Kofi Kingston On How His Mom Reacted to His WWE Signing

August 21, 2010

WWE Smackdown star Kofi Kingston recently did an interview with LubbockOnline.com. On the subject of his leaving the corporate world to work for WWE, and how that made his mother feel, Kingston said the following: "She did not know how big the WWE is.When I first started, I was wrestling independently in front of 10 to 20 people at VFW Halls. She thought I had abandoned a corporate career for that; she couldn’t see the big picture."

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.