Kingston’s on-screen persona is the angry 17-year-old version of himself - a fighter - turned up to 1,000. He grew up in an Irish-Puerto Rican Catholic family on University Avenue in The Bronx and later moved to the Woodlawn section of Yonkers. That whole New York tough guy thing, I can’t let anyone see me cry.” I just started bawling in the car and apologizing for crying. I was gonna be broke and homeless and back living with my parents. “I didn’t understand why I was crying and my girlfriend was just like, ‘Let it go, let it out because you reached a goal. “I just started crying in the car,” Kingston said. He got the news while on vacation with his girlfriend in Montana and broke down. It was enough to earn Kingston a contract with the company a little more than a week later. His match on “AEW Dynamite” against Rhodes on July 22 impressed company brass and garnered a big reaction from fans. Two weeks later, AEW offered Kingston a chance at Rhodes’ TNT championship as part of an open challenge. Hoping to get a bite, Kingston called out AEW’s Cody Rhodes along with NWA champion Nick Aldis and Zack Sabre Jr. “I think probably another month I would have sold the house and moved back to New York and back to my parents’ place until I could get a regular job and, you know, get my own apartment,” Kingston said. It was not going to be long before the stop-gap measures would no longer get the job done. Kingston was forced to sell his ring gear, promotional photos and other things to pay the mortgage on his home in Orlando, Fla. Back home, wrestling shows outside of WWE and AEW dried up. from bookings in Europe due to COVID-related travel restrictions. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, Kingston, who was also working for the National Wrestling Alliance, had to race back to the U.S. It wasn’t the only time his wrestling career nearly ended. “I believe God sent my niece and nephew to me not to stop wrestling because he knew good things were gonna happen,” said Kingston, whose real name is Eddie Moore. The 38-year-old Kingston, who grew up in Yonkers, considered retirement in 2019, but continued to wrestle so his new nephew - and now a niece - would have something they could be proud of their uncle about. It’s an opportunity that could have been lost numerous times along the way. Mom, I’m sorry I never got married, I’m sorry I put you through all this stuff, but look I did it for this.’ And that’s gonna mean so much to me that I can explain to her, this is why I did all the stuff I did. “It also means when I win the world title it’s gonna mean more, too, because I can go to my mother and tell her, ‘I’m sorry I never gave you a grandkid, Mom. “It means the world to me,” Kingston said of the opportunity in a phone interview. Kingston has said WWE had interest in bringing him in as a coach, but he was more passionate about staying a performer when AEW came calling. Kingston has dedicated the match to his friend, mentor and former wrestler Tracy Smothers, who lost his battle with cancer at the age of 58 last week. 7 (8 p.m., B/R Live) in Jacksonville, Fla. Kingston quickly made an impression and now finds himself wrestling AEW champion Jon Moxley in an “I Quit” match for the title at the “Full Gear” pay-per-view on Nov. Not having a major company to call home changed when he signed with All Elite Wrestling in late July. He did work short stints in larger-scale companies such as Total Nonstop Action/Impact in 20, had a WWE tryout and appeared on and off in Ring of Honor. The pro wrestling veteran of 18 years spent the majority of his career on the “indies,” most notably with the Philadelphia-based Chikara promotion. So many times it could have ended differently for Eddie Kingston. Triple H finally treating this part of WWE the way it was meant to beĬody Rhodes ending Roman Reigns' historic WWE run feels less inevitable than ever What do 2023 AEW tickets cost? The answer just might surprise you
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