Kevin Canady

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Kevin Canady
Statistics
Ring name(s)	"Mad Man" Pondo Original Foolish Foreigner
Billed height	5'10[1]
Billed weight	230 lbs.[2]
Born	June 24, 1969 (1969-06-24) (age 38) Flora, Illinois
Resides	Charleston, West Virginia
Billed from	The Realm of Pain, Flora, Illinois
Trained by	Bud Chapmen Self-Trained[3]
Debut	June 24, 1989[4]
Website	MadManPondo.com Mad Man Pondo at MySpace

Kevin Canady (born June 24, 1969) is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known as Mad Man Pondo.

He is well known for his hardcore style and frequent participation in deathmatches and deathmatch tournaments. He has wrestled in numerous American wrestling promotions, such as Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South and Juggalo Championship Wrestling, as well as in Japanese promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling and currently wrestles with the Wicked Wrestling Alliance. Outside of Deathmatch-style wrestling he gained notoriety in Full Impact Pro both as a brawler and as half of a hardcore tag-team with the Necro Butcher, especially in their feud for the FIP Tag Team Championship against The Briscoe Brothers.

The owner of IWA East Coast, Canady promotes his own wrestling shows, with affiliation with Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South.

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 Wrestling Returns, and he has also played as the town's blacksmith in the horror movie 2001 Maniacs directed by Tim Sullivan.

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

[edit] Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Stop Sign Smash
• Super DDT
• Rolling senton
• Piledriver
• Powerbomb
• Side Russian legsweep
• Back body drop

• Nicknames

• "Madman" Pondo
• Original Foolish Foreigner

• Entrance Themes
  • Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Combat Zone Wrestling

• CZW Iron Man Championship (1 time)

• Dramatic Dream Team

• DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)

• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

• IWA Mid-South Deathmatch Championship (2 times)
• IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch winner (2003)
• IWA Mid-South Double Death Tag Team Deathmatch winner (2006) - with 2 Tuff Tony
• IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ian Rotten

• Juggalo Championship Wrestling

• JCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• JCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) with Necro Butcher

• Lunatic Wrestling Federation

• LWF Hardcore Champion (1 time)

• MAD Pro Wrestling

• MPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• NWA West Virginia/Ohio

• NWA West Virginia/Ohio Hardcore Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling IRON

• IRON Television Champion (1 time)

• Westside Xtreme Wrestling

• wXw Hardcore Champion (1 time)

• World Entertainment Wrestling

• WEW Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with 2 Tuff Tony and Kintaro Kanemura

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kevin Canady at the Internet Movie Database
• Official IWA East Coast website
• "Mad Man" Pondo at Online World of Wrestling
• "Mad Man" Pondo at Bodyslamming.com
• [http://www.fullimpactpro.com/profiles/pondo.htm "Mad Man" Pondo at Full Impact Pro