Damien Kane

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Damien Kane
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Ring name(s) Damien Kane
The Godfather of Extreme
The Godfather of Professional Wrestling
The Godfather of Darkness
Billed height 5 ft 10 in
Billed weight 250 lb
Born April 16th 1960
Pennsylvania
Resides Florida
Billed from From the other side of darkness
Trained by Walter "Killer" Kowalski in his Salem Mass. school
Debut 1980 In the IWF on the "Bedlam in Boston" TV taping as "The Monkey Man Ed Bonzo"

Damien Kane (born 1960 is a professional wrestler best known by, "The Godfather of Extreme" or "The Godfather of Professional Wrestling"

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[edit] Career

After being trained in Walter "Killer" Kowalski's Malden, Massachusetts school as "The Monkey Man Ed Bonzo", he debuted in the IWF in 1980 with a live monkey on his arm during interviews, where he wrestled against Dominic DeNucci, David Sammartino, and Larry Winters as a heel.

After the IWF, he changed his look from a blonde pretty boy to a demonic presence wearing black leather & spikes and spent some time in the National Wrestling Federation where he managed D.C. Drake as well as Abdullah the Butcher, and Kevin Sullivan.

He wrestled a fair amount of matches for the NWF and in Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was best known under the name Godfather of Extreme and managed and tag-teamed with Devon Storm.

In late 1996, he left Extreme Championship Wrestling and relocated to Florida were he now resides.

[edit] Trivia

Damien worked with Paul Heyman and played a part in starting his career as a commentator before he became a manager for Damien & D.C. Drake in the National Wrestling Federation as Paul E. Dangerously during the 1980's. He later ended up working for Paul Heyman in ECW.

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[edit] Finishing and signature moves

[edit] Managers

[edit] Wrestlers Managed

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Continental Wrestling Alliance
  • 1-time CWA World Tag Team Champion