Kofi Kingston

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Kofi Kingston

Name Kofi Kingston Real name Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah Nicknames Name history Kofi Nahaje Kingston (2006-2007), Kofi Kingston (WWE, 2006-present) Family Maestro(s) Chaotic Wrestling, Killer Kowalski, Ohio Valley Wrestling Birth date, location August 14, 1981 - Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana Obituary date Debut, location February 24, 2006 - Methuen, Massachusetts Lost mask to Height 183 cm/6'0" Weight 96kg/212 lbs Signature moves Trouble in Paradise Titles: WWE Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion (4), WWE United States Champion (3), WWE/Raw/World Tag Team Champion (7, 3 w/Xavier Woods, 2 w/Big E and Xavier Woods, 1 w/R-Truth, 1 w/Evan Bourne), WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion (7, 6 w/Big E and Xavier Woods, 1 w/Xavier Woods), WWE World Tag Team Champion (1971–2010) (w/CM Punk), NXT Tag Team Champion (w/Xavier Woods)

Ghanaian wrestler for WWE. A mainstay of the midcard and tag team scene since 2008 but gained his greatest success after teaming up with Big E and Xavier Woods to form The New Day. Since joining The New Day, Kingston has won 13 tag titles and his only WWE Championship.

Though already a regular on WWE's Mexican house shows, Kingston made his proper lucha libre debut at AAA x WWE: Worlds Collide Las Vegas on September 12, 2025, teaming up with the New Day's ally Grayson Waller (who was filling in for the "injured" Woods), unsuccessfully challenging Pagano and Psycho Clown for the AAA World Tag Team Championship.