Bio
Kofi Kingston is a Ghanaian American Professional wrestler who currently under contract with WWE. He is also a member of the famous WWE stable The New Day. He is a Triple Crown champion and also a Grand Slam champion of WWE. He is one of the most successful wrestlers in WWE history.
Kofi Kingston Height, Weight, Age & More:
The billed height of Kingston is 6’0″ and his billed weight is 212 lbs. He was born on August 14, 1981 and currently he is 42 year old. He is active in WWE for over 17 years and he is one of the biggest names that the promotion has ever produced. He has won almost all the possible championships in WWE.
Kofi Kingston: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Net Worth, Family, Injury Details, Tattoo, and Other Unknown Facts
WWE Kofi Kingston Early Life
Kingston was born on August 14, 1981. Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana is the place where Kofi Kingston born. He is the son of Kwasi and Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah. His family moved to the United States and settled in Boston. He studied in Winchester High School located in Winchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from there.
Who is Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler and a WWE legend. He has been under contract with WWE for over 17 years and he has won almost all the possible championships of the promotion. He is a Triple Crown champion as well as a Grand Slam champion of WWE. He is also a member of the famous WWE stable The New Day.
Kofi Kingston WWE Debut
Kingston signed a professional contract with WWE back in 2006 and he worked on Deep South Wrestling which was the development Territory of the promotion back then. He made his main roster debut for the ECW show of WWE back in January 2008 where he picked up a victory over David Owen who was a local talent.
Professional Wrestling Career
Pre WWE Career
Kingston started his professional wrestling career in 2005 and he worked in the New England area mostly. He worked on various independent circuit promotions like the NWA New England, and the likes of Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF), New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA), and Chaotic Wrestling.
Early WWE Career
In 2006, Kingston signed a professional contract with WWE and started working on Deep South Wrestling which was the development territory of the promotion back then. He had to work less than a year in DSW before getting his main roster call. He had some excellent matches with the likes of Shelton Benjamin and Val Venus in his short stint in DSW.
Mid Card Success
In January 2008 he made his main roster debut as a babyface. He started working on the ECW brand of the promotion. He had been presented as a Jamaican wrestler but he had no connection with Jamaica. He was actually a Ghanaian wrestler. He was the first African-born performer in WWE history. He was destined to be a concrete mid card in WWE.
First Intercontinental Championship
He won his first Intercontinental Championship in June 2008. He challenged Chris Jericho for the title at the Night of Champions event. He shocked the entire world when he defeated Jericho to win the Intercontinental Championship. This was also his first championship win in WWE, a lot of more championships were still to come around his waist.
More Championship Success
The first United States Championship that he won was back in June, 2009. He defeated Montel Vontavious Porter MVP in an episode of RAW to win his first United States Championship in WWE. In October, 2008, he teamed up with CM Punk to win his first WWE Tag Team Championship. It was the first of the 15 Tag Team titles that he won in his WWE career.
Kingston had a lot of big feuds with some of the biggest names in WWE and won multiple championships. He won a total of four Intercontinental championships and also a total of 3 WWE United States championship reigns. He has always been one of the biggest mid cards of the promotion.
Professional Information Table
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Ring Name |
Kofi Kingston |
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Kofi Kingston Nick Names |
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Profession(s) |
Professional Wrestler |
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Kofi Kingston Height |
6’0” |
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Kofi Kingston Weight |
212 lbs. |
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Relationship Status |
Married |
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Kofi Kingston Net Worth |
$3 Million |
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Kofi Kingston Eye Color |
Dark Brown |
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Hair Color |
Black |
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Wrestling Debut |
2006 |
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Mentor |
MVP |
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Kofi Kingston Signature Moves |
Boom Drop, Double foot stomp, Dropkick, Float-over DDT, Koronco buster |
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Finishing Move(s) |
Trouble in Paradise, S.O.S |
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Theme Song / Kofi Kingston Song / Kofi Kingston Music |
S.O.S |
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Kofi Kingston Net Worth & Salary
Kingston is one of the longest serving wrestlers of WWE right now and it is pretty strange that he is not among one of the highest earning stars of the promotion. Reports from various media sources suggest that he only earns something around $500,000 per year from WWE. Reports also suggest that his net worth is somewhere around $3 million.
Kofi Kingston Family
Kingston was born in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on August 14, 1981. His parents are Kwasi and Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah. He has a brother named Kwame and he is a famous Twitch streamer. He is famous under the username of Temp0. He also had a sister named Nana Akua but unfortunately she passed away.
Championships and Accomplishments
Kingston has won almost all the possible championships in WWE. He is one of the highest achieved stars of the promotion ever. He is a Triple Crown champion of WWE as well as a Grand Slam champion. Since he spent most of his time in WWE, he did not get to win any championships outside of WWE.
Championships and Accomplishments Table
| Championships and Accomplishments / Trophy (WWE) | WWE Championship (1 time), WWE Intercontinental Championship (4 times), WWE United States Championship (3 times), WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Evan Bourne (1), R-Truth (1), Big E and Xavier Woods (2) and Xavier Woods (2), WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Big E and Xavier Woods (6) and Xavier Woods (1), World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with CM Punk, NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Xavier Woods, 13th Grand Slam Champion (under current format; 20th overall), 30th Triple Crown Champion (traditional format),
Third Tag Team Triple Crown Champion – with Xavier Woods, Bragging Rights Trophy (2010) – with Team SmackDown (Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio, Edge and Tyler Reks), WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010), WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament (2018) – with Big E and Xavier Woods, Slammy Award (2 times), WWE Year-End Award (2 times) |
| Awards & Achievements (Outside WWE) | CBS Sports – Best Moment/Angle of the Year (2019) – Winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35
Pro Wrestling Illustrated – Tag Team of the Year (2012) with R-Truth, Tag Team of the Year (2015, 2016) with Big E and Xavier Woods, Ranked No. 4 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019, Ranked No. 8 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 with Big E and Xavier Woods Sports Illustrated – Ranked No. 9 of the top 10 male wrestlers in 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter – Best Gimmick (2015) – The New Day, shared with Big E and Xavier Woods |
| Records | Former WWE Champion, Fifteen Tag Team Champion in WWE |
Personal life & Lifestyle
Growing up Kingston had been a huge fan of WWE legend and Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. While doing an interview with Dolph Ziggler, he said; “one of my favorite opponents of all-time, if not my favorite. Not to toot my own horn or our horn, our matches have always been off the chain. We have really good chemistry.”
Kofi Kingston Cars – Kingston has four cars in total according to reports; Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, Toyota Sequoia, Range Rover Evoque and an Acura NSX
Personal Information Table
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Kofi Kingston Real Name / Full Name |
Fergal Devitt |
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Birth Date
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August 14, 1981 |
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Kofi Kingston Age |
42 |
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Relationship Status |
Married |
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Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
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Birthplace |
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana |
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Nationality |
Ghanaian American |
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Hometown |
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana |
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School/College/University |
Winchester High School, Boston College |
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Educational Qualification |
Graduate |
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Kofi Kingston Religion |
Christianity |
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Kofi Kingston Ethnicity |
Black |
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Current Residence |
Tampa, Florida |
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Hobbies |
Wrestling, Watching TV Series, Watching Movies, Gym Training |
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Kofi Kingston Tattoo |
4 tattoos in total |
Movies and TV Shows
Kingston has appeared in a total of four movies, among one of which he gave voice over. It is an animated movie named Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon. The only movie he appeared as a main star was Escape The Undertaker which was released in 2021. He also appeared in the movie The Main Event in 2020.
Wife
Kingston is married to Kori Campfield and they have been married since September 2010. Recently they celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Together they have three children, among them, he has two sons and a daughter. The happy family lives in a lavish Mansion in Tampa, Florida.
The New Day, KofiMania
Early Days of the New Day
In 2014, Kingston teamed up with Xavier Woods and Big E and formed a faction named The New Day. The faction is still intact after a decade and it is considered one of the best factions in the history of professional wrestling. Some critics and fans even consider it the best ever stable in professional wrestling history.
Championship Success
All the members of the faction achieved a lot of success. They achieved solo success as well as success as a team. Together they have won a total of 12 Tag Team Championship reigns. Among them, there were a total of 4 RAW Tag Team Championships, 7 SmackDown Tag Team Championships, and one NXT Tag Team Championship.
They also achieved singles success. Woods has been the least achieved star among the three of them. The only singles success he could win was the King of the Ring tournament of 2021, which by the way did not make much difference to his career. Both Kingston and Big E had been WWE World Champions one time each.
KofiMania
In 2019 there was a short time period of Kingston’s main event run. This time period is famously known as the KofiMania. It started after the Royal Rumble event of 2019 when WWE finally felt that they should give a World Championship reign to Kingston. He entered the Elimination Chamber to challenge for the WWE championship.
However, he lost the match but he was the finalist who got eliminated by Daniel Bryan at the end. Once again he got the opportunity to challenge Daniel Bryan for the WWE championship but this time the stage was even bigger, he got the chance to challenge Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35. He shocked the entire world when he defeated Daniel Bryan to win the WWE championship and this was the ultimate beginning of KofiMania.
He had a WWE Championship reign of a total of six months and it was one of the best reigns of the WWE Championship of the time. He defeated some of the biggest names to keep on retaining his championship. He also received an excellent main event push from the Viper Randy Orton. In short, KofiMania was an excellent time.
The Tragic End of KofiMania
This Championship reign continued for 6 long months but it ended in an absolutely awful way. Brock Lesnar challenged him for the championship in an episode of Smackdown in October. It took him only 8 seconds to beat Kingston and take the championship away. Kingston and his epic KofiMania reign had been completely buried.
Recent Days
This incident always remained one of the most criticized booking decisions in WWE history. After this defeat, Kingston completely lost his main event push, and at this moment he is nothing but a lower mid card. After WWE unified the Tag Team championships, The New Day is also pretty much dead. Kingston will always be remembered as one of the biggest legends of WWE and professional wrestling.
Iconic Quotes From Kofi Kingston
“We always talk about how important representation is. It’s so important to see someone that looks like you – whether you’re African American, Asian, Indian or whatever your background is – doing incredible things. It’s just motivation to go out there and do incredible things yourself.”
“It’s always important for people to be able to watch WWE, especially because it’s a global product, it’s important for people all over the world to be able to look at the screen and see somebody who looks like them doing great things. And in turn, that inspires them to do great things.”
“You know, ‘people like us,’ it involves… it’s everybody who has struggled, you know what I’m saying? Everybody who has… who has had a difficult time getting to where they want to be, and now they can look at us as examples of, ‘Hey, I can do this because they did it and I see it happening. Maybe I can do it, too.”
“With Punk, I consider him to be like a brother to me. He’s one of the guys who took me under his wing when I first came. So we’ve been able to maintain a good relationship. And there are very few people in the business that you can call true friends, so I consider Punk to be that and more. So yes, ‘road wife’ is the term we used to sum that all up.”
“When I was training before I was even signed, I was listening to the Damian Marley CD ‘Welcome to Jamrock,’ and I got the idea one day in promo class to cut a promo in a Jamaican accent and everybody in the class went wild. That was the character I played from that point on and it kind of stuck until it didn’t.”
“My dad is actually from Ghana in West Africa, and I was actually born in Ghana, too, and came to the United States when I was two years old. It’s always football over there, soccer, but becoming a Massachusetts native, you can’t help but get sucked into all the sports.”
“I realized a very long time ago, that I was never going to be the guy who, ‘Oh, you look so big, let’s push him in the main event and see,’ or, ‘Oh, this guy’s got the best physique ever, let’s put him in the main event and see.’ It was always going to be the hard way.”
Notable Feuds and Rivalries of Kofi Kingston
Throughout his long professional wrestling career, Kingston went to some excellent rivalries. One of the biggest rivals he had in his career was Randy Orton. He was one of his early rivals as well as one of the biggest rivals during the time of KofiMania. Randy Orton will always remain one of the best Rivals of Kingston’s career.
But the biggest Rival of Kingston’s career will always remain Daniel Bryan, even though their rivalry was really short. Daniel Bryan will not only remain his best rival but the most important one as well. Kingston got the biggest push of his career through Daniel Bryan and at WrestleMania 35, Kingston defeated Bryan to win his only WWE Championship.
Kofi Kingston Injury
Kingston suffered multiple injuries throughout his wrestling career and some of them had been severe. One of the recent injuries he faced was in March when he had a match with the former two times WWE World Champion Drew McIntyre on SmackDown. He suffered an ankle injury while having a collision with The Scottish Warrior. This injury kept him out of action for months.
Other Details
Kingston has appeared on countless video games as playable characters. The first video game he appeared in as a place in character was WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2009. Since then he has appeared in every single WWE video game. He has also appeared in some non WWE video games like Gears 5 and The King of Fighters All Star.
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Kofi Kingston Salary |
$500,000 |
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Brand Endorsements |
WWE Merchandise, Booty O’s |
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Sponsors |
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Charity |
Various Charities |
Social Media Accounts
Kofi Kingston is active on Twitter and Instagram from verified accounts. His verified Twitter account has a total following of 2.2 million and his Instagram has a following of 1.2 million. Here are links of his social media accounts where you can follow him. Kofi Kingston Twitter, Kofi Kingston Instagram.
Kofi Kingston Win Loss Record
| Promotion | Win % | Draw % | Loss % |
| DSW | 12 (70.59%) | 0 (0.00%) | 5 (29.41%) |
| FCW | 12 (60.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 8 (40.00%) |
| NXT | 4 (66.67%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (33.33%) |
| OVW | 4 (80.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (20.00%) |
| WWE | 889 (57.73%) | 25 (1.62%) | 626 (40.65%) |
| TOTAL | 921 (58.00%) | 25 (1.57%) | 642 (40.43%) |
Kofi Kingston Manager
Kingston never had any professional manager in his career but he had been thoroughly managed by his New Day teammates i.e. Big E and Xavier Woods. They have been together for nearly a decade and these three legendary wrestlers always manage each other during their matches. Kingston has received a lot of big victories with support from his teammates.
FAQS
Q. When did Kofi Kingston start wrestling?
A. Kofi Kingston started working in 2006
Q. How tall is Kofi Kingston in feet?
A. Kofi Kingston is 6’0” tall in feet
Q. Who is Kofi Kingston manager?
A. Kofi Kingston gets regularly managed by his New Day teammates. Since Big E is injured right now, Kingston currently gets managed by Xavier Woods
Q. What is current Kofi Kingston song?
A. Kofi Kingston uses the song ‘S.O.S’
Q. Who is Kofi Kingston mother?
A. Kofi Kingston’s mother is Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah
Q. Who is Kofi Kingston father?
A. Kofi Kingston’s father was Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah
Q. Who is currently Kofi Kingston girlfriend?
A. Kofi Kingston is currently married to Kori Campfield
Q. Who is Kofi Kingston brother?
A. Kofi Kingston’s brother Kwame is a famous Twitch streamer
Q. How much is Kofi Kingston worth?
A. Kofi Kingston’s net worth is something around $3m
Q. How many times Kofi Kingston won the WWE Tag Team title?
A. Kofi Kingston had been a total of 15 times Tag Team Champion in WWE, including one NXT Tag Team Championship
