Simon Diamond
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Simon Diamond in July 2010.
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| Birth name | Pat Kenney |
| Born |
March 26, 1968 Wilmington, Delaware, US |
| Residence | Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, US |
| Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Spouse(s) | Candice Kenney |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Lance Diamond Simon Diamond Pat Kenney |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Billed from | South Bend, Indiana |
| Trained by | Jim Kettner |
| Debut | 1991 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Pat Kenney (born March 26, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and baseball player, better known by his ring name, Simon Diamond. He is currently working for the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent. Diamond is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1998 to 2001.
Patrick Kenney was an avid baseball player as a teenager, and was approached by the San Diego Padres to play Major League Baseball as a catcher in 1986. Kenney decided not to sign the contract he was offered, opting to pursue a college education first. Kenney took a job at the Out Of Bounds sports bar as a bartender and attended Virginia Commonwealth University on a baseball scholarship, earning a bachelor's degree in English. He originally planned to play baseball professionally after graduating, but was forced to reconsider after suffering a severe shoulder injury.
Kenney's prior baseball career would later be used as an angle when he would visit the training camp of the 2005 world champions, the Chicago White Sox.
In 1991, while working as a marketing executive for PepsiCo, Kenney was introduced to wrestling trainer Jim Kettner. Kenney decided to become a professional wrestler, and was trained by Kettner in Salem, New Jersey. Once his training was complete, he worked for Kettner's East Coast Wrestling Association as "Lance Diamond", teaming with Steve Corino.
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