Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston married actress Kori Campfield in 2010, and has two children.

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah was born on August 14, 1981, in Kumasi, Ghana, to Elizabeth and Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah. His brother is Kwame, and his sister was Nana Akua, who passed away in 2015.

His family moved to the US when he was young. He attended Winchester High School, Massachusetts. He got his degree in communication from Boston College.

Ever since he was a kid, he wanted to wrestle. So he gave up his corporate job to follow his dream.

He made his wrestling debut in 2006, when he faced Tony Omega on February 24 at Chaotic Wrestling. Next he faced Evan Siks on June 4 for PWF Mayhem Heavyweight Championship.

He had a tryout at his wrestling school in Boston where some WWE producers were present. They liked his performance, and invited him to Atlanta to Deep South Wrestling (DSW). In September 2006, he signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to DSW. His first match as “Kofi Nahaje Kingston” was with Montel Vontavious Porter on September 21.

Till early 2007, he was with DSW and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was in a tag team with Harry Smith. In later 2007, he was placed in the WWE roster, and fought two matches against Charlie Haas and Trevor Murdoch.

In June 2007, at the Florida Championship Wrestling, he teamed with Eric Pérez against Keith Walker and Rycklon Stephens. He worked there till the end of the year.

On January 22, 2008, he debuted at ECW as a face with a win over David Owen in Charlottesville. Mark Henry eliminated him at WrestleMania XXIV pre-show. He fought a match with Shelton Benjamin in April 2008, where he was defeated. But he won against Benjamin in an Extreme Rules match in June.

Kofi Kingston won WWE Intercontinental Championship four times and WWE US Championship three times. He also won WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship four times. He is the winner of one Slammy Award as well.