Kevin Canady

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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 three video games: Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home, Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood, and Fire Pro Returns, and he has also played as the town's blacksmith in the horror movie 2001 Maniacs directed by Tim Sullivan.

[edit] Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Stop Sign Smash
• Piledriver
• Powerbomb
• Side Russian Leg Sweep
• Back Body Drop
• Rolling senton

• Nicknames

• "Madman" Pondo
• Original Foolish Foreigner

[edit] Championship

• IWA Mid South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ian Rotten
• JCW World Champion (2 time)
• CZW Iron 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
• 2006 IWA Mid South Tag Team Deathmatch Winner - with 2 Tuff Tony
• 2003 IWA-Midsouth King of the Death Matches

[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)
• Was once married to Independent wrestler Lady Vendetta.
• Appeared on the cover of Stranglemania 2, ICP's collection of bootleg matches in Japan.
• Defended his JCW title against Terry Funk at the gather of the Juggalos 2005.
• Was once featured on Maximum Exposure, in an episode entitled "The World's Most Dumbest Guys." [1]

[edit] Links

• "Madman" Pondo at Obsessed with Wrestling^{[citation needed]}
• Kevin Canady at IMDB
• Madman Pondo's *Official* Myspace
• Mad Man Pondo's Official Website