The Kingdom (professional wrestling)

This article is about a professional wrestling stable. For the professional wrestling promotion, see Kingdom (professional wrestling).
The Kingdom

Michael Bennett, Maria Kanellis and Matt Taven (from left)
Statistics
Name(s) The Kingdom
Former
member(s)		 Matt Hardy
Michael Bennett
Maria Kanellis
Adam Cole
Matt Taven
Debut July 12, 2014[1]
Disbanded 2016
Years active 2014–2016
Promotions 2CW
Beyond Wrestling[2]
HOH[3]
NEW
NJPW
PCW
ROH
RPW

The Kingdom was a villainous professional wrestling stable, best known for wrestling in Ring of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

History

Ring of Honor (2014–2015)

On June 22, 2014, at Best in the World 2014, Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett accompanied by Maria Kanellis and Nick Searcy were defeated in a no disqualification match against The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe).[4] On July 12, 2014, The Kingdom officially made their debut as a stable in Ring of Honor when Hardy, Bennett, and Adam Cole faced War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) along with Michael Elgin in a six-man tag team match which ended in a no contest.[5] On November 15, 2014, at Glory By Honor XIII, Matt Taven, who had joined the stable back in September, teamed with Bennett as they unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[6]

On March 1, 2015, at the 13th Anniversary Show, Bennett and Taven defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) as well as Karl Anderson in a three-way tag team match.[7] On March 27, 2015, at Supercard of Honor IX, Bennett and Taven unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[8] On September 18 at All Star Extravaganza VII, Bennett and Taven won their first-ever ROH World Tag Team Championship, when they defeated the then champions The Addiction (Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[9] They lost the title to War Machine on December 18 at Final Battle.[10] Bennett and Kanellis left ROH after the following day's Ring of Honor Wrestling taping, after failing to come to terms on a new contract with the promotion. After Bennett and Kanellis's Departure The Kingdom quietly disbanded[11]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–2015)

On August 10, 2014, during the G1 Climax The Kingdom, represented by Cole and Bennett and accompanied by Maria Kanellis, made their New Japan Pro Wrestling debuts, defeating Captain New Japan and Jushin Thunder Liger.[12] The Kingdom, now represented by Bennett and Taven, returned to New Japan in November 2014, to take part in the 2014 World Tag League.[13] They finished third in their block with a record of four wins and three losses.[14] Bennett and Taven returned to NJPW on April 5, 2015, at Invasion Attack 2015, where they defeated Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[15][16] On July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, The Kingdom lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Bullet Club in their first defense.[17] Bennett and Taven returned to NJPW in November to take part in the 2015 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of two wins and four losses, failing to advance from their block.[18]

In wrestling

Matt Taven and Michael Bennett performing Hail Mary on Sebastian Suave

Championships and accomplishments

Matt Taven (left) and Michael Bennett (center) with Maria Kanellis (right) as the IWGP Tag Team Champions in July 2015

References

  1. ↑ "The Kingdom info".
  2. ↑ "Show results - 8/30 Beyond Wrestling in Providence, R.I.: The Kingdom in action, Karlee Perez, A.R. Fox main event, more". Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Show results - 7/18 House of Hardcore in Toronto, Ont., Canada: Team 3D vs. Young Bucks, Traci Brooks's last-advertised appearance, Roode, Aries, J-Mo, more". Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ring Of Honor 'Best In The World' Results: New Champion Crowned And More".
  5. ↑ "ROH Summer Heat Tour - Day 1: Aftershock".
  6. ↑ "ROH Glory By Honor XIII results".
  7. ↑ "ROH 13th Anniversary: Winner Takes All results".
  8. ↑ "reDRagon vs Kingdom - ROH Wrestling".
  9. 1 2 Caldwell, James (2015-09-18). "Caldwell's ROH ASE PPV report 9/18: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of All-Star Extravaganza - Jay Lethal defends two titles, ANX, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  10. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (December 18, 2015). "ROH Final Battle 2015 live results: Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles, Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Mike (December 20, 2015). "Two stars depart Ring of Honor". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ "NJPW G1 Climax 24 Day 12 results".
  13. ↑ "『World Tag League 2014』出場チーム＆公式戦が決定！ 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグ結成！ 桜庭、AJ、柴田、ROH、NWAも参戦!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  14. ↑ "World Tag League 2014". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  15. 1 2 "Invasion Attack 2015". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Show results - 4/5 NJPW "Invasion Attack" in Tokyo, Japan: A.J. Styles defends IWGP World Title in main event, ROH tag teams win both Tag Titles, Bullet Club in action, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  17. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (July 4, 2015). "New Japan Dominion live coverage from Osaka Jo Hall - Styles vs. Okada for IWGP title, Nakamura vs. Goto for IC title and notes on biggest event since the Tokyo Dome, plus all G-1 main events". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ "NJPW World Tag League Results & Standings". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  19. ↑ "May 1st ROH newswire". Ring of Honor. May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  20. ↑ Trionfo, Richard (February 2, 2014). "Ring of Honor television report: A.J. Styles returns; Michael Bennett debuts a new finisher; Steve Corino introduces new catchphrase; and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Pile Driver Versus Pile Driver". Ring of Honor. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013. The Battle Of The Piledrivers! Will Kevin be the third former World Champion in a row to fall to Bennett's piledriver...
  22. ↑ Namako, Jason (March 19, 2012). "ROH on Sinclair Results – 3/17/12". WrestleView. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Cole then hooks Silvio and hits the Florida Key (Cross-Armed German Suplex) for the victory.
  23. ↑ Carapola, Stuart (March 20, 2013). "Adam Cole – Panama's Finest DVD Review: Cole discusses his career thus far in a 75 minute shoot interview, plus an assortment of Future Shock matches, the 10th Anniversary main event, Hybrid Rules, and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  24. ↑ "ROH house show report 5-18 Richmond (updated)". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 17, 2013. Adam Cole def. Adam Page in 09:57 with the Florida Key (X-Plex)
  25. ↑ "World Tag League 2014". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  26. ↑ "WE Star Almost Attacked After Getting Racial, Matt Hardy And Actor Star Talk ROH, CWFH".
  27. ↑ "Honor Rumble (2014) results".
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