Dru Onyx
| Rodney Kellman | |
|---|---|
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| Ring name(s) |
Dru Onyx Soa Amin S.O.A. Spirit Of Allah Son Of Abdullah Tenbatsu |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 325 lb (147 kg) |
| Born |
September 24, 1974 Saint Michael, Barbados |
| Resides | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Billed from |
Saint Michael, Barbados Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Trained by |
Marc Pilon Tokimitsu Ishizawa |
| Debut | June 12, 1999 |
Rodney Lloyd Anthony Kellman (born September 24, 1974), better known by his ring name Dru Onyx and Soa Amin, is a Canadian professional wrestler, He is a former Quebec promoter for the National Wrestling Alliance. He is the head trainer for Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo in Montreal Quebec Canada.
Early life
Kellman was born in Saint Michael, Barbados and was two years old when his family moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Six years later, they relocated to Chomedey Laval where as a teen he excelled in both baseball and football. Kellman played football for the John Abbott Islanders and the University of Ottawa Gee Gees. He also played Semi Pro for the Montreal Condors, Plattsburg North Stars, and Lake City Stars. In the Empire Football League, he still holds the EFL record most tackles in one game for a defensive lineman (17 solo tackles, 8 assisted tackles, ½ a sack July 26, 1997).[citation needed] He then worked as a security for the Saudi Arabian Embassy Consulate Section in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Professional wrestling career
Kellman started his professional wrestling career in February 1999 as a graduate of the Northern Championship Wrestling’s school. He was trained under the guidance of Marc Pilon. He debuted on June 12, 1999 against Pilot for the N CW Quebec Heavyweight Championship. In the fall, wrestling was put on hold to go play university football for the Ottawa Gee Gees. In 2002, he came back to the Montreal wrestling scene, first for Paul Leduc’s Federation Lutte Québécoise where both Smith Hart and Sunny Warcloud gave him an opportunity to fine tune his craft in their territories.
IWS
Always looking for a new challenge, he joined Internet Wrestling Syndicate. He feuded with the Green Phantom over the IWS version of the World Heavyweight Championship for almost half a year. Upon winning the title on March 15, 2003 in his hometown of Quebec, he defended the title five months before losing the title to Arsenal in a ladder match. In 2005, Onyx and the Green Phantom lost to Pierre Carl Ouellet and Sabu at the fifth anniversary show.
NWA/CWA
Dru's 1st dealings with the NWA was going on a one week tour in 2004 for Andre Baker's NWA UK Hammerlock where he wrestled in tag team
matches siding with Dany Williams vs. Fergal Devitt & Paul Tracey on Monday, October 27, at the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent; Tuesday, October 28, at the Civic Hall in Bedworth, Warwickshire; Wednesday, October 29, at the Castle Hall in Hertford, Hertfordshire; and Friday, October 31, (as Dru Onyx) at the Civic Hall in Grays, Essex. All matches ended in victories.
Shortly after a tour with NWA UK Hammerlock, Dru joined Championship Wrestling Association an on January 28, 2004 and was their federation’s first champion holding the title for three months before losing the title to Sunny Warcloud on May 29, 2004 in an Indian Strap match. Dru regained the Quebec title a month later in a three-way dance with Sunny War Cloud and Manuel Vegas. Later on when CWA joined partnership with NWA Quebec, the CWA title was then recognized as the NWA Quebec Heavyweight Championship. On October 15, 2004 Dru won the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship defeating Australia's Will Phoenix in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
He then toured for NWA Ireland, having matches against Ross Browne, Danny Butler and Gonzo de Mundo.
On his second tour with NWA UK Hammerlock, after making three mandatory defenses in England, he lost the NWA British Commonwealth title to Fergal Devitt (Pegasus 2) on October 27 in Cardiff Wales in a hardcore match. Two days later, Dru Onyx beat Paul Tracey for the NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship in Maidstone Kent. On October 29 in Ashford Kent, England he also won back the NWA British Commonwealth title from Fergal Devitt in a handicap match with Devitt and Tracey working together. Due to the fact the UK Heavyweight Championship had to be defended within the next 30 days, Dru was forced to relinquish the title and concentrate on defending the British Commonwealth title for the last two days of his two-week tour.
Back in Canada, Dru defended the Commonwealth title across the country in numerous promotions outside of the NWA. Then he went to NWA territories in Ireland and the United States to successfully defend the title and thus raising the status and importance of that particular title. On January 26, 2005 Jake Mathews defeated Dru Onyx for the NWA Quebec Heavyweight title. On October 8, 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee at the NWA 57th anniversary show Fergal Devitt once again defeated Dru Onyx for the British Commonwealth title. After the match both participants were invited to the New Japan Inoki Dojo in Santa Monica, California to train in the Japanese style of pro wrestling. Dru lived at the dojo for two months and was trained by Tokimitsu Ishizawa. After coming back from the dojo, Dru took some time off to heal nagging injuries. Once recuperated, he went back out and captured more NWA gold on April 22, 2006 in Southern Championship Wrestling. In Almonte Springs, Florida, Dru Onyx defeated Thomas Marr and Chasyn Rance in a three-way to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
Onyx returned to the IWS on June 3, 2005 to team up with his nemesis Green Phantom to battle Pierre Carl Ouellet and Sabu in what was Sabu’s last indie appearance before going to WorldWrestling Entertainment. Subsequently, he defended the North American title in both Canada and the United States, including on July 7, 2006 at a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling house show. He also defended the title overseas in both Ireland and in the UK. After an over one year reign as North American Heavyweight Champion, he lost the title to Damien Waynes on August 24, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. On October 26, 2007 in St. Albans, Vermont, Onyx defeated Paul Tracey to once again become the NWA British Commonwealth Champion.
NSPW
In 2010, Dru Onyx wrestled mostly for NSPW, starting the year by losing the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight title to Adam Pearce on January 23 a title he had defended against Kevin Steen. In late February during the Weekend of Excellence, Onyx wrestled as Soa Amin against Darkko on the 26th in a match that ended with a double countout, the night after on the 27th Soa won a match against Pauly Platinum. For his next 3 NSPW appearances he would revert to his Dru Onyx persona, winning a match against Michael Style on March 20. The month after he teamed up with Kevin Skully to take on James Stone and Michael Style on April 24 (a loss).
On May 8 Onyx participated in a 4 way match for the NSPW Heavyweight title against champion Kevin Skully, Michael Style and Mathieu St-Jacques. The match was won by St-Jacques. In July the Soa Amin character returned, teaming up with Giovanni to face the team of veteran Sunny War Cloud and Pee-Wee in a losing effort. On August 6, Dru Onyx got another shot at the NSPW Heavyweight title again Mathieu St-Jacques, once again coming up short in his bid for the championship. He bounced back with a with over Michael Style on September 8 and finished off 2010 with a loss in a brutal chain match against Ismael.
As Soa Amin he would get his revenge on Ismael, defeating him on February 5, 2011 in a falls count anywhere match. Dru would wrestle one more time for NSPW in 2011, losing to Damien Steele at NSPW Fifty on October 22. In July 2012, Onyx made a return to the company as Soa Amin, losing to Matt Falco. In late 2012 he participated in the Standing 8 Tournament, winning in the first round against Franky The Mobster before getting eliminated in the second round by Giovanni.
MWF
Throughout 2011 and 2012, Soa Amin wreaked havoc in the Montreal Wrestling Federation. After a shaky start with a loss against Franky The Mobster in September 2011, Amin would get a solid streak going defeating Jason Starr, Shayne Hawke, HC Ryder and then HC Ryder & Chris Cruze in a tag-team match where he teamed up with Hawke. His streak would continue into 2012, earning a victory over Bryan Kevins on January 14 before participating in a match with Jake Matthews that would end in a no contest on January 28. Soa Amin and Green Phantom teamed up on February 4 defeating the team of Stew Ramjattan and Jake Matthews. Later on in the same month Amin and Pat Guénette wrestled to a no contest.
On March 17, Soa Amin's streak of matches without losses would come to an end against Jake Matthews in a Last Man Standing match at MWF No Remorse. On the 31st of March, Amin and Darkko teamed up in a match for the MWF Tag Team titles against champions Stew Ramjattan and Pauly Platinum, losing the match by disqualification.
NCW
NCW is where Dru Onyx would find his niche and see his career rise to great heights, holding the NCW Québec title for 11 months from June 2012
when he won the title against Handsome JF to May 2013 where he lost it to Pat Guénette.
During his reign as champion Onyx successfully defended the title against Jay Phenomenon, Handsome JF, Pat Guénette, Gorgeous Mike, Pitbull Brando, William Brady, James Stone and Alextreme. His most notable feud to date in NCW is definitely with former ally Pat Guénette, they competed in a no disqualification match on June 22 at Fight Nationale for the Québec championship and it is not over yet as both gladiators will step into a ring surrounded by a 15 foot high steel cage to settle the score on September 7 at NCW Season Premiere 4. This match will once again be for the prestigious Québec championship once held by Onyx but now in possession of Pat Guénette. After a bloody battle, Onyx was not successful in regaining his title.
Other promotions
Dru has also competed for TOW, NWA On Fire, GCW and various other independent promotions over the past 3 years. He participated in a 3-Way casket match in March 2010 for Montreal promotion TOW against Darkko and WWE alumnus Sylvain Grenier, the match was won by Grenier. In April 2010 he wrestled to a no contest against former TNA star Gran Apolo for an NWA On Fire event held in Maine. Onyx along with Derek Platinum received a GCW-NS title shot against the Hillbullies (Jeff Black and Cousin Eddie) on February 4, 2012 in Oshawa, Ontario but the team could not win the belts from the champions. He is a 3 time and current TOW Tag-Team Champion.
Alter Ego
S.O.A. (Spirit of Allah) is a character which he has wrestled as, fairly continuously throughout his career, switching back and forth between this character and Dru Onyx.
S.O.A. is a violent and bloody-thirsty character. Dru when in the S.O.A. character throws traditional wrestling rules out the window as tries he to maim his opponents with illegal objects (knives, forks, small swords). In the United Kingdom, S.O.A. was originally billed as "Son of Abdullah" the son of legendary wrestler Abdullah the Butcher who originated the gimmick. The two are not related in real life, though resemblance at times is uncanny. The S.O.A. gimmick is the gimmick most fans in Ireland and UK know Dru for, however, he has made appearances as S.O.A. in the outskirts of Quebec Canada feuding with Pierre Carl Ouellett and Sunny War Cloud. September 2010 The S.O.A. character as Soa Amin had a 6 month run, causing havoc for the babyfaces in Montreal Wrestling Federation which is based in Valleyfield Quebec. Soa left the M.W.F. after losing a bloody loser leaves fed match on March 13 at No Remorse show against Pat Guenette. In 2013 he wrestled for Shawinigan based promotion FCL as Soa Amin, losing in a hard fought match against Tank.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- The Roadkill (Spear)
- Bajan Death Drop (Fireman's carry cutter)
- Kellman Klutch - Innovated (Modified camel clutch/toehold combination)
- Gangbang - Innovated (modified Boston crab/camel clutch combo on 2 opponents)
- Sudanese Meat Cleaver (Running elbow drop to the opponent's throat) adopted from Abdullah the Butcher
- Abby's Comet ( Cannonball Senton) as Soa Amin
- Camel Clutch as Soa Amin
- Signature moves
- Managers
- Phillipe Leclaire
- C. Edward Vander Pyle
- Joey Soprano
- Nicknames
- "Godz Fav'rit Weapon"
- "The Bajan Bomber"
- "The Mastadon"
- "King of Everything"
Championships and accomplishments
- All Canadian Wrestling
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Butterfly Suplex, one of his signature moves.
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Championship Wrestling Association
- CWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) [1]
- Combat Revolution Wrestling
- CRW Quebec Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Syndicate
- IWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Montreal Wrestling Federation
- MWF National Championship (1 time)
- NWA Quebec Pro Wrestling
- NWA Quebec Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA UK Hammerlock
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time, - with Jeremy Prophet
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [2]
- Northern Championship Wrestling
- NCW Quebec Championship (1 time)
- Top of the World Wrestling
- TOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Carl XL Leduc (1) and Eric Mastrocola (2, current)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 373 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005.
- PWI ranked him # 361 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007.
- PWI ranked him # 349 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012.
- PWI ranked him # 360 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013.
Notes
- ↑ "Independent Wrestling Results - June 2004". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ↑ "Independent Wrestling Results - April 2006". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-04.