Kevin Kelly

TITLE HISTORY

  • ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Heavyweight title defeating Cheetah Master (April 7, 2001);
  • ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Hall of Famer (inducted December 3, 2005);

Career Highlights

  • Kevin Kelly started his career in Eddie Mansfield’s IWF as a Ring Announcer..
  • Kevin Kelly worked alongside IWF alumni Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn..
  • Billy Gunn got Kevin Kelly his first WWF tryout as a ring announcer..
  • Kevin Kelly moved onto interviewing and commentating duties..
  • Late 1997: Kevin Kelly & Michael Cole became announcers for Raw is War (along with Jim Ross) for a few months..
  • 1998: Kevin Kelly worked as a interviewer on Raw and Smackdown! and as a commentator for weekend shows..
  • Kevin Kelly hosted WWF Internet show Byte!This..
  • Kevin Kelly worked as a talent scout looking over talent in WWF farm leagues OVW, MCW, UWA and HWA..
  • Kevin Kelly briefly worked in the OVW training facility to be a manager..
  • March 2003: Kevin Kelly left the WWE to pursue other ventures..
  • December 3, 2005: Kevin Kelly was inducted into the ECWA Hall of Fame..
  • March 2, 2010: Jim Cornette confirmed during his Who’s Slamming Who podcast, that Kevin Kelly has just signed an agreement to be the voice of Ring of Honor on internet Pay-per-view..
  • Since 2011 Kevin Kelly has been doing the ring announcing job for Ring of Honor.
  • May 28, 2011 – October 22, 2011: Kevin Kelly was the announcer for Lucha Libre USA Season 2.
  • Kevin Kelly did a show in NJPW along with Matt Strike in 2015 and on January 4, 2016.
  • Kevin Kelly is currently announcing for Ring of Honor with Steve Corino.
  • July 2017: Kevin Kelly announced officially that he is no longer with Ring Of Honor and will be going to New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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@realkevinkelly

Trained By

Debut

1991

Birthday

May 9, 1967

Hometown

New York City, New York

Gender

Male

Height

5'10"

Weight

240 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Favorite Move(s)

Notable Feuds

The Rock

Status

Living