Kenny Dykstra
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| Kenny Doane | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 16, 1986 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ken Doane Kenn Phoenix El Diablo Kenny Kenny Dykstra |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 234 lb (106.4 kg) |
| Trained by | Killer Kowalski OVW staff |
| Debut | 2001 |
Kenneth George ("Ken") Doane, Jr., (born March 16, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on the RAW brand under the ring name Kenny Dykstra.
Career
Doane began training to become a wrestler at the age of 13 and debuted in 2001 at the age of fifteen. He started his professional wrestling career in the New England area under the name "Broadway" Kenn Phoenix. He was later trained by legendary professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer Killer Kowalski. After being contacted by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) he was asked to make appearances for their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).
Doane made his first national television appearance in WWE at the age of 17 on the May 12, 2003 episode of WWE RAW, from Philadelphia, as Kenn Phoenix. Along with his brother, using the name Mike Phoenix, he was a participant in Rodney Mack's ongoing "5-Minute White Boy Challenge" where Mack would defeat Caucasian wrestlers in under 5 minutes. Mack defeated the pair in 1:31, forcing them both to submit to his debuting Blackout finishing hold. He made one further appearance, losing to Goldust on an episode of Sunday Night Heat before being officially signed and assigned to OVW full time.
After two years in OVW, Doane debuted on RAW as a member of the Spirit Squad. The Squad became closely associated with The McMahons and would feud with DX and Ric Flair, as well as hold the World Tag Team Championship as a team.
After the breakup of the Spirit Squad, Kenny became interested in joining Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton), who insisted that he "prove himself" first. During this time, Doane would debut a new look, new theme music and the last name "Dykstra", (possibly a pun on ex-MLB player Lenny Dykstra), and continued the feud with Ric Flair that led to the breakup of the Spirit Squad.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Diving guillotine leg drop while holding his ankle tucked until the last second
- RK-Doane (Jumping cutter) - in OVW
- Doane-nation (Second rope diving clothesline)
- Rolling cutter
- Repeated short arm clotheslines
- Swinging neckbreaker
- Delayed belly to back suplex lift into an elevated neckbreaker - in OVW
- Knee lift
- Managers
- Kenny Bolin
- Dean Ripley
Championships and accomplishments
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - as a member of the Spirit Squad
- Premiere Wrestling Federation- Northeast
- PWF-NE Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Johnny Curtis
Personal information
Doane is engaged to RAW Diva Mickie James.
In early July 2006, a man named James Wilson claimed that Doane and his fiancee were in a car when he approached them for an autograph. According to Wilson, James was friendly and signed his poster but Doane grabbed it and sped off, tearing the poster and causing him to fall and injure his shoulder. As a result Doane was charged with assault, battery, and vandalism. WWE officials offered Wilson autographs, but he refused, and said that he wanted money from Doane. [1]
References
- ^ > "HeadlinePlanet.com". James Wilson. Retrieved January 1.
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