Ken Doane
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Kenneth George Doane, (born March 16, 1986 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American professional wrestler on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand, where he is currently a World Tag Team Champion.
Career
Doane made his debut at the age of fifteen, in 2001. After being contracted by WWE he appeared in its farm federation Ohio Valley Wrestling.Doane was given a 'male cheerleader' gimmick at a WWE house show as part of a new stable, the Spirit Squad. The group went on to make their RAW debut on January 23, 2006 during Coach and Jerry Lawler's Royal Rumble qualifying match. He would compete under the new name of Kenny.
Since then, The Spirit Squad have made more appearances on RAW and WWE Unlimited. This included performing a special cheer for Trish Stratus during a celebration held for her by Mickie James. The Spirit Squad then became a part of an on-going feud between WWE chairman Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels. The heel McMahon hired the Spirit Squad to perform disrespectful cheers and attack Michaels. Ken Doane was involved in a 4-on-1 handicap match on the February 20, 2006 RAW, against Shawn Michaels. Ken Doane and his teammates in the Spirit Squad were disqualified, but they continued the beatdown after the match, prompting Michaels' former partner Marty Jannetty to get involved. The Spirit Squad even won a 4 on 1 tornado handicap steel cage match against Michaels, and interfered during the Michaels/McMahon match at WrestleMania 22.
At the March 6, 2006 edition of RAW, Kenny competed in his first singles match (as part of the Spirit Squad) where he defeated Eugene. On a later edition of RAW, Kenny would be involved in a six-man tag match along with Spirit Squad partners Johnny and Mikey, where he would once again face off against Eugene, along with tag parners Val Venis and Viscera. The Spirit Squad would win this match, injuring Venis' right arm in the process and putting him out of action for several weeks.
On the April 3, 2006 edition of RAW, Kenny, along with fellow Spirit Squad member Mikey, defeated The Big Show and Kane to win the World Tag Team Championship with help from the other members of the Spirit Squad (Nicky, Mitch, and Johnny). With the win, Kenny became the second youngest WWE superstar (20 years, 18 days) to win a championship in the company, second to René Duprée (19 1/2 years exactly) who won the World Tag Team Championship with Sylvan Grenier on June 15, 2003.
It was revealed that even though Kenny and Mikey won the championships, and are listed as such on the WWE's RAW roster page, the whole group are recognized as champions. As a result of this rule, Nicky and Johnny defended the titles in the rematch the following week.
On the April 17, 2006 edition of RAW, all five members of the Spirit Squad defeated Rob Van Dam in a 5-on-1 Handicap match. On the April 24, 2006 edition of RAW, all five members of the Spirit Squad faced John Cena, Triple H, and Edge in a Handicap match. The match went to a no contest when Triple H started brawling with John Cena.
At Backlash 2006, Kenny and the rest of the Spirit Squad assisted Mr. McMahon and Shane McMahon in defeating Shawn Michaels and "God" in a tag-team match. The five members of the squad put HBK through a table with their "High Spirits" maneuver allowing Mr. McMahon to get the pinfall victory.
The following night, the Spirit Squad were made co-GMs of RAW by Mr. McMahon, who decided to take the night off. Kenny was booked in a WWE Championship match against John Cena after the group drew "Spirit Straws". The special guest referee for the match, Triple H, eventually walked out of the match after attacking both Cena and the Spirit Squad. Shawn Michaels took over from there as referee. He ended up assisting Cena in getting the victory, thus getting his revenge on the Squad from the previous night.
On the May 8, 2006 edition of RAW, the Spirit Squad faced John Cena and Shawn Michaels in a 5 on 2 handicap match. After much chaos, Kenny would pin Michaels after hitting him with a tag title belt. Kenny then assaulted the referee, removed his leather belt, and began to whip Michaels with it until Cena came back into the ring and made the save.
On the May 15, 2006 edition of RAW, Kenny was put in a match against Shawn Michaels with the Spirit Squad banned from ringside. Triple H was put in Kenny's corner by Mr. McMahon to attack Shawn in case there was a problem. When held by Shane McMahon, Triple H used the sledgehammer to accidentally hit Shane. The match between Michaels and Kenny was a no contest.
On the May 29, 2006 edition of RAW, Kenny lost to Triple H in a "Spiritjack" match, similar to a lumberjack match but with the remaining four members of the Spirit Squad in Kenny's corner, and no one in Triple H's corner. He lost after a pedigree. The squad then teamed up and attacked Triple H, until he got his hands on a sledgehammer and cleaned house.
He and the rest of the Spirit Squad lost to D-Generation X in a 5 on 2 match at Vengeance. They would then go on to lose a 5 on 2 elimination match to DX at Saturday Night Main Event, he was the last remaining member of the Squad and was unsuccessful in defeating the two men.
Finishing And Signature Moves
- RK-Doane (RKO) used in OVW after defeating Randy Orton
- Guillotine Leg Drop
- High Spirits (w/ Spirit Squad)
- Doane-nation (Second Rope Diving Clothesline)
- 'Rolling cutter
Trivia
- He is the second youngest Tag Team champion, The youngest being Rene Dupree.
- He is the second youngest superstar on the entire WWE roster, the youngest superstar being Little Bastard.
- He is also the youngest member of the Spirit Squad.
- He started wrestling at the age of 15.
- He is the only member of the Squad to wrestle in a singles match while apart of the squad. However Nicky of the Spirit Squad had wrestled single matches in house shows in 2005 and tag matches with Kerwin White.
Championships and accomplishments
- *1-time OVW Television Champion
Championship Succession
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| colspan=3 align=center | (WWE) World Tag Team Championship
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| width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:
Kane and Big Show
| width = 40% align = center | First, in the Spirit Squad
| width = 30% align = center | Followed by:
Current
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| colspan = 3 align = center | OVW Television Championship
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| width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:
Deuce Shade
| width = 40% align = center | First
| width = 30% align = center | Followed by:
CM Punk
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Managers
Personal Information
- Kenny is currently engaged to Mickie James
- Once dated Sosay from OVW.
External links
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