It was revealed earlier on that Tornado's opponent, Chris Hero, had also picked Kingston as his partner, but Kingston had chosen to side with Tornado. He also has quite a bit of time to do so as he is only 32 years old. Aside from stats about their age and height, fans are also curious about a wrestler's personal life. I had known Brodie for years from the indie circuit. Eddie Kingston Age, Wiki Eddie Kingston is 40 years old as of 2022. [55], Kingston first appeared in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in 2004, as part of a Chikara exhibition match. Eddie Kingston has done what The Chadster wishes every wrestler in the business would do: . Eddie Kingston's gimmick : SquaredCircle - reddit.com He has been praised for his speaking skills and ability to cut promos, and is regarded by some as one of the best speakers of the modern professional wrestling era. It's everywhere. He had a difficult childhood in a tough part of Yonkers, constantly getting into fights at school; he credits getting into wrestling at an early age from watching old tapes as what kept him out of jail and trouble. During the tour, Kingston teamed with the villainous Joker stable. The couple married in April 2017, and in November 2020 announced they were expecting their first child, a daughter due later this summer. 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Rotten told the crowd that Kingston was "going through some personal problems", but that he was welcome back to the promotion once he got his act together. In two years, the Tony Khan promotion secured a television deal with Turner Networks with three . For some reason, I checked my mailbox, probably looking for a miracle check or something, and I had a letter. [64] On night three, he was defeated by Cara Noir in the semi-final. I was about to lose my house. MORE : Ex-WWE star Mark Andrews reflects on getting fired, married and missing out on dream homecoming over just a few weeks. [52] This was suspected by many to be an angle, but was later found out to have been legitimate. Eddie Kingston got the opportunity to work with Ring Of Honor for several years on and off, but in 2012 he began to become a more regular feature on the product. [63] On night one, he defeated Daniel Makabe in the first round. Kingston also talked about his mental health issues and wrote about how the late Larry Sweeney pulled him out of a dark period. Kingston ended up winning his block of the tournament with a record of four wins and one loss to set up a final match with the winner of the other block, Mike Quackenbush. On day one, he and Hallowicked were defeated by Dark Dream (Darksoul and X-dream). [73] After defeating The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) on November 16, Outlaw Inc. were named the next challengers for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. If Alex hadn't sent me that letter, I don't think I would be here today. - Eddie Kingston. Eddie Kingston #BlackLivesMatter (@MadKing1981) / Twitter I probably would have drank myself to death. Promotion. [38] The alliance, however, was short-lived with Kingston turning on the Flood on September 21. AEW's Sammy Guevara issues statement on Eddie Kingston backstage Much like onscreen, MJF finds himself in trouble when it comes to his personal life. [55] Kingston's title reign officially ended on July 10, when CZW owner D. J. Hyde stripped him and Younger of the title. For some reason, that woke me up. I'm 38 years old. These days the six-foot wrestling icon is known as serving as leader of The Inner Circle, one of AEW's popular factions. [4], Kingston, along with fellow BLKOUT stable members Joker and Ruckus, went on to the finals of the 2008 King of Trios tournament, coming up short against the team of El Pantera, Incognito and Lince Dorado, when Kingston tapped out to Dorado's Chikara Special. [115] The following month, Kingston would initiate a rivalry with Chris Jericho,[116] but suffered an orbital bone injury in January 2022, temporarily sidelining him. They're work in ROH and NJPW is widely known, and now they're gaining new legions of fans thanks to AEW. [13][14][15] On September 7 Kingston and Dorado face each other in their third singles match, which ended when referee Bryce Remsburg disqualified Kingston due to "excessive punishment". Whether he's broken or big money, 46-year-old Matt Hardy makes any gimmick work. Eddie Kingston was trained and began wrestling with IWF in New Jersey, before moving to Chikara in 2002. [4] The feud came to an end on July 5, when Ultra/ZERO defeated the Wild Cards in the semifinals of the 2003 Tag World Grand Prix, after which Kingston and Marciano moved on to feuding with Team F.I.S.T. Face Of The Revolution Ladder: Powerhouse Hobbs defeats Action Andretti and AR Fox and Eddie Kingston and Komander and Konosuke Takeshita and Ortiz and Sammy Guevara (13:46) AEW Dynamite #178 - TV-Show @ Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, USA. I was done. Although, they may portray bad guys on television, in real-life Matt and Nick are family men. The best part? Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS right now! AEW: Real-Life Relationship Status, Age & Height Of The Male Wrestlers, 10 Problems Facing AEW Wrestlers (And How To Fix Them). Hey, you were just on national television. Like, I'm really signed. A daily roundup of all your pro wrestling news from Cageside Seats, By submitting your email, you agree to our, Cageside Seats, for Pro Wrestling and MMA fans, Eddie Kingston doesnt care about Sammy & Tays wedding. I'm a hard-ass New York guy. Currently, the six-foot star is AEW World Champion, and he may soon add the Impact World Championship to his resume. Eddie Kingston is an unmarried man. I'd given my whole life to the business, and I was a failure, and it was time to call it a day. pic.twitter.com/6xl84QLAXh, Daniel Garcia proclaims himself the #DragonSlayerTune into TBS NOW and watch #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/MOhW0pKAUs, Ethan Page believes he deserves better, and Stokely Hathaway takes the opportunity to make him a very compelling offer #AEWDynamite is LIVE on TBS! Eddie Kingston doesn't care about Sammy & Tay's wedding RELATED: 10 Problems Facing AEW Wrestlers (And How To Fix Them). I powerbombed him onto some thumbtacks. On October 4, 2017, Kingston announced his departure from Impact Wrestling.[90]. [9], Moore made his professional wrestling debut, under the ring name Eddie Kingston, on October 12, 2002, at Chikara's seventh event, where he and BlackJack Marciano, the team known collectively as the Wild Cards, defeated Melvin Snodgrass and Lester Crabtree in a tag team match. On a July episode of Dynamite, Kingston answered Cody Rhodes' open challenge for the TNT Championship. Tune in to #AEWDynamite LIVE on @TBSNetwork right now! I hated myself. The group of male wrestlers is eclectic, young and old, short and tall. Make time to read Eddie Kingston's soul-baring Players' Tribune post. pic.twitter.com/Roq6cW7t4N, Team Taz is officially dead #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/77rGak8He0, Powerhouse Hobbs making a statement with that vicious victory, but Ricky Starks was not about to let the events of last week slide! Jon Moxley set the wrestling world on fire in 2019. ", I said, "What the hell are you talking about? [4] The feud ended when Kingston defeated Hallowicked in a Falls Count Anywhere match. . [119] Soon after, Jericho would attack his former friends Santana and Ortiz and form the villainous Jericho Appreciation Society and continue to feud with Kingston, Santana, and Ortiz as well as the Blackpool Combat Club. I wrestled Cody, like I've wrestled 10,000 guys, 10,000 times before. Probably Kingston's most famous friendship, Jon Moxley has been a friend of Eddie for years, and have taken their partnership to a successful tag team. Edward Moore (born December 12, 1981), better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). [11] After the tournament Kingston was not seen in Chikara for two months, but when he returned in May, he quickly targeted the man who had forced him to tap out at King of Trios, Lince Dorado. Announces He Got Married. The one-time face of WWE NXT, Adam Cole made one of the biggest wrestling news stories of 2021 when he debuted at AEW All Out to join his longtime friends in the Elite stable. I decided in that moment that I couldn't quit. This is an automatic disqualification as per lucha libre rules. [30] On February 26, 2012, Kingston made his first defense of the Grand Championship, defeating Vin Gerard, with whom he had developed a rivalry during the 12 Large: Summit. Please enter a valid email and try again. [6][7], Edward Moore was born on December 12, 1981, in Yonkers, New York, to an Irish father and a Puerto Rican mother. Eddie Kingston Seeks Career-Defining Moment vs. Jon Moxley [69] He then went on to unsuccessfully challenge Steen for the ROH World Championship on August 11 at Boiling Point. Let us know what you think. Tune in to #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS right now! Someone in AEW is getting buried six feet deep on pay-per-view. Whether he's working behind the scenes or onscreen, the 6'2" is always the center of attention. r/AEWOfficial on Reddit: Eddie Kingstons wife? [97] Kingston would later attack Moxley after the latter's match with Lance Archer on the October 14 episode of Dynamite, protesting that Moxley had never made him submit. [50] In his return match at Redemption on March 10, 2007, Kingston defeated Hydra. Kingston continued and wrote about how he kept wrestling, until the COVID-19 pandemic hit when he was working in the UK. Then I started getting all these text messages, and then someone from AEW texted me, "Eddie, you're trending. The last person that ever wrote me a letter was my grandma.". Eddie Kingston Wife, Age, Wiki, Ethnicity, Height, Net Worth [92] On July 31, it was announced that Kingston had signed a contract with AEW. [31] On September 15, during the second night of the 2012 King of Trios, Kingston made his seventh successful title defense against Osaka Pro Wrestling representative Tadasuke. The wrestling world has changed quite a bit in recent years as different companies have started to work together. Chris Jericho and members of the Jericho Appreciation Society leaked that Eddie Kingston has been married to Mina Santos for over ten years. Yesterday, while we were all marking out in the Cageside offices about how amazing CM Punk & Eddie Kingston's scene on the Nov. 5 Rampag e was for like the third or fourth time, I remarked, "If AEW never did . Eddie Kingston was born on 12 December, 1981 in Yonkers, New York, United States. I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Jericho Appreciation Society went on to win the Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing. [31] Kingston's fourteenth defense on June 2 at Aniversario: Never Compromise ended in controversy, when, just as his challenger Icarus had locked him in a submission hold, the ring was attacked by a group named "Condor Security", ending the match in a no contest. Aside from wrestling, Matt's personal life has also made headline news. [41][42], Kingston made his debut in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in early 2004, competing in a series of tag team matches showcasing Chikara wrestlers, before joining the roster as the enforcer and mouthpiece in the BLKOUT faction. WWE Hall of Famer Shoots on Eddie Kingston After Anti-WWE Promo In June it was announced that BLKOUT was planning on disrupting ROH's pay-per-view taping, Respect is Earned II, on June 7. (Rest in peace.) update: Five-time champ debuts on Dancing with the Stars, Bret Hart to U.K., Bully Ray, Huge weekend upcoming, new Hulk movie, Falir update, Ross on FS 1, Fedor talks Putin and Dana White, Raw tonight, Women and UFC, Thesz vs. Gagne", "11/28 AAW in Chicago new AAW Hvt. Claudio was helping Eddie like work out and train and stuff. Kingston won this match and the overall feud. The Varsity Blondes, Darby Allin vs. Brody King, Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta vs. Best Friends, Athena and Willow Nightingale vs. Jade Cargill and Kiera Hogan", "Eddie Kingston recently suspended by AEW after Sammy Guevara dispute", "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, Ricky Starks vs. On the April 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kingston and Bram interrupted James Storm kicking him out of the DCC after Kingston spat in Storms face and Storm laid both guys out with superkicks. [130], On the March 2, 2023 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Kingston made his ROH return by challenging ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli to a match at Supercard of Honor. Facts About Eddie Kingston Only Hardcore Fans Know He got the chance to compete as a singles star and represent himself at a high level to keep growing as a performer. At 25 years-old, MJF is well on his way to becoming an established star. Jungle Boy seems to be one of the wrestlers in AEW who will likely be a huge deal in the coming years. He beat me up. He was previously in a relationship with wrestler Allie Kat, but they broke up in 2019. [8] AEW Star Eddie Kingston: In The Right Place - NY Sports Day Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns come face-to-face, and it lived up to the hype. which is weird because if you were around back then you'd know how close Claudio and Eddie were. According to Kat, things weren't very amicable in their split. On August 21, at Broken Rulz, the Wild Cards and Hallowicked were defeated by Gran Akuma, Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush. As usual, AEW doles out YouTube videos slowly. [4] On May 24, 2009, at Aniversario Yang Kingston, who had claimed to being able to outwrestle Castagnoli, pinned him cleanly with an Oklahoma roll. He has legit beef with Chris Hero (apparently) and people conflate that with Claudio. [31] Kingston followed up by making successful title defenses against Jigsaw on May 20 at Chikara's tenth anniversary event, Dasher Hatfield on June 24 and Sara Del Rey on July 28. [53] Kingston returned to Combat Zone Wrestling on February 14, 2009, at its 10th Anniversary Show, in a losing effort to CZW World Heavyweight Champion Drake Younger in a No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch. ago Careful, he's a wizard, he'll throw them left and right at you too 23 Vli37 10 mo. I swear to you, when I got to the show and I was backstage, I was just numb. The duo won the IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship once, and successfully defended them on numerous occasions. Throughout his two decades in the business, Kingston has worked for several promotions, including Chikara and ROH. Eddie Kingston is trending on social media today for a new lengthy piece he wrote for The Players' Tribune, just days before he locks up with CM Punk at the AEW Full Gear pay-per-view. BDK won the match, when Castagnoli pinned Kingston after a low blow. [39] This led to a rivalry between Kingston and Flood's second-in-command, Jimmy Jacobs, which culminated on December 6 at Tomorrow Never Dies, where Kingston defeated Jacobs in a grudge match.[40]. [110], After his loss to Miro at All Out, he participated in an eight-man, single elimination tournament for an opportunity for the AEW World Championship, where he would be eliminated in the semi-finals by Bryan Danielson in a critically acclaimed match. I'd given my whole life to the business, and I was a failure, and it was time to call it a day. Hardy was also briefly involved with late WWE Diva Ashley Massaro. I would sit at home drinking whiskey, watching guys who I'd come up with in the indies wrestling on national TV in the big promotions, and I'd just sit and stew until I blew up. He was born on December 12, 1981 and his birthplace is Yonkers New York. [105][106] At the Double or Nothing event on May 30, Kingston and Moxley challenged The Young Bucks for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, but were defeated. [121] At Fyter Fest on July 20, Kingston was defeated by Jericho in a Barbed Wire Everywhere Deathmatch. The competing stables would have a variety of matches against each other throughout the year, with various members facing off one-on-one. I didn't think about anything except, I need to pay my mortgage. On April 11, 2008, Kingston no-showed a scheduled event, resulting in IWA Mid-South owner Ian Rotten stripping him of the championship. #AEWDynamite is LIVE on TBS! I felt like a failure, a loser, a bad friend. . I have been an angry kid. And the saddest part about it is that those words that he said to me must have come from a very deep place within himself because he ended up taking his own life just a few years later. Eddie Kingston's improbable 18-year odyssey to chance at AEW glory [17], On January 31, 2010, at the season nine premiere Kingston, now a tecnico, replaced Lince Dorado, after he had turned on his tecnico teammates and joined BDK, and teamed up with Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw and Equinox in an eight-man tag team match against Castagnoli, Ares, Tursas and Dorado. I still don't understand it. The latest rumors, including Brock Lesnar finishing up, CM Punk accused of backstage politicking to win against Hangman Page, Goldbergs WWE contract, WWE Hall of Fame ceremony update, and more! I should just run out and start beating the shit out of you, like I'm some guy. A lot of Kingston's early gimmick came from being a rookie tag team guy in CHIKARA with his best friend Blackjack Marciano. So, after my match, for some reason, I just grabbed the microphone, and I just started doing what I do best. 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I tried to tell a story. [43] After a successful title defense on June 12 against Cult Fiction (Brain Damage and Masada), Kingston threw his World Tag Team Championship belt down and once again quit CZW. Chikara was a juxtaposition: a fun, cartoonish, high concept, and irreverent promotion but also a source of world class training that launched the careers of Orange Cassidy, Chucky T, Brodie Lee and more. [20][21] On July 25 at Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show Kingston and Dreamer were defeated in a non-title tag team match by Ares and Castagnoli. On January 5, 2008, Tornado, Castagnoli and Kingston defeated the three-person unit of Hero, Necro Butcher and Hero's then-valet Candice LeRae in a No Disqualification match. [103] The two would later resume their friendship and begin an alliance. Oops. At the Bound for Glory on October 14, The OGz lost to LAX in a Concrete Jungle Death match. [17] At the end of the event Kingston's suspicions about Castagnoli were proven right as he turned rudo and formed the stable Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (BDK). [71] Following the main event of the evening, Kingston and Homicide attacked new ROH World Tag Team Champions, reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly), before announcing their intention of taking down "corporate ROH" and revealing their team name as "Outlaw Inc.". [129] At the Capital Collision event in May 2022, Kingston faced Tomohiro Ishii, but was defeated. I'm so lucky to still have a friend like Mox. pic.twitter.com/BW2rpKAKWF, The JAS predict Chris Jericho will win the #AEW Interim World Championship next week at #QuakeByTheLakeTune into #AEWDynamite NOW on TBS! [4] On May 22, 2004, the Toxic Trio faced Icarus, Akuma and Quackenbush in an Ultimate Jeopardy match, where Kingston's, Marciano's and Icarus' hair, Jigsaw's and Akuma's masks and Quackenbush's various championship belts were on the line. Discover Eddie Kingston's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. ago. [4] After Moore was kicked out of the school, he became part of the second class of students to train at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, where he was taught by Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero. I am still waiting for someone to wake me up from the dream. ", She hit me back, "No, this is a big deal. But for at least a couple minutes last night, they all entertained me and sold me on a PPV match.
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