Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston in March 2016.
Birth name	Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah
Born	(1981-08-14) August 14, 1981 (age 35) Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Residence	Tampa, Florida, United States
Alma mater	Boston College
Spouse(s)	Kori Campfield (m. 2010)
Children	2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Kofi Kingston Kofi Nahaje Kingston
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Billed from	Kingston, Jamaica Ghana, West Africa
Trained by	Chaotic Wrestling Killer Kowalski Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut	2006

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston, in which he is a member of The New Day along with teammates Big E and Xavier Woods.

Since debuting in WWE, Kingston has won 12 championships. He is a four-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, a three-time WWE United States Champion, a record tying four-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (once with Evan Bourne, once with R-Truth and twice with Big E and Xavier Woods) and a one time World Tag Team Champion with CM Punk. His second WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship reign as a part of New Day is the longest reign for any tag team title in WWE history, while Kingston himself holds the record for cumulative days spent as a WWE Raw Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his innovative ways of suspending his elimination from battle royal and Royal Rumble matches.

Sarkodie-Mensah made his official wrestling debut in 2006, when he faced Tony Omega at Chaotic Wrestling (CW) on February 24. 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 (NWA) – New England (where he was briefly a member of Barry Ace's "A-List"), Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF), New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA), and CW.