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Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981), is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler signed to WWE and appearing on its Raw brand under the ring name, Kofi Kingston. He and R-Truth are the current WWE Tag Team Champions. Since debuting with WWE, he has won the Intercontinental Championship three times, the United States Championship twice, the World Tag Team Championship once with CM Punk and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice, once with Evan Bourne and once with R-Truth.
He made his official wrestling debut in 2006, when he faced Tony Omega at Chaotic Wrestling on February 24th. He faced Evan Siks on June 4 for the PWF Mayhem Heavyweight Championship. He competed primarily in the New England area, including stints in National Wrestling Alliance – New England, Millennium Wrestling Federation, New England Championship Wrestling, the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, and Chaotic Wrestling.
In September 2006, he signed a developmental contract with 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. 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, where he was in a tag team dubbed the "Commonwealth Connection" with Harry Smith. In 2007, under the ring name "Kofi Nahaje Kingson", 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. When he returned to the developmental federations, he shortened his original ring name to "Kofi Kingston" and continued to use both ring names throughout his duration there. He also worked live events, defeating Shelton Benjamin on May 5, and Val Venis on May 6.
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and uncle Barry O all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
Before being promoted to the main World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where Orton held the OVW Hardcore Championship on two separate occasions.
After signing with WWF, Orton became a member of the stable Evolution, which quickly led to a WWE Intercontinental Championship reign, his first title with the company. Orton also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting Hall of Famers and physically attacking veterans of the industry outside of appropriate restrictions. At age 24, Orton became the youngest person ever to hold the World Heavyweight Championship. With this win, Orton departed from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, Orton and Edge held the World Tag Team Championship. After the team disbanded, during mid-2007, Orton gained two WWE Championship reigns in one night. Orton formed the group The Legacy with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in 2008, however, they would disband in 2010 with Orton returning to singles competition. Overall, Orton has won eleven total championships in WWE, including being a nine-time world champion, having won the World Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWE Championship six times. He is also the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match.
Rey Gutierrez Mysterio Jr. (born December 11, 1974) is a Mexican American professional wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment currently wrestling on the RAW Brand. In WWE, Gutierrez was trained by his uncle Rey Misterio, Sr. and wrestled early on in Mexico where he learned the Lucha Libre high flying style that has been his trademark.
Gutierrez originally worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico, from 1992 to 1995. He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1996 and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2001, as Rey Misterio, Jr./Rey Mysterio, Jr. but dropped the "Junior" from his name when he began working for WWE in 2002.
Mysterio is known for having a high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight wrestling revolution in the United States in the late 1990s during his time in WCW. In WCW he won the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times, and the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship once with Billy Kidman as part of the Filthy Animals. In WWE, Mysterio is a three time world champion having held the World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWE Championship once and is currently listed as the lightest world champion in WWE history. He has also held the WWE Tag Team Championship a record-tying four times, and the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice. He also held the WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championship a record eight times (five times in WCW, three in WWE). All totaled, he has won 21 titles between WWE and WCW. Mysterio was the 21st person to win the WWE Triple Crown Championship, and was the winner of the 2006 Royal Rumble.
Actors: Lilián García (actress), Chris Jericho (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Brock Lesnar (actor), Paul Levesque (actor), Harley Race (actor), Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (actor), Mark Yeaton (actor), John Cena (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Mick Foley (actor), Jake Hager (actor),
Plot: Triple H and "The Beast" Brock Lesnar bring their rage inside the cage for a deeply personal tiebreaker that can only serve to intensify their bitter rivalry. The sadistic Lesnar has broken The Game's arm twice, once in a victory at SummerSlam. Triple H avenged this defeat at WrestleMania 29. Now, the combatants will break the tie and each other within the confines of an old fashioned Steel Cage.
Keywords: pay-per-view, professional-wrestling, tv-specialActors: C.M. Punk (actor), Shawn Michaels (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Randy Orton (actor), John Layfield (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), John Cena (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Cody Runnels (actor),
Plot: After being sidelined for 2 months with a severe elbow injury, a determined John Cena returns to challenge Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight title. Will hustle, loyalty, and respect be enough to overcome the odds or will Del Rio's menacing cross arm breaker put Cena on the shelf for good?
Keywords: tv-specialActors: Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Cody Runnels (actor), Dalip Singh (actor), Anthony Carelli (actor), John Cena (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Paul Wight (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Chris Jericho (actor), Ron Killings (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), Elizabeth Carolan (actress),
Genres: Action,Actors: C.M. Punk (actor), Randy Orton (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Oscar Gutiérrez (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Booker Huffman (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Ron Killings (actor), John Layfield (actor), Teddy Long (actor), Justin Roberts (actor),
Plot: The historic 300 day title reign of CM Punk has been marred by slights, both real and perceived. Now, the Second-city Saint strives to vanquish John Cena and further his claim that he is the Best in the World, but Cena is more determined than ever to capture an unprecedented 11th WWE Championship in his home town.
Keywords: tv-specialActors: Paul Levesque (actor), Jerry Lawler (actor), Mark Calaway (actor), Adam Copeland (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), John Cena (actor), Mike Chioda (actor), Oscar Gutiérrez (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Mark Henry (actor), Glenn Jacobs (actor), Matthew Kaye (actor), Jack Doan (actor), Ron Killings (actor), Josh Lomberger (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Paul Wight (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Randy Orton (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Jason Reso (actor), Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (actor), John Cena (actor), Oscar Gutiérrez (actor), Ron Killings (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), Stu Bennett (actor), Alberto Del Rio (actor), Reggie Brown (actor), Rycklon Stephens (actor), Kevin Kiley (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Randy Orton (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Josh Lomberger (actor), John Cena (actor), Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (actor), John Hennigan (actor), Mark Henry (actor), Booker Huffman (actor), Matthew Kaye (actor), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Ron Killings (actor), Jake Hager (actor), Paul Levesque (actor), C.M. Punk (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: John Cena (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Nick Nemeth (actor), Randy Orton (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Jason Reso (actor), Justin Roberts (actor), Cody Runnels (actor), Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (actor), Barbie Blank (actress), Vickie Guerrero (actress), Stephen Farrelly (actor), Jake Hager (actor), John Hennigan (actor), Mark Henry (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Mark Calaway (actor), Carlos Colón Jr. (actor), Arn Anderson (actor), Michael Buffer (actor), Steve Borden (actor), John Cena (actor), Kurt Angle (actor), Charles Ashenoff (actor), Muhammad Ali (actor), Steve Austin (actor), Marcus Bagwell (actor), Antonio Banks (actor), Dave Bautista (actor), André the Giant (actor), Adam Copeland (actor),
Genres: Action,