- Born
- Nicknames
- The Last of a Dying Breed
- The War King
- The King of Diamonds
- Eddie Kingston
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- American professional wrestler from Yonkers, NY as Eddie Kingston. Made his in-ring debut teaming with "Black" Jack Marciano as the Wild Cards with a victory over the Senior Assault Team (Lester Crabtree and Melvin Snodgrass) at CHIKARA's October 12, 2002 show, which was released on VHS under the title "CHIKARA A Sandwich Called Destiny." He has also competed for CZW, IWA Mid-South, PWG and many other promotions. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x CZW World Tag Team Champion (1x w/Joker (Bill Posada) as BLKOUT and 1x w/Drake Younger (Drake Wuertz)), a former 2x AAW Heavyweight Champion, a former, IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion with Jack Marciano as the Wild Cards, and was the inaugural CHIKARA Grand Champion, defeating Mike Quackenbush (Mike Spillane) in the finals of the 12 Large: Summit at the 2011 Season Finale iPPV "CHIKARA High Noon" on November 13, 2011.- IMDb Mini Biography By: JasonIK75
- Shotgun Lariat
- Backfist to the Future
- Saito Suplex
- American D
- Tiger Suplex
- His "American D" finishing move, a sliding forearm smash, is taken from Masato Tanaka)'s "Sliding D," which Tanaka innovated.
- Had long-running feuds with Chris Hero (Chris Spradlin) and Claudio Castagnoli that spanned multiple promotions (CHIKARA, CZW, Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South, PWG).
- Ophidian drafted him to his CHIKARA Challenge of the Immortals team the Snake Pit with Shynron (Shyn Ron) and Argus.
- Teamed with Brodie Lee (Jon Huber) and Grizzly Redwood (Matt Krizovensky) as the Roughnecks. On a team with a wrestling trucker (Lee) and a wrestling lumberjack (Redwood), he was the only one without an occupational gimmick.
- After losing the CHIKARA Grand Championship, Jimmy Jacobs convinced him to join the Flood, the amalgamation of heel groups out to destroy CHIKARA, out of frustration with not being able to get "her" back. Whereas Al Snow) talking to Head or Mankind (Mick Foley) talking to "Mr. Socko" was played for comedy, Kingston's referring to the Grand Championship, and even the wrestling business itself, as "she" or "her" was very much played for drama.
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