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Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Kofi Kingston, where he performs on the SmackDown brand, where he is in his record fifth reign as SmackDown Tag Team Champion as a member of The New Day.
After graduating from Boston College, Sarkodie-Mensah decided to pursue a professional wrestling career, and began performing on the New England independent circuit as a Jamaican wrestler by the name of Kofi Nahaje Kingston. After signing a developmental deal with WWE in 2006, he shortened his ring name to Kofi Kingston. Kingston debuted in WWE 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.
Kingston spent much of his first few years in WWE on the midcard singles scene, during which he became a four-time Intercontinental Champion and a three-time United States Champion. In 2014, Kingston formed The New Day with Big E and Xavier Woods. The trio went on to break the record for the longest Tag Team Championship reign in WWE history when they held the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship from August 2015 to December 2016, while defending the titles under the Freebird rule. In April 2019, Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 to win the WWE Championship, his first world title, but never headlined a WWE pay-per-view event over the course of his 180-day reign.
He is the first African-born world champion in WWE history as well as its 30th Triple Crown Champion and 20th overall Grand Slam Champion (13th under the current format). In addition, Kingston himself holds the singular record for most days spent as a Tag Team Champion within WWE and is also known for innovative ways of suspending his elimination from Royal Rumble and battle royal matches. With the exception of a few months spent as a villain in 2015 with The New Day, Kingston has been a heroic character for almost the entirety of his WWE career.
Career Honours WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2021 Raw Mens | WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion 2020 Smackdown Mens | WWE Champion 2019 Smackdown Mens | WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion 2019 Smackdown Mens | WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion 2019 Smackdown Mens | WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion 2018 Smackdown Mens | WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion 2017 Smackdown Mens | WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion 2017 Smackdown Mens |
WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2015 Smackdown Mens | WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2015 Smackdown Mens | WWE United States Champion 2013 Smackdown Mens | WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2012 Smackdown Mens |
WWE Intercontinental Champion 2012 Smackdown Mens | WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2011 Smackdown Mens | WWE Intercontinental Champion 2011 Smackdown Mens | WWE United States Champion 2011 Smackdown Mens |
WWE Intercontinental Champion 2010 Smackdown Mens | WWE United States Champion 2009 Smackdown Mens | WWE World Tag Team Champion 2008 WWE Mens | WWE Intercontinental Champion 2008 Smackdown Mens |
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