Kofi kingston real name

The New Day’s Kofi Kingston is powered by positivity, and he’s used it to catapult himself to new heights, including the WWE Championship. Since bursting on the WWE scene in 2007, Kingston has established himself as one of WWE’s premier high-flyers. That, paired with his upbeat attitude, made him a perennial favorite of the WWE Universe as he racked up Intercontinental, United States and Tag Team Championships. Kingston also cemented his place in WWE history with a series of daredevil moments where he saved himself from elimination in several Royal Rumble Matches. When he joined forces with Big E and Xavier Woods to form The New Day, though, no one could have guessed that the trio of unicorn horn-wearing, Booty-O-chomping Superstars would achieve the feats that they have in WWE. In fact, the WWE Universe despised them at first, but soon grew to love them. As the veteran member of the team, Kingston provides his wealth of knowledge to his younger compadres, and it has paid off. Not only has The New Day become one of the most popular factions in WWE history, but ya boys have h

Kofi Kingston

Ring names

Kofi Kingston
Kofi Nahaje Kingston

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Born

August 14, 1981 (1981-08-14) (age 43)

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah(August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-Americanprofessional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) performing on the Rawbrand under the ring nameKofi Kingston, where he is a former WWE Champion. He is the first African-born WWE Champion.

He is also a four-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, a three-time WWE United States Champion, a eight-time WWE Tag Team Champion (once with Evan Bourne as Air Boom, once with R-Truth) and six times as a member of The New Day and a one timeWorld Tag Team Champion with CM Punk. He is also known for his novel means of circumventing his elimination from Royal Rumble matches.

Background

Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah was born near the city of Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. His family immigrated to the United States in 1982 when he was only one year old, and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. Upon graduating from Boston College, Sarkodie-Mens

Kofi Kingston

Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler

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

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Rawbrand under the ring nameKofi 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 Englandindependent 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 WWE’s 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

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