WWE Tap Mania
2018 WWE 2K19[221]
2019 WWE 2K20
2020 The King of Fighters All Star[222]
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
Gears 5
2022 WWE 2K22
2023 WWE 2K23
2024 WWE 2K24

Personal life

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Sarkodie-Mensah married Kori Campfield on September 11, 2010.[223] They have three children together.[224][225][15][226]

Sarkodie-Mensah's favorite wrestler growing up was Shawn Michaels.[227] 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."[228]

Sarkodie-Mensah has tattoos of Ghanaian Adinkra symbols along his spine.[229][230] His first name (Kofi) is the traditional name in Ghana for people born on a Friday.[231]

Championships and accomplishments

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Kingston is a one-time WWE Champion...
...a three-time United States Champion...
...a four-time Intercontinental Champion...
... and a 15-time tag team champion (a record for WWE-branded tag team championships), holding the NXT Tag Team Championship and now-retired World Tag Team Championship once each, the WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship six times (his 4th reign being the longest reign for the title), and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship a record seven times.

Notes

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  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Big E, Kingston, and Woods defended the title under the Freebird Rule.

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