Air Boom

Air Boom

Evan Bourne (left) and Kofi Kingston (right)
Statistics
Members Evan Bourne[1]
Kofi Kingston[1]
Name(s) Air Boom[1]
Heights Kingston:
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Bourne:
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Combined
weight		 377 lb (171 kg)[2][3]
Debut August 15, 2011
Promotions WWE

Air Boom is a WWE professional wrestling tag team consisting of Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston,[4] both of whom compete on WWE's Raw brand where they are the current reigning WWE Tag Team Champions. Their team name "Air Boom" was voted upon by fans on WWE's website.[5][6][7] They have been noted for being funny and having good chemistry.[8]

Contents

History

On-and-off tag teaming (2008-2010)

Kingston and Bourne had first teamed up in a winning effort on Bourne's second match in the June 10, 2008 edition of ECW, against Shelton Benjamin and Mike Knox,[9] because on Bourne's debut (as Matt Sydal), Shelton Benjamin had powerbombed Bourne into Kingston who was at ringside commentating.[10] Bourne and Kingston would again team together on rare occasions between late 2009 to early 2010, facing the Legacy in tag matches.[11][12]

Debut and Tag Team Champions (2011-present)

Bourne and Kingston would form an official team in 2011. On the August 15th episode of Raw, Kingston and Bourne defeated WWE Tag Team Champions David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty in a non-title match to become #1 contenders to the Tag Team Championship.[13][14] On the August 22nd episode of Raw, Kingston and Bourne beat Otunga and McGillicutty to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship while teaming together.[15][16] On the August 29 edition of Raw, the duo was officially named "Air Boom", and they had their first successful title defense when they defeated Otunga and McGillicutty in a rematch.[1][17][18] The name "Air Boom" was chosen by Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston on WWE.com after the Twitter followers of WWE were asked to submit names. Out of the 11 finalists, the name "Air Boom" was chosen, which was created by combining their monikers: “Air Bourne” for "Air" and “Boom Squad for "Boom".”[19]

Air Boom went on to successfully defend their titles against R-Truth and the Miz at Night of Champions via disqualification after the Miz assaulted the referee in the midst of the match.[20] They would then enter into a feud with Vickie Guerrero's two clients, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger, and they would successfully defend their titles against Ziggler and Swagger at both Hell in a Cell[21] and Vengeance.[22]

On November 1, 2011, WWE suspended Bourne for 30 days for his first violation of the company’s Wellness policy.[23] Bourne finally returned to television on December 5th, 2011. Air Boom then lost to Primo and Epico on the December 13 edition of WWE Superstars in a non-title match. Five days later, Air Boom's feud with the Puerto Rican duo continued at the TLC 2011 pay per view, where in a title match they defeated Primo and Epico.[24]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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