| Eddie Kingston | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Eddie Kingston |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (186 cm) |
| Billed weight | 245 lbs (113 kg) |
| Born | Yonkers, New York |
| Trained by | CHIKARA Wrestle Factory Mike Quackenbush Reckless Youth |
| Debut | October 12, 2002 |
Eddie Kingston (born in Yonkers, New York) is an American professional wrestler who most notably performs for CHIKARA, IWA Mid-South, and Westside Xtreme Wrestling. Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the US State of New York (behind Rochester, Buffalo, and New York City) and the largest city in CHIKARA (sometimes referred to as CHIKARA Pro) is an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. CHIKARA (sometimes referred to as CHIKARA Pro) is an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the US State of New York (behind Rochester, Buffalo, and New York City) and the largest city in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff CHIKARA (sometimes referred to as CHIKARA Pro) is an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South IWA-MS and IWA Mid South Wrestling is an independent Professional wrestling promotion Kingston is also known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling. Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW) is an American based Professional wrestling promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling
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Kingston was one of the original students to train at the CHIKARA Wrestle Factory, where he was taught his in-ring skills by founders Mike Quackenbush and Tom "Reckless Youth" Carter. CHIKARA (sometimes referred to as CHIKARA Pro) is an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He is today considered to be one of Quackenbush's most talented and successful students. Maintaining the teacher/student relationship, Kingston had come to Quackenbush's defense numerous times during a long-running feud between Quackenbush and Chris Hero. Chris Spradlin (born December 24 1979 is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Chris Hero. Kingston can also be heard on numerous CHIKARA DVDs during Quackenbush matches, praising his trainer as a color commentator.
Eddie Kingston was a member of the Wild Cards tag team with "Black" Jack Marciano. Together, they won the IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship and enjoyed reasonable success until a knee injury sidelined Marciano into retirement, thus disbanding the team. The IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship is the major title in the IWA Mid-South promotion Kingston has made mention of Marciano in several of his interviews, and to this day they remain close friends.
In the past few years, Kingston has taken part in some of the most intense feuds in the history of CHIKARA. For a majority of 2006, Kingston had a rivalry against Larry Sweeney. Larry Sweeney (born Lawrence Swencil February 15, 1982 in Redondo Beach California) is an American professional wrestler and Kingston and Sweeney traded many verbal and physical exchanges for months, the feud culminating with a No Disqualification Strap match between the two. Kingston won this match and the overall feud. This was the Main Event of CHIKARA's last show of the year.
2007 saw Kingston under a much more different light. After an 8-Man Tag Team match between the BLKOUT and the Colony/Hallowicked that ended with him getting rolled up, Kingston went berserk and began to mercilessly beat Hallowicked, attempting to tear the superstar's mask off. For the episode of Black Books, see The Blackout The Blackout (also written BLKOUT) is a Professional wrestling The feud lasted for over six months, becoming one of the biggest of 2007 not just in CHIKARA, but in the entire independent circuit. Kingston would show his feelings for Hallowicked by often putting his mask on other opponents and beating them in a similar fashion. This feud ended when Kingston defeated Hallowicked in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
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. Joker is an American independent Professional wrestler who works for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion IWA Mid-South, Claude Marrow (born August 15 1978 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American independent Professional wrestler better known by his
Kingston joined Combat Zone Wrestling and was almost immediately placed in the role of enforcer in the highly-regarded BLKOUT stable. Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW) is an American based Professional wrestling promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling He would later on also take role as the mouthpiece for the group. Kingston and fellow BLKOUT member Joker won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from the Kings of Wrestling. The CZW World Tag Team Championship is a Tag team title contested for in the independent Professional wrestling promotion Combat Zone For the short-lived TNA stable see Kings of Wrestling (TNA The Kings of Wrestling, is the Professional wrestling stable Seven months later, Kingston defeated Chris Hero to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship after an extended feud, referred to by many as the best feud in CZW history. The CZW World Heavyweight Championship is the top Professional wrestling title in the Philadelphia -based promotion Combat Zone He would later lose the title to Justice Pain, breaking his ankle during the match. Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler from Pro Wrestling Unplugged better known as Justice Pain. This injury put him out of action for some months.
On April 7, 2007, Kingston defeated Hero in a Loser Leaves Town match. Following the match, CZW owner John Zandig went to the ring and publicly fired Kingston. John Corso (born April 4, 1971 in Sewell New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known This was suspected by many to be an angle, but was later found out to have been legitimate. Kingston released a public interview on YouTube discussing the matter, but the footage was removed only hours later. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Kingston did not appear in CZW for over a year following this, but eventually made his return at New Years Resolutions, in the main event for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
On November 11, 2007, Kingston debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as Human Tornado's mystery tag team partner. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG) is a Professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Craig Williams (born May 1, 1983) better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American Professional wrestler It was revealed earlier on that Tornado's opponent, who happened to be Chris Hero, had also chosen Kingston as his partner, only for Kingston to side with Tornado as the two lost a Handicap match to Hero via a disqualification caused by Claudio Castagnoli. Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. Post-match, the three men beat Hero down and showed signs of the forming of a new group.
Kingston and Castagnoli were involved in an anticlimactic feud against the Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost), which began when they interfered in a match between the Dynasty and the Briscoe Brothers. "The Professional" Scott Lost is an American Professional wrestler from Southern California. A match for the PWG World Tag Team Championship was booked between the two teams twice in a row, but Kingston missed both shows. The PWG World Tag Team Championship is the Tag team championship contended in the independent Professional wrestling promotion Pro Soon after missing his second event, Kingston's name was removed from the roster page.
Kingston has made on-and-off appearances for IWA Mid-South since 2004. Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South IWA-MS and IWA Mid South Wrestling is an independent Professional wrestling promotion During that year, most of his activity involved tagging with Marciano as the aforementioned Wild Cards. The duo won the IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship once, defending them against a number of strong contenders. The IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship is the major title in the IWA Mid-South promotion After Marciano's retirement, however, Kingston's Mid-South work mainly involved one-on-one matches with equally big, equally hard-hitting opponents. He had a lengthy, memorable feud against Ian Rotten, as well as rekindling his classic feud with Hero during the 2007 Ted Petty Invitational. John Williams is a American Professional wrestler better known by his Ring name Ian Rotten. On the final night of the tournament, Kingston defeated Hero in a Last Man Standing match, since then considered the 2007 Match of the Year for the company.
On December 7, 2007, Kingston won a 4-Way Elimination match against Hero, Quackenbush (the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion), and Chuck Taylor to win the title. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways The IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship is the major title in the IWA Mid-South based in Louisville Kentucky.
On April 11, 2008, Kingston no-showed a scheduled event, thus causing owner Ian Rotten to strip him of the title. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. John Williams is a American Professional wrestler better known by his Ring name Ian Rotten.
Eddie Kingston made an appearance at Ring of Honor's Death Before Dishonor IV show as part of Team CZW in the Cage of Death match in the main event. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW) is an American based Professional wrestling promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling This was his only Ring of Honor appearance until March 14, 2008 when he showed up during a match involving The Vulture Squad vs. Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson. Dan Solwold He wrestled in the midwest for several years before his east coast wrestling career was jumpstarted after he progressed to the finals of the 2004 Bryan Danielson (born May 22 1981) is a American independent professional wrestler, also known as the "American Dragon" During the match, Kingston harassed Ruckus, his BLKOUT stable mate in other promotions, of The Vulture Squad and claimed he'd be in Philadelphia on March 16, 2008 during Ring of Honor's PPV taping of Take No Prisoners. For the episode of Black Books, see The Blackout The Blackout (also written BLKOUT) is a Professional wrestling During the non-PPV portion of the show, Kingston and his BLKOUT members got into a brawl with The Vulture Squad, except for Ruckus, who stood by and didn't choose sides.
After taking some time off from wrestling due to personal issues, Kingston was scheduled to return to ROH in a non-PPV match against Jigsaw on June 7, 2008 Respect Is Earned II show to advance the BLKOUT/Vulture Squad storyline.
Kingston has recently had a string of missed shows for several different companies, including CHIKARA, his home promotion. This has prompted fans into speculating on events that are happening in his personal life, which may or may not be the cause of it all. After being stripped of his belt in IWA Mid-South, Ian 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.