Kevin Canady
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"Mad Man" Pondo | |
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Ring name(s) | "Mad Man" Pondo Original Foolish Foreigner |
Born | June 24, 1969 |
Billed from | The Realm of Pain |
Kevin Canady (born June 24, 1969) is an American Professional Wrestler better known as Mad Man Pondo.
Well known for his hardcore style and has wrestled in American wrestling promotions: CZW, IWA Mid South, and Juggalo Championshit Wrestling. He is currently wrestling in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, and has gained some notoriety there.
He promotes his own wrestling shows, with affiliation with Ian Rotten's IWA. His company is called IWA East Coast.
He has appeared as a playable character in two video games: Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home and Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood and he has also played as the town's blacksmith in the horror movie 2001 Maniacs directed by Tim Sullivan.
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[edit] Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Stop Sign Smash
- Piledriver
- Powerbomb
- Side Russian Leg Sweep
- Back Body Drop
- Rolling senton
- Nicknames
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- "Madman" Pondo
- Original Foolish Foreigner
[edit] Championship
- IWA Mid South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ian Rotten
- JCW World Champion (2 time)
- CZW Iorn Man Championship (1 time)
- IWA Mid South Hardcore Championship (2 time)
- IWA Mid South World championship (1 time)
- WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with 2 Tuff Tony and Kintaro Kanemura
[edit] Trivia
- Is fluent in Japanese.
- Is a big fan of horror movies.
- Appears on two JCW's tapes/DVD's. He wrestles Fat F*ck Barrel Boy on Vol. 2 (July 23, 2001) and Necro Butcher in Vol. 3 (November 11, 2003)
Here's a clip from the Death match between Pondo and Necro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28LmvqVY1Uc
- Appeared on the cover of Stranglemania 2, ICP's collection of bootleg matches in Japan and so on with their own commentary. Mondo doesn't wrestler anywhere on the tape though.
- Defended his JCW title against Terry Funk at the gather of the Juggalos 2005.
Here's the match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnHmXuS22Ic