WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston was born in Ghana in 1981 to Ghanian parents. A year later, they moved to the United States.
In his early WWE days, the company introduced Kingston to the WWE Universe as a Jamaican superstar. Even in interviews, the 40-year-old insisted he was born in Jamaica. However, his mother Elizabeth confirmed he was born in Ghana.
"I told him: 'Kofi, your cousins watch you on TV in Ghana and want to know why you don't say you're from Ghana.' He said: 'Tell them it is business.'" Kingston's mother added.
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Later, Kingston dropped the Jamaican gimmick, and WWE began introducing him as a Ghanian wrestler. The former WWE Champion has lived nearly his entire life in the United States and has become an American citizen. Because Ghana allows dual citizenship, he is now a Ghanaian-American dual citizen.
Last Monday on RAW, Kingston teamed up with his New Day partners Xavier Woods and Big E to face The Bloodline but failed .
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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