Mike Bennett

**Michael Bennett** (born May 16, 1985) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for both IMPACT Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) . He is best known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH) and WWE where he wrestled under the ring name **Mike Kanellis**.

After a few years on the independent circuit, Bennett made his Ring of Honor (ROH) debut in 2008; where he went by **The Prodigy**. With his then-girlfriend Maria Kanellis, he worked as part of **The Kingdom** stable, winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship with Matt Taven. ROH's talent-sharing agreement with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) enabled the team to make limited appearances in Japan, where they won NJPW's IWGP Tag Team Championship. Bennett left ROH in late-2015 to sign with rival promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he won the TNA X Division Championship. In 2017, Bennett joined his wife Maria in WWE (whose maiden name was used as his character's surname), where held the WWE 24/7 Championship twice.

Bennett and Taven also operate a wrestling school in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Awesome Coolness* / *Box Office Smash* (Sitout side slam)
	+ *Divine Intervention* / *MIP – Miracle in Progress* / *The Power of Love* (Samoan driver)
	+ *Photo Finish* (Fireman's carry cutter)

* **Signature moves**
	+ Ankle lock
	+ Belly to back suplex
	+ Big boot
	+ Delayed vertical suplex
	+ Double underhook facebuster
	+ Dropkick
	+ Elevated DDT
	+ Flapjack
	+ Figure-four leglock
	+ *Go Back to Japan* (Anaconda vise)
	+ Jumping neckbreaker
	+ Lariat
	+ *Miracle Maker* (Wrist-lock transitioned into a right-handed hook)
	+ Running cutter
	+ Piledriver
	+ Spear
	+ Single arm DDT
	+ Single leg dropkick, on a seated opponent
	+ Sitout reverse crucifix driver
	+ Sitout powerbomb
	+ Spinning spinebuster, sometimes on the apron
	+ Scoop brainbuster
	+ Shoulder armbreaker
	+ Superkick
	+ Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker

* **Managers**
	+ Bob Evans
	+ Gia Savitz
	+ Grayson Alexander
	+ **Maria Kanellis**

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Epic"
	+ "The Miracle"
	+ "Professional Wrestling's Jesus"
	+ "The Prodigy"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- "Poem" by Taproot
		- "Red Hot Rock" by Louis Thom
		- "S.U.M." by Avenue F
		- "Something for You / Suffer Unto Me" by David Rolfe and Avenue F (used as a member of The Kingdom / The OGK)
	+ **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
		- "Damage" by Medeline (used as a member of The Kingdom)
		- "Suffer Unto Me" by Avenue F (used as a member of The Kingdom)
		- "Something for You / Suffer Unto Me" by David Rolfe and Avenue F (used as a member of The Kingdom)
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "The Miracle" by Dale Olive
		- "Tidal Wave" by Slowburn (used as a member of Honor No More)
	+ **World Wrestling Entertainment**
		- "True Love" by CFO$ Feat. KIT
	+ **National Wrestling Alliance**
		- "Anno Satana" by The Smashing Pumpkins (used as a member of The OGK)
	+ **All Elite Wrestling**
		- **"Something for You / Suffer Unto Me"** by David Rolfe and Avenue F (used as a member of The Kingdom)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Eastern Pro Wrestling**
	+ EPW Television Championship (1 time)
	+ EPW United States Championship (1 time)
* **Neo Revolution Grappling**
	+ NRG Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **New England Wrestling Alliance**
	+ NEWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Matt Taven
* **Northeast Championship Wrestling**
	+ NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Venom and Johnny Idol
* **Northeast Wrestling**
	+ NEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Pro Wrestling Experience**
	+ PWE United States Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#51** of the top 500 wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2016
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Matt Taven
	+ Top Prospect Tournament (2011)
	+ Honor Rumble (2014)
	+ ROH Year End Awards
		- Holy S\*\*\* Moment of the Year (2020) – Returning to ROH and Saving Matt Taven from the Righteous
* **Top Rope Promotions**
	+ TRP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ TRP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bryce Andrews
	+ Kowalski Cup (2006)
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ TNA X Division Championship (1 time)
	+ IMPACT World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Matt Taven
* **World Wrestling Entertainment**
	+ WWE 24/7 Championship (2 times)
* **Wrestling Federation of America**
	+ WFA Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with The Ray (1) and The Shane (1)
* **The Wrestling REVOLVER**
	+ REVOLVER Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Matt Taven
* **Xtreme Wrestling Alliance**
	+ XWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)