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Kofi Kingston

Ghanaian-American professional wrestler

Person

Born: 1981-08-14

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Film & TV

Acting · Kumasi, Ghana

Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on the SmackDown brand. Since competing for WWE, he has won the Intercontinental Championship two times, the United States Championship once, and the World Tag Team Championship once with CM Punk.

Known for

WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special — Kofi Kingston2025
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle — Self2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday — Kofi Kingston2025
WrestleMania 41 Kickoff — Kofi Kingston2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas — Kofi Kingston2025
Survivor Series: WarGames — Kofi Kingston2025
WWE Raw Classics — Kofi Kingston2025
WWE's Greatest Moments — Kofi Kingston2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2024 — Kofi Kingston2024
WrestleMania XL Saturday — Kofi Kingston2024

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Country: US
Active from: 1957
Active to: 1967

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,079
Total plays: 8,421

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Key facts

Born: Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , ( 1981-08-14 ) August 14, 1981 (age 44) , Kumasi , Ghana
Alma mater: Boston College
Spouse: Kori Campfield ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
Ring name s: Kofi Kingston, Kofi Nahaje Kingston, Kofi
Billed height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed weight: 212 lb (96 kg)
Billed from: Ghana , West Africa , Kingston , Jamaica
Trained by: Chaotic Wrestling , Killer Kowalski , Ohio Valley Wrestling

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Key dates

Born: 14 August 1981

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: The New Day
Given name: Kofi
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Kumasi
Occupation: musician
Languages spoken: English language
Instrument: voice
Sport: professional wrestling

Article

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981), better known by his ring name Kofi Kingston, is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his 20-year tenure in WWE from 2006 to 2026, where he held various championships, including the WWE Championship and is a record-holding 16-time Tag Team Champion. He is also known for being a member of The New Day alongside Xavier Woods and Big E.

After graduating from Boston College, he 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. He debuted in WWE's brand ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) 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.