Kofi Kingston Bio

Kofi Kingston Bio

Name                       :                    Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie Mensah

Ring Name              :                    Kofi Kingston

Birth Date               :                    14 Aug 1981

Birth Place              :                    Ashanti, Ghana

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Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (conceived August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-American expert wrestler. He is marked to WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston, in which he is an individual from The New Day alongside partners Big E and Xavier Woods. New Day are the current WWE Raw Tag Team Champions in their second rule as a group.

Since appearing in WWE, Kingston has won 12 titles. He is a four-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, a three-time WWE United States Champion, a record tying four-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion (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. Kingston holds the record for total days spent as a WWE Tag Team Champion. He is likewise known for his creative methods for suspending his end from fight regal and Royal Rumble matches.

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Background

Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah was conceived close to the city of Kumasi in the Ashanti locale of Ghana. His family moved to the United States in 1984 when he was three years of age, and experienced childhood in Winchester, Massachusetts. After moving on from Boston College, Sarkodie-Mensah at first worked in an office before choosing to prepare as an expert wrestler. His dad, Kwasi, functions as a very much regarded custodian at the University.

Preparing and autonomous circuit

Sarkodie-Mensah made his official wrestling debut in 2006, when he confronted Tony Omega at Chaotic Wrestling (CW) on February 24. He confronted Evan Siks on June 4 for the PWF Mayhem Heavyweight Championship. He contended fundamentally in the New England territory, incorporating stretches in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) – New England (where he was quickly an individual from Barry Ace's "A-List"), Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF), New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA), and CW.

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE

Profound South Wrestling

In September 2006, he marked a formative contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was doled out to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a Georgia-based formative federation. He appeared in the new organization, as Kofi Nahaje Kingston, in a dull match misfortune to Montel Vontavious Porter on September 21. For whatever remains of 2006 and the start of 2007, he showed up in DSW, and in addition its Kentucky-based sister advancement Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was in a label group named the Commonwealth Connection with Harry Smith. In 2007, under the ring name Kofi Nahaje Kingston, he had his first presentation to the fundamental WWE program, when he worked dim matches on March 5 and 26 preceding scenes of Raw against Charlie Haas and Trevor Murdoch, respectively. When he came back to the formative alliances, he abbreviated his unique ring name to Kofi Kingston and kept on substituting between both ring names all through his span there. He additionally worked live occasions, crushing Shelton Benjamin on May 5, and Val Venis on May 6.

Florida Championship Wrestling

At the point when the Florida-based formative domain Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) opened in June, Kingston was migrated there, showing up at their inaugural show on June 26 where he collaborated with Eric Pérez against Keith Walker and Rycklon Stephens in a losing effort. Kingston worked there for a large portion of the rest of the year.

ECW

A progression of vignettes for Kingston's TV debut started airing on the week after week ECW on Syfy network show beginning on December 6, 2007.view During this presentation stage, his recordings, the official site and pundits noted he would be the principal Jamaican to wrestle for WWE. He appeared on the January 22, 2008 ECW as a face with a win over neighborhood wrestler David Owen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After wrestling sporadic matches, Kingston was included in his first real match, a 24-man fight imperial amid the WrestleMania XXIV pre-show with the victor getting an ECW Championship match, however was dispensed with by Mark Henry. Kingston stayed undefeated in singles rivalry in ECW for quite a long time and was set into a quarrel with Shelton Benjamin toward the end of April 2008. After two straight misfortunes, Benjamin got a win over Kingston on the May 20 ECW, finishing his undefeated streak. On the June 24 ECW, Kingston crushed Benjamin in an Extreme Rules match to end their feud.

Early title rules and quarrel with Randy Orton

As a component of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Kingston was drafted to the Raw brand. In his first match as an individual from Raw list, he crushed Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship at Night of Champions . The win made him the main Ghanaian wrestler to hold a title in World Wrestling Entertainment and it was additionally the primary Championship in his wrestling career. Kingston held the title until SummerSlam, where he and Women's Champion Mickie James both lost their titles in an intergender "victor take all" label group match to Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella.

At Unforgiven, he seemed backstage, going to the guide of then-World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, who had been assaulted by Manu, Randy Orton, and the World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. Soon in the wake of acting the hero, Punk and Kingston were combined together all the more frequently, and on the October 27 Raw, the twosome won the World Tag Team Championship. He was additionally required at Survivor Series in the conventional ten-men end label group match in favor of Team Batista, however was disposed of by Orton. Kingston and Punk lost the World Tag Team Championship to John Morrison and The Miz at a WWE live occasion on December 13.

At No Way Out in 2009, Kingston won a spot in the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber by crushing Kane, yet was not able formally enter the match, as he was trapped by Edge, who had Kingston's spot and in the end won the match.

Kingston vanquished Chris Jericho, after obstruction from Ric Flair, to gain a spot in the Money in the Bank stepping stool match at WrestleMania XXV, yet the match was won by CM Punk. After winning a Triple Threat Number One Contender's match the prior week, Kingston crushed Montel Vontavious Porter on the June 1 Raw to win the United States Championship. For the following a while, he went ahead to safeguard and hold his title at pay-per-perspectives, for example, Extreme Rules, Night of Champions, Breaking Point, and WWE Hell in a Cell, until losing the title to The Miz on the October 5 Raw, finishing his four-month rule at 126 days. On the October 12 Raw, Kingston crushed Evan Bourne to fit the bill for Team Raw at WWE Bragging Rights. Team Raw lost the match, be that as it may, when the Big Show deceived them by chokeslamming Kingston, permitting Chris Jericho to get the win for Team SmackDown.

Amid WWE Bragging Rights, Kingston and Raw colleague Cody Rhodes contended about Kingston losing their match. Along these lines, when Rhodes and Ted DiBiase meddled for Randy Orton's benefit amid his WWE Championship match, Kingston ran out with a seat and pursued them out of the field. Orton later lost the match. On the October 26 Raw, Kingston started a quarrel with Orton, who trusted Kingston cost him the WWE Championship. After Kingston crushed Chris Jericho, Orton assaulted him from behind, inevitably tossing him against the side of the on-ramp. Soon thereafter, Kingston obliterated Orton's car On the November 16 Raw, Kingston spared visitor host "Unruly" Roddy Piper from an attack by Orton then played out a Boom Drop from a rail in the group onto Orton, through a table. Kingston went ahead to lead his Survivor Series group to triumph against Orton's group, where he was the sole survivor, keep going disposing of Orton. On the November 30 Raw, Kingston was booked to confront Orton in a one on one match, just to be ambushed from behind by Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. In spite of the attack, Kingston still wished to proceed, and was immediately crushed by Orton. The next week, Kingston vanquished Orton in a rematch where visitor host Mark Cuban, who had resentment against Orton since their experience at Survivor Series in 2003 when Orton played out a RKO on him, gave Kingston a quick number. With one triumph each, the two wrestled again at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, and Orton won. On the December 28 Raw, Orton meddled in Kingston's match for the United States Championship. On the January 4 Raw, Orton at the end of the day crushed Kingston. The following week, Kingston and John Cena lost a Triple Threat match, which decided a challenger for Sheamus' WWE Championship at Royal Rumble, to Randy Orton, who stuck Kingston. On the February 1 Raw, Kingston won a qualifying match by vanquishing the Big Show by means of exclusion to progress to the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match at the inaugural Elimination Chamber event. Kingston, be that as it may, neglected to win in the wake of being dispensed with by Sheamus. The next night on the February 22 scene of Raw, Kingston collaborated with Yoshi Tatsu and Evan Bourne against Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes in a six-man label group match. Amid the match, Orton turned face by assaulting Rhodes and DiBiase, which Orton permitted Kingston, Tatsu and Bourne to win.

Title rules

On the March 22 scene of Raw, Kingston crushed Vladimir Kozlov to meet all requirements for the Money in the Bank stepping stool match at WrestleMania XXVI. At the occasion be that as it may, Kingston was unsuccessful as the match was won by Jack Swagger. On April 26, as a feature of the 2010 WWE Draft, Kingston was drafted to the SmackDown brand. In his presentation match for the brand, he crushed Chris Jericho. On the accompanying SmackDown, Kingston was gone into a four-man competition for the empty Intercontinental Championship after Drew McIntyre had been stripped of the title before in the appear. He went ahead to vanquish Dolph Ziggler in the primary match of the tournament. Christian crushed Cody Rhodes in the second match. Accordingly, Kingston confronted and vanquished Christian in the finals of the competition to apparently win his second Intercontinental Championship on the May 14 SmackDown. In any case, minutes after the fact, McIntyre turned out with a letter, marked by Vince McMahon, saying that Theodore Long was untrustworthy and mishandled his energy. The letter additionally expressed that McIntyre was restored to the dynamic list and that Kingston was stripped of the Intercontinental Championship, which came back to McIntyre.

At Over the Limit, Kingston crushed McIntyre to win his second authority Intercontinental Championship. Kingston coached Michael McGillicutty on the second period of WWE NXT. At Fatal 4 Way, Kofi protected the Intercontinental Championship against Drew McIntyre. On July 18 at Money in the Bank, Kingston lost the SmackDown Money in the Bank stepping stool match when Kane snatched the briefcase. The accompanying SmackDown, Kingston lost to Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match. On the July 30 SmackDown, Kingston confronted Ziggler in a rematch yet lost through exclusion, bringing about Ziggler winning a title match. On August 6 SmackDown, Ziggler vanquished Kingston to win the Intercontinental Championship. Kingston got his rematch for the title August 15 at Summerslam, which finished in a no challenge after The Nexus meddled. On the August 20 Smackdown, Kingston confronted Ziggler by and by for the Intercontinental Championship vanquishing Ziggler by exclusion, yet by standard, Ziggler held his Intercontinental Championship. The next week, Kingston confronted Ziggler at the end of the day for the Intercontinental Championship, with the match stipulation that if Ziggler was precluded, the title would change hands. Vickie Guerrero mediated amid the match and got Ziggler numbered out, so he kept the title. At Night of Champions, Ziggler again confronted Kingston for the title; if Dolph was either tallied out or excluded, Kofi would win the title. Ziggler held by pinfall. On the October 15 Smackdown, Kingston crushed Drew McIntyre to procure a spot on Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights. Group SmackDown won the match, with Edge and Rey Mysterio as the sole survivors.

On the December 3 SmackDown, Kingston crushed Jack Swagger to end up the main contender for the Intercontinental Championship yet neglected to win back the title when Swagger assaulted him amid the match. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Kingston and Swagger lost a stepping stool match for the title, as he and Swagger unfastened the belt however dropped it to the mat and Ziggler snatched it for the win. On the January 7, 2011 SmackDown, Kingston vanquished Dolph Ziggler to end up the Intercontinental Champion for a third time. Promptly taking after the match, acting General Manager Vickie Guerrero requested that Ziggler conjure his rematch condition straight away, yet Kingston immediately stuck Ziggler again to hold his title. Kingston then moved into a fight with Alberto Del Rio, which finished in a non-title match at Elimination Chamber which Kingston lost. On March 22 at the recordings of the March 25 SmackDown, Kingston lost the Intercontinental Championship to Wade Barrett. On April 1 SmackDown, Kingston won his rematch against Wade Barrett by preclusion. After Vladimir Kozlov was harmed on account of The Corre, Kingston was picked as Kozlov's substitution in an eight-man label group match including Kofi, Kane, Big Show and Santino Marella versus The Corre at WrestleMania 27, which Kingston's group won.

On April 26, 2011, Kingston was drafted back to the Raw brand as a feature of the 2011 Supplemental Draft. On May 1, Kingston crushed Sheamus in a Tables Match at Extreme Rules to win his second United States Championship, in the process giving back the title to Raw. On the May 9 Raw, Kingston effectively safeguarded his title against Jack Swagger. At WWE Capitol Punishment, Kingston lost the title to Dolph Ziggler. Kingston confronted Ziggler in a rematch for the title on the June 20 Raw in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match, however Ziggler held the United States Championship as the match finished with Ziggler being disqualified.

WWE Tag Team Champion

On the August 22 Raw, Kingston won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Evan Bourne when they crushed David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty. On the August 29 Raw, the couple was called "Air Boom", and they had their first effective title safeguard when they vanquished Otunga and McGillicutty in a rematch. At Night of Champions Air Boom held their titles against The Miz and R-Truth by exclusion after Miz assaulted a WWE referee. At Hell in a Cell and Vengeance, Air Boom held their titles twice against Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. Bourne was suspended all through November for his first infringement of the organization's Wellness policy. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs Air Boom effectively held their titles against Primo and Epico. On January 15, 2012, Air Boom lost the Tag Team titles to Primo and Epico at a house show. The next night on Raw, Air Boom were granted a rematch however neglected to recapture the titles. The next day, Bourne was suspended again for his second infringement of WWE's Wellness Policy.

At Royal Rumble, Kingston took an interest in the Royal Rumble match and in spite of the fact that he didn't win, he had an emerge minute when he spared himself from end by strolling staring him in the face to achieve the ring steps and re-enter the ring. At Elimination Chamber, Kingston neglected to catch the WWE Championship in the wake of being disposed of third by Chris Jericho. Kingston then started collaborating with R-Truth, confronting any semblance of Primo and Epico and Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger which they both won and lost, separately. On the February 27 Raw, Kingston and Truth neglected to catch the WWE Tag Team Championship from Primo and Epico in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match, additionally including Ziggler and Swagger. On the April 30 Raw, Kingston and Truth crushed Primo and Epico to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. At Over the Limit, Kingston and R-Truth effectively shielded the titles against Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger and afterward again in a rematch on the May 28 Raw. In the pre-show of Money in the Bank, Kingston and Truth vanquished Hunico and Camacho in a non-title match. The next night on Raw, they effectively safeguarded the WWE Tag Team Championship against Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young). At SummerSlam, Kingston and Truth crushed Prime Time Players to hold the WWE Tag Team Championship. At Night of Champions, Kingston and Truth lost the Tag Team Championship to the group of Daniel Bryan and Kane and neglected to recapture the titles from the new champions the next night on Raw. Both Kingston and Truth were crushed by The Primetime Players in the first round of the Tag Team Tournament to decide the main contenders for the Tag Team Championships, creating both Kingston and Truth to disband as a group and each coming back to being single contenders.

Different quarrels and title interests

Subsequent to overcoming Michael McGillicutty on the October 10 scene of Main Event, Kingston was faced and offended by pundit and Intercontinental Champion The Miz, inciting Kingston to challenge for the title which Miz accepted. The next week on Raw, Kingston vanquished Miz in a non-title match. Two days after the fact on Main Event, Kingston crushed Miz to win the Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time in his career. Kingston then vanquished Miz in two rematches, the first on October 28 at Hell in a Cell, and the second on the November 6 SmackDown to hold his title. Kingston then started quarreling with Wade Barrett when the two were put on restricting groups in the conventional five-on-five disposal label group match on November 18 at Survivor Series. Kingston's group, drove by Mick Foley, was vanquished by Barrett's group, drove by Dolph Ziggler, amid which he was disposed of by Barrett. The next night on Raw, Kingston was crushed by Barrett in a non-title match. Four days after the fact on SmackDown, Kingston crushed Damien Sandow to hold the Intercontinental Championship while Barrett was on commentary. Kingston, still the Intercontinental Champion, got a shot at the United States Championship on the December 3 Raw, against champion Antonio Cesaro, R-Truth, and Wade Barrett in a deadly four-manner match, however was unsuccessful after Cesaro stuck Kingston for the win. On December 16 at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Kingston effectively shielded his title against Barrett. Two weeks after the fact on the December 31 Raw, Kingston lost the Intercontinental Championship to Barrett. Kingston got his rematch four days after the fact on SmackDown, yet fizzled as he was vanquished by Barrett again. At the 2013 Royal Rumble occasion, Kingston had another emerge minute in the Rumble match. In the wake of dispensing with Tensai, he was pushed out of the ring however Kingston hopped on Tensai's back, arrived on the report table and utilized an office seat from John "Bradshaw" Layfield to bounce to the ring cook's garment before being wiped out by Cody Rhodes.

On the April 12 SmackDown, Kingston crushed United States Champion Antonio Cesaro in a non-title match. Three days after the fact on Raw, Kingston vanquished Cesaro to win his third United States Championship. Kingston made his initially broadcast title guard on the May 1 Main Event, overcoming Cesaro in a rematch. On May 19 at Extreme Rules, Kingston lost the United States Championship to Dean Ambrose of The Shield, finishing his rule at 34 days. Kingston got his rematch on the accompanying SmackDown, crushing Ambrose by means of preclusion after Shield individuals Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins meddled, however not recovering the title subsequently. The Shield would proceed with their ambush on Kingston until Randy Orton and Sheamus made the recovery. Theodore Long then turned out to set up a six-man label group coordinate that finished with Ambrose sticking Kingston for the win. Three days after the fact on Raw, Kingston fizzled again to recover the United States Championship from Ambrose. Four days after the fact on SmackDown, Kingston was crushed by Ryback and was thereafter, powerbombed through three tables by him, harming Kingston in storyline. This was done to compose Kingston out, as he was experiencing elbow surgery and was relied upon to be out for four to eight weeks. Kingston came back from damage, donning new rigging on the August 5 Raw, overcoming Fandango. On the September 6 scene of SmackDown, Kingston vanquished Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel in a non-title match, consequently procuring him a future title match. Kingston got his title shot on September 15 at Night of Champions, however was crushed by Axel. In late September, Bray Wyatt would begin conveying obscure messages to Kingston after his matches, prompting a match between the two on October 6 at Battleground, which Wyatt won. On the October 18 SmackDown, Kingston and Miz lost to Erick Rowan and Luke Harper in a label group match. The next week on Raw, Kingston and Miz lost to the Real Americans after Miz turned on Kingston. At Survivor Series, Kofi was crushed by The Miz. In the up and coming weeks, Kingston would lose to The Miz in various matches. Kingston would at long last win a rematch against The Miz at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs in a No Disqualification Match. On the January 13 scene of Raw, Kingston crushed WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton in a non-title match; he confronted Orton again the next week, however permitted himself to lose by exclusion by holding Orton set up to permit John Cena to assault Orton for assaulting his dad.

Kingston entered at #8 at the Royal Rumble, and at the end of the day played out an astonishing accomplishment of maintaining a strategic distance from end via arriving on the group blockade and made a 11-foot hop to get back in the ring. He was later the seventh individual wiped out by Roman Reigns. On the February 13 scene of Smackdown, Kingston would tap out to Jack Swagger in a main contender's match for the Intercontinental Championship in a match additionally including Mark Henry and Rey Mysterio; on the March 21 scene of SmackDown, Kingston was declared in the Andre the Giant dedication fight imperial at WrestleMania XXX. Kingston would have a champion minute in the match, getting tossed of over the turnbuckles by Cesaro and to maintain a strategic distance from disposal by keeping his toes on the steel steps, he would later be killed by Sheamus. At Payback, Kingston would contend in a match against Bo Dallas, yet he would be struck by Kane for his tweets against Stephanie McMahon. Kingston vanquished Cesaro by turning around the Neutralizer into a dusk flip rollup for the win on the June 30 scene of Raw as the show was returning from a business break. Kingston was in a rematch with Cesaro, which he won on the July 7 scene of Raw. Kingston contended in the Intercontinental Championship Battle Royal at Battleground where he again maintained a strategic distance from end by being gotten by Big E and rode his shoulders to the ring. Notwithstanding this, he didn't win.

The New Day

On the July 21 scene of Raw, after Big E and Kingston endured another misfortune as a group, Xavier Woods went to the ring and tended to them. Woods expressed that Kingston and Big E proved unable "excel by kissing children and shaking hands" and offered to shape an organization together. The pair acknowledged Woods' offer, and on the following day's Main Event, Woods oversaw Big E and Kingston to an unequivocal triumph over Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil. However, Woods' gathering rapidly and discreetly disbanded, as on the August 8 scene of SmackDown and on the August 12 scene of Main Event, both Big E and after that Kingston returned to wrestling singles matches with no sign or specify of the other two individuals from the group.

Regardless of being disbanded on WWE TV, Big E, Kingston and Woods proceeded with their partnership at live occasions. In October, WWE started airing vignettes for Kingston, Woods and Big E, with the steady now being charged as "The New Day". The New Day inevitably made their in-ring debut on the November 28 scene of SmackDown in a triumphant exertion against Titus O'Neil, Heath Slater and Curtis Axel. The trio began a quarrel with Gold and Stardust, after their meddling ways cost Kingston and Big E an essential label group turmoil match. A match between the two groups was planned for the TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs kick-off show on December 14, where Big E and Kingston crushed Gold and Stardust. In March 2015, The New Day partook in two matches on the pre-show to WrestleMania 31 in a losing exertion.

The New Day turned heel, which would stamp Kingston and Woods' first heel turn in WWE as far back as appearing in 2007. At Extreme Rules, Kingston and Big E crushed Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to win the WWE Tag Team Championships. At Payback, The New Day vanquished Kidd and Cesaro to hold their titles. At Elimination Chamber, The New Day crushed Kidd and Cesaro, The Lucha Dragons, The Ascension, Los Matadores, and The Prime Time Players to hold their titles in the primary ever label group Elimination Chamber coordinate; each of the three individuals were permitted to contend in a pre-match stipulation. At Money in the Bank, Kingston partook in the Money in the Bank stepping stool match, which was won by Sheamus. Later in the appear, his stablemates Big E and Woods lost the WWE Tag Team Championship titles against The Prime Time Players. On July 4, at The Beast in the East live occasion in Tokyo, Japan, Kingston was immediately crushed by Brock Lesnar. The New Day would then win the titles for a brief moment time after they vanquished the Prime Time Players, Los Matadores, and the Lucha Dragons in a label group deadly 4-path match at SummerSlam. The next night on Raw, The Dudley Boyz made their WWE return and assaulted the New Day with Woods being put through a table with the Dudley Death Drop. New Day lost to the Dudley Boyz by means of exclusion at Night of Champions however held their label group titles. The following month, at Hell in a Cell, they vanquished the Dudley Boyz to at the end of the day hold their titles.

In 2016 New Day started a fight with Chris Jericho who lead The Usos to a main contendership triumph, acquiring them a WWE Tag Team Championship match at the Royal Rumble. The New Day effectively safeguarded the WWE Tag Team Championships at the Royal Rumble. Kingston would enter the 2016 Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the tenth spot. Kingston would evade end by being tossed over the top rope right on to Big E's shoulders. Kingston would later be disposed of by Chris Jericho. On the March 7 scene of Raw, the New Day went up against Jericho and his label group accomplice AJ Styles for the label group titles where they would hold, with Jericho attacking AJ after the match. The New Day then crushed one-portion of the League of Nations for the label group titles at WWE Roadblock, turning face all the while. On the March 14 scene of Raw, the New Day guarded their titles against the other portion of the League of Nations. After the match, the four League of Nations individuals attacked the New Day. On March 17, Kingston surpassed John Morrison to wind up the longest joined ruling label group champion at 541 days.

At Extreme Rules, The New Day effectively safeguarded their titles against The Vaudevillains after Woods stuck Aiden English. The following night on Raw, The New Day crushed The Vaudevillains in a non-title match by means of preclusion after they were assaulted by Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, starting a fight between the two groups. The fight was settled at Money in the Bank, where The New Day effectively held the titles against Gallows and Anderson, The Vaudevillains and Enzo Amore and Big Cass in a deadly 4 way label group match.

On July 19, at the 2016 WWE Draft, Kingston, alongside his kindred New Day partners, was drafted to Raw. After three days, on July 22nd, Kingston, alongside Xavier Woods and Big E, turned into the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions ever, breaking the record of 331 days beforehand set by Paul London and Brian Kendrick. After SmackDown set up the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships after the brand split, the titles held by the New Day were renamed the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships.

Titles and achievements

Expert Wrestling Illustrated

Label Team of the Year (2012) with R-Truth

Label Team of the Year (2015) with Big E and Xavier Woods

Positioned No. 20 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013

Moving Stone

Rebound of the Year (2015) As an individual from The New Day

Second-Best Heels (2015) As an individual from The New Day

WWE Wrestlers of the Year (2015) As an individual from The New Day

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Best Gimmick (2015) The New Day

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE

World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with CM Punk

WWE Intercontinental Championship (4 times)

WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (4 times, current)1 – with Evan Bourne (1), R-Truth (1), Big E and Xavier Woods (2, current)

WWE United States Championship (3 times)

Boasting Rights Trophy (2010) – with Team SmackDown (Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, and Tyler Reks)

Slammy Award (1 time)

"Let me know I Did Not Just See That" Moment of the Year (2012) Hand strolling amid the Royal Rumble match to keep away from disposal