Eddie Kingston Edward Moore ( December 12 , 1981 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston . He is currently signed with Impact Wrestling under the ring name Kingston , where he is a member of the Death Crew Council . He is best known for his work in Chikara , All American Wrestling , Combat Zone Wrestling , Independent Wrestling Association Mid - South , Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , and Ring of Honor . Career . Chikara . Moore initially trained alongside BlackJack Marciano and Jigsaw under Kevin Knight at the Independent Wrestling Federation in Woodland Park , New Jersey ( formerly West Paterson ) . After Moore was kicked out of the school , he became part of the second class of students to train at the Chikara Wrestle Factory , where he was taught by Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero . Moore made his professional wrestling debut , under the ring name Eddie Kingston , on October 12 , 2002 , at Chikara ' s seventh event , where he and BlackJack Marciano , the team known collectively as the Wild Cards , defeated Melvin Snodgrass and Lester Crabtree in a tag team match . In 2003 Kingston and Marciano began feuding with UltraMantis and Mr . ZERO , the team known collectively as Ultra / ZERO . The feud came to an end on July 5 , when Ultra / ZERO defeated the Wild Cards in the semifinals of the 2003 Tag World Grand Prix , after which Kingston and Marciano moved on to feuding with Team F . I . S . T . ( Icarus and Gran Akuma ) . The following year the Wildcards teamed up with Jigsaw to form the Toxic Trio , while Icarus and Akuma recruited the help of Mike Quackenbush . On May 22 , 2004 , the Toxic Trio faced Icarus , Akuma and Quackenbush in an Ultimate Jeopardy match , where Kingston ' s , Marciano ' s and Icarus ' hair , Jigsaw ' s and Akuma ' s masks and Quackenbush ' s various championship belts were on the line . In the match Akuma forced Kingston to tap out and , as per stipulation of the match , both the Wild Cards were shaved bald , effectively ending the feud . On September 18 , 2004 , the Wild Cards won the IWA Mid - South Tag Team Championship and enjoyed reasonable success outside of Chikara , until a knee injury forced Marciano into retirement , thus disbanding the team . After taking a break from wrestling , Kingston returned to the ring in July 2005 , turning tecnico and teaming with Sabian , Equinox and Quackenbush to take on the Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero , Claudio Castagnoli , Gran Akuma and Arik Cannon ) . On August 13 , Hero defeated Kingston in a singles match , that would lead the two into feuding with each other over at Combat Zone Wrestling , while in Chikara they were kept apart from each other following the match . For a majority of 2006 , Kingston had a rivalry against Larry Sweeney . Kingston and Sweeney traded many verbal and physical exchanges for months , and the feud culminated with a No Disqualification Strap match between the two at Chikara ' s last show of the year . Kingston won this match and the overall feud . In 2007 , Kingston turned rudo ( villainous ) when he was pinned in an eight - man tag team match . Following the loss , Kingston attacked Hallowicked and attempted to remove his mask . The resulting feud lasted for over six months . During this time Kingston frequently forced his opponents to wear a replica of Hallowicked ' s mask . The feud ended when Kingston defeated Hallowicked in a Falls Count Anywhere match . Kingston , along with fellow BLKOUT stable members Joker and Ruckus , went on to the finals of the 2008 King of Trios tournament , coming up short against the team of El Pantera , Incognito and Lince Dorado , when Kingston tapped out to Dorado ' s Chikara Special . After the tournament Kingston was not seen in Chikara for two months , but when he returned in May , he quickly targeted the man who had forced him to tap out at King of Trios , Lince Dorado . Kingston defeated Dorado in back - to - back singles matches on July 13 and August 10 , but both times Dorado refused to stay down and begged for more . On September 7 Kingston and Dorado face each other in their third singles match , which ended when referee Bryce Remsburg disqualified Kingston due to " excessive punishment " . However , once again Dorado refused to stay down and demanded the match to be restarted . After the restart , Kingston had himself disqualified by low blowing Dorado and then walked out , before declaring that he was done with Dorado , since he was making him mentally unstable with his actions . In late 2008 Kingston would team up with Brodie Lee and Grizzly Redwood to form an alliance that would later be named The Roughnecks . In early 2009 The Roughnecks defeated the Order of the Neo - Solar Temple ( UltraMantis Black , Crossbones and Sami Callihan ) to advance to the 2009 King of Trios , where they ended up being eliminated in the first round by Team Uppercut ( Claudio Castagnoli , Bryan Danielson and Dave Taylor ) . Following the loss Kingston started a feud with Castagnoli , claiming that he had been embarrassed and disrepected . On May 24 , 2009 , at Aniversario Yang Kingston , who had claimed to being able to outwrestle Castagnoli , pinned him cleanly with an Oklahoma roll . After Castagnoli defeated Kingston via countout at the 2009 Young Lions Cup , the two of them were booked in a " Respect Match " at the season eight finale Three - Fisted Tales , where the loser of the match had to show respect to the winner . Castagnoli won the match , but instead of showing respect , Kingston laid him out with a spinning back fist , after claiming that both him and his former tag team partner ( Chris Hero ) are shady and deserve respect from no one . At the end of the event Kingston ' s suspicions about Castagnoli were proven right as he turned rudo and formed the stable Bruderschaft des Kreuzes ( BDK ) . On January 31 , 2010 , at the season nine premiere Kingston , now a tecnico , replaced Lince Dorado , after he had turned on his tecnico team mates and joined BDK , and teamed up with Mike Quackenbush , Jigsaw and Equinox in an eight - man tag team match against Castagnoli , Ares , Tursas and Dorado . BDK won the match , when Castagnoli pinned Kingston after a low blow . After the match Kingston once again refused to show respect to Castagnoli and was therefore beaten down . On March 21 Kingston re - ignited his old feud with BDK ' s newest recruit Lince Dorado by facing him in a singles match . Dorado won by disqualification by taking his mask off behind the referees back and throwing it at Kingston , who was holding it when the red turned around . This is an automatic disqualification as per lucha libre rules . After the match Kingston attacked Dorado , while also taking care of BDK members Pinkie Sanchez , Sara Del Rey and Tim Donst , who attempted to make the save , before he was stopped by Castagnoli , who once again demanded the respect he was owed from Three - Fisted Tales . On May 23 Kingston was set to wrestle one of his idols , Tommy Dreamer , at Chikara ' s eighth year anniversary show , but the match was ruined by an interference from Castagnoli and Ares . After Dreamer helped Kingston take care of BDK , the two made a challenge for a tag team match for Chikara ' s July 25 show in The Arena in Philadelphia . On July 25 at Chikarasaurus Rex : King of Show Kingston and Dreamer were defeated in a non - title tag team match by Ares and Castagnoli . On October 23 Kingston represented Chikara in the torneo cibernetico match , where the company ' s originals faced BDK . He eliminated Daizee Haze and Sara Del Rey from the match , before being stuck in a two - on - one disadvantage against BDK members Claudio Castagnoli and Tursas . Castagnoli was disqualified from the match , after low blowing Kingston , but Kingston managed to come back and pin Tursas to win the 2010 torneo cibernetico . [ 19 ] On March 13 , 2011 , in Brooklyn , New York , Castagnoli defeated Kingston , after hitting him with a chain , in a grudge match fifteen months in the making . The following September , Kingston made his first tour of Japan , with the Osaka Pro Wrestling promotion , which had a working relationship with Chikara . During the tour , Kingston teamed with the villainous Joker stable . From May to October 2011 , Kingston took part in 12 Large : Summit , a tournament used to determine the first ever Chikara Grand Champion . Kingston ended up winning his block of the tournament with a record of four wins and one loss to set up a final match with the winner of the other block , Mike Quackenbush . On November 13 at Chikara ' s first internet pay - per - view , High Noon , Kingston defeated Quackenbush to become the first Chikara Grand Champion . On February 26 , 2012 , Kingston made his first defense of the Grand Championship , defeating Vin Gerard , with whom he had developed a rivalry during the 12 Large : Summit . On March 25 , Kingston defeated Brodie Lee in his second title defense . Kingston made his third successful title defense on April 28 , defeating Kevin Steen via disqualification in an interpromotional match between Chikara and Ring of Honor . Kingston followed up by making successful title defenses against Jigsaw on May 20 at Chikara ' s tenth anniversary event , Dasher Hatfield on June 24 and Sara Del Rey on July 28 . On September 15 , during the second night of the 2012 King of Trios , Kingston made his seventh successful title defense against Osaka Pro Wrestling representative Tadasuke . Afterwards , Kingston was attacked by Tim Donst . On November 18 , Kingston led a team to take on Team Steen in the ninth annual torneo cibernetico match . After Kingston managed to eliminate Steen , he was himself pinned for the win by Tim Donst . On December 2 , Kingston defeated Donst in the main event of Chikara ' s third internet pay - per - view , Under the Hood , to retain the Grand Championship for the eighth time . Kingston ' s ninth successful defense took place during Chikara ' s first weekend of 2013 on February 10 , when he defeated Kevin Steen . Kingston was next scheduled to defend his title against Green Ant on March 9 , but ended up no - showing the event . [ 30 ] Kingston later revealed that he had gotten drunk the previous night , punched a mirror in his hotel room and injured a tendon in his hand . On April 6 , Kingston defeated Hallowicked for his tenth successful defense of the Grand Championship . During the weekend of May 3 and 4 , Kingston made two more successful title defenses against Green Ant and Mark Angelosetti . Kingston ' s thirteenth successful title defense took place on May 18 against Archibald Peck . Kingston ' s fourteenth defense on June 2 at Aniversario : Never Compromise ended in controversy , when , just as his challenger Icarus had locked him in a submission hold , the ring was attacked by a group named " Condor Security " , ending the match in a no contest . Combat Zone Wrestling . Kingston joined Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW ) and was almost immediately placed in the role of enforcer and mouthpiece in the BLKOUT faction . Kingston and fellow BLKOUT member Joker won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from the Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ) on February 11 , 2006 at Seven Years Strong : Settling The Score . Seven months later on September 9 , Kingston defeated Chris Hero to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship after an extended feud . As a result of winning the CZW World Championship , BLKOUT vacated the tag team championship , and the Kings of Wrestling won them in a tournament , but were attakced by BLKOUT afterwards . After a successful world title defence against Justice Pain at Night of Infamy 5 , due to Hero interfering and accidentally hitting Pain , Kingston lost the title to Pain in a three - way elimination match , also involving Hero . [ 38 ] Kingston was eliminated first , after suffering a legitimate broken ankle , after botching a backdrop . At the following show , Hero challenged Kingston to a Loser Leaves Town match when he returned . In his return match at Redemption on March 10 , 2007 , Kingston defeated Hydra . n April 7 , at Out With the Old , In With the New , Kingston defeated Hero in a Loser Leaves Town match . Following the match , CZW owner John Zandig went to the ring and publicly fired Kingston for " ongoing misconduct . " This was suspected by many to be an angle , but was later found out to have been legitimate . Kingston released a public interview on YouTube discussing the matter , but the footage was removed only hours later . Kingston did not appear in CZW for nearly a year following this , but eventually made his return at New Years Resolutions on January 12 , 2008 , in the main event for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship . Kingston returned to Combat Zone Wrestling on February 14 , 2009 at its 10th Anniversary Show , in a losing effort to CZW World Heavyweight Champion Drake Younger in a No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch . Kingston and Younger went on to defeat The Best Around ( TJ Cannon and Bruce Maxwell ) on April 10 , 2010 , to win the CZW World Tag Team Championship . After a successful title defense on June 12 against Cult Fiction ( Brain Damage and Masada ) , Kingston threw his World Tag Team Championship belt down and once again quit CZW . Kingston ' s title reign officially ended on July 10 , when CZW owner DJ Hyde stripped him and Younger of the title . Pro Wrestling Guerrilla . On November 11 , 2007 , Kingston debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) as Human Tornado ' s mystery tag team partner . It was revealed earlier on that Tornado ' s opponent , Chris Hero , had also picked Kingston as his partner , but Kingston had chosen to side with Tornado . Kingston and Tornado lost a Handicap match to Hero via a disqualification caused by Claudio Castagnoli . Post - match , the three men collectively attacked Hero and showed signs of the forming of a new stable . On January 5 , 2008 , Tornado , Castagnoli and Kingston defeated the three - person unit of Hero , Necro Butcher and Hero ' s then - valet Candice LeRae in a No Disqualification match . The competing stables would have a variety of matches against each other throughout the year , with various members facing off one - on - one . As a team , Kingston and Castagnoli were also involved in a brief feud against The Dynasty ( Joey Ryan and Scott Lost ) , which began when they interfered in a PWG World Tag Team Championship match between The Dynasty and challengers the Briscoe Brothers ( Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe ) on May 7 . A title match was booked between Castagnoli and Kingston and The Dynasty on two consecutive shows , both of which Kingston missed . Soon after missing the second event , Kingston ' s name was removed from the roster page . On August 30 , it was announced that Kingston would return for All Star Weekend VII . On Night One , he competed in a four - way match for the PWG World Championship ; participants included Necro Butcher , former champion Low Ki , and defending champion Hero , who pinned Kingston to retain . Following the match , Kingston assaulted Hero , forcing PWG officials to pull them apart . On Night Two , Kingston was defeated by Necro Butcher in a Necro Butcher Rules match . Independent Wrestling Association Mid - South . Kingston has made on - and - off appearances for Independent Wrestling Association Mid - South since 2004 . During that year , most of his activity involved tagging with Marciano as the Wild Cards . The duo won the IWA Mid - South Tag Team Championship once , and successfully defended them on numerous occasions . After Marciano ' s retirement , however , Kingston ' s Mid - South work mainly involved one - on - one matches , including a lengthy feud against Ian Rotten . He also rekindled his feud with Hero during the 2007 Ted Petty Invitational , and on the final night of the tournament , Kingston defeated Hero in a Last Man Standing match , which is considered the 2007 Match of the Year for the company . On December 7 , 2007 , Kingston won a four - way elimination match against Hero , then - champion Quackenbush , and Chuck Taylor to win the IWA Mid - South Heavyweight Championship . On April 11 , 2008 , Kingston no - showed a scheduled event , resulting in IWA Mid - South owner Ian Rotten stripping him of the championship . Rotten told the crowd that Kingston was " going through some personal problems " , but that he was welcome back to the promotion once he got his act together . Kingston participated in the 2008 Ted Petty Invitational tournament , defeating Necro Butcher in the first round on Night One , but losing to Sami Callihan in the quarter - finals . Ring of Honor . Kingston made his first appearance in Ring of Honor at Death Before Dishonor IV on July 15 , 2006 as the fifth member of Team CZW in the Cage of Death match , which Team CZW lost . Kingston next appearance was on March 14 , 2008 when he showed up in the audience during a match between The Vulture Squad and Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson . During the match , Kingston harassed Ruckus , a member of The Vulture Squad in ROH and Kingston ' s stablemate in BLKOUT in other promotions , and claimed he ' d be in Philadelphia on March 16 , 2008 during ROH ' s Take No Prisoners pay - per - view . During the non - pay - per - view portion of the show , Kingston , Sabian and Robbie Morino of BLKOUT got into a brawl with Jigsaw and Julius Smokes of The Vulture Squad , while Ruckus tried to restrain both factions . In June it was announced that BLKOUT was planning on disrupting ROH ' s pay - per - view taping , Respect is Earned II , on June 7 . The Vulture Squad responded with Jigsaw challenging Kingston to face him in a match . Kingston appeared with BLKOUT , but failed to defeat Jigsaw , while Ruckus again tried to calm down both of his stables . Kingston wrestled at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings on March 1 , 2009 in Philadelphia , defeating Sami Callihan . Kingston then appeared on the March 18 ROH videowire , and soon after re - developed his feud with Chris Hero . On December 19 , 2009 , at Final Battle 2009 , ROH ' s first live pay - per - view , Kingston defeated Hero in a " Fight Without Honor " match to win the feud . Kingston returned to ROH on March 4 , 2012 , at the 10th Anniversary Show , where he represented Chikara as the Grand Champion and had a confrontation with Kevin Steen . This led to a Grand Championship match in Chikara , where Kingston defeated Steen via disqualification . Kingston returned to ROH at the June 29 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling , saving Mike Mondo from Steen and Jimmy Jacobs . He then went on to unsuccessfully challenge Steen for the ROH World Championship on August 11 at Boiling Point . Jersey All Pro Wrestling . Kingston is a regular in the New Jersey - based Jersey All Pro Wrestling ( JAPW ) organization . After winning a number one contenders match on February 24 , Kingston defeated Bandido , Jr . on February 28 at JAPW ' s Jersey City Rumble to win the JAPW New Jersey State Championship . He would hold the title for little over two months before losing it to Archadia . On January 23 , 2010 , at JAPW ' s 12th Anniversary Show , Kingston had his biggest match to date in the promotion , unsuccessfully challenging Dan Maff for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship . Kingston returned to JAPW on April 14 , 2012 , when he and Homicide defeated Philly ' s Most Wanted ( Blk Jeez and Joker ) to win the vacant JAPW Tag Team Championship . Urban Wrestling Federation . In 2011 , it was revealed that Kingston would take part in a new hiphop / pro wrestling collaboration , the Urban Wrestling Federation , with taping of the first event " First Blood " taking place on June 3 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling ( 2016 – present ) . Kingston was revealed as a member of the masked gang Death Count Council ( DCC ) on the November 10 , 2016 episode of Impact . The DCC made their Impact Zone debut on the October 20 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , when they attacked The Tribunal , following the latter ' s loss to TNA World Tag Team Champions , The Broken Hardys . The DCC continued their assault on TNA wrestlers , attacking Robbie E and Grado on the October 27 episode of " Impact Wrestling " . On the November 3 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , the DCC attacked the Tag Champions . As the faction was leaving , the Hardys challenged them to an immediate match and put their titles on the line ; whether this was a handicap match or not and what its official result was have never been specified . The match devolved into a backstage fight during which Matt Hardy suffered amnesia after being knocked off a forklift by one of the DCC members . The DCC unmasked themselves on the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " after laying out TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards following his successful title defense against Eli Drake . On the November 17 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kingston made his Impact in - ring debut teaming with Storm and Bram to defeat Edwards and Brother Nero in a No Disqualification 3 - on - 2 handicap match . On the December 1 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kingston and Bram faced The Broken Hardys for the TNA Tag Team Championship , but were ultimately defeated . Bram and Kingston would face Decay in a losing effort , after James Storm attacked Abyss , resulting in a disqualification . At Genesis , the DCC were defeated by Decay and The Broken Hardys in a three - way tag team , thus not winning their TNA World Tag Team Championship . On the January 19 episode of Impact Wrestling , Bram and Kingston competed in the first ever Race for the Case , capturing the yellow briefcase when Kingston knocked it out of Jessie Godderz ' s hands and into Bram ' s , later learning they have the # 2 call out spot for the February 2 Open Fight Night episode of Impact Wrestling . On the February 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , the DCC used their Race for the Case briefcase to call out and defeat Decay in a Fall Count Anywhere match . At the end of the show , they would attack Ethan Carter III after his match against Eli Drake , only to attack him and his bodyguard Tyrus after . On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , the DCC defeated Eli Drake and Tyrus in a handicap match .