Prince Nana

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Prince Nana
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Prince Nana
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Billed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Born	1977
Billed from	Ghana, West Africa
Trained by	Angel Big Vito D-Von Dudley Johnny Rodz Mr. Fabian Street
Debut	1996

Prince Nana is an American professional wrestler of Ghanaian extraction. He is also an Ashanti prince, a nephew of King Otumfuo Osei Tutu the Asantehene, ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti region.

1 Career
2 Wrestling facts
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Although Nana was born in the United States, he is the son of an Ashanti tribe member with royal heritage and the heir to the throne of Ashanti in Ghana. When Nana was three, his family relocated to Ghana for five years, returning so that Nana could be educated in America. As a teenager, he relocated to New York City in America as an exchange student. In 1992, at the age of fifteen, Nana watched WrestleMania VIII, and was inspired by the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Ric Flair to become a wrestler. A year later, he wrote to the World Wrestling Federation and asked their advice as to which professional wrestling school he should attend. The WWF recommended that he train under Larry Sharpe, but Nana felt that Sharpe's school (in Westville, New Jersey) was too far away.^{[citation needed]} Instead, Nana became a photographer for Johnny Rodz, who operated Gleason's Gym in New York. Nana worked for Rodz until he turned eighteen, when Rodz began training him as a wrestler. He debuted in 1996, wrestling Big Vito in a church in Spanish Harlem.

Though Nana was a trained wrestler, he quickly found a niche as a manager. Drawing from the character of Ric Flair and from his own legitimate royal roots, Nana developed the gimmick of a wealthy, supercilious African prince.

Nana worked regularly for the East Coast Wrestling Association in Delaware and USA Pro Wrestling in New York, as well as making appearances with the WWF and with ZERO ONE in Japan. In 2002, he joined the upstart Ring of Honor promotion, where in 2003 he formed a heel stable known as The Embassy. He remained with Ring of Honor until September 2006, when he gave his notice. He said that he wants his leave from Ring of Honor to be more of a vacation than a permanent leave, meaning he would like to return in the future.