Kevin Matthew McDonald is an American

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, He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, under the ring name KM. He is currently the promoter for WrestlePro and WrestlePro Alaska.

Professional wrestling career

Independent promotions and WWE appearance (2000–2014)

As a native of New York, Matthews wrestled in many promotions around New York City and New Jersey early in his career. In 2004 he wrestled for

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in Pennsylvania teaming up with Greg Matthews. He was managed by

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. On June 14, 2005, Matthews wrestled as enhancement talent in his only appearance in WWE. He teamed with Nick Berk, losing to MNM (

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and Johnny Nitro). He also wrestled in

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from 2006-2010. On December 12, 2009 Matthews lost to

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at NWS/WSU The Awesome Challenge in Flemington, New Jersey. Matthews spent most of his career performing for Pro Wrestling Syndicate. On May 8, 2010 Matthews defeated boxing legend Butterbean for the PWS Heavyweight Title. The title was vacated on August 20, 2010. He would regain the title by defeating

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on June 2, 2012. On November 20, 2012 Matthews dropped the title to

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. He would win the title back by defeating Hardy on February 9, 2013. During his reign he defeated Colt Cabana,

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, and Homicide. He would drop the title to Alex Reynolds on September 20, 2013. On May 17, 2014 he defeated

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Impact Wrestling (2017–2019)

On March 6, 2017, it was reported that McDonald had signed with Impact Wrestling. On the March 30 episode of '' Impact Wrestling'', he debuted as Sienna's

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, defeating

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with interference from Sienna, thus establishing himself as a heel. On the May 25 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', KM teamed with

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defeating Braxton Sutter and

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, after both teams began a feud with each other. On the June 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' that occurred in

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, KM competed in a Gauntlet match for the inaugural Sony SIX Invitational Trophy, which was won by Mahabali Shera after KM was eliminated by Shera. On July 2, during the Pre Show of Slammiversary XV, KM teamed with Kongo Kong and

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losing to Mahabali Shera, Braxton Sutter, and

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in a six-person tag team match. On the January 18, 2018, Impact Wrestling tapings, KM attacked James Storm with a beer bottle, smashing it over his head, after he joined the American Top Team. KM then later formed an alliance with Fallah Bahh turning

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in the process. In March 2019, his profile was moved to the alumni section of the Impact roster page on their website. Subsequently he stopped appearing on Impact Wrestling's weekly program. Matthews would later argue with Impact Wrestling Executive Vice President

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on Twitter over the amount they pay their talent.

All Elite Wrestling (2021-2022)

KM debuted on Monday, October 4, 2021 on an episode of AEW Dark: Elevation in a match against

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. On the May 11th, 2022 episode of

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, KM would appear as a security guard in a contract signing between

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and Wardlow for a match at

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. He would again appear on Elevation against John Silver on June 27, 2022. In Rochester, New York on July 6, he would return as a part of

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with Dan Lambert, for the TNT Championship match between

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and Wardlow.

Championships and accomplishments

* Impact Wrestling ** Gravy Train Turkey Trot (

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) – with Fallah Bahh, Alisha Edwards,

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**PWI ranked him #211 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2017 *Pro Wrestling Syndicate **PWS Heavyweight Championship (3 times) *Stars & Stripes Championship Wrestling **SSCW Television Championship (1 time) *

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(1 time) – with Greg Matthews *WrestlePro **UCE Championship (1 time) **WrestlePro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Fallah Bahhhttps://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=2948

References

External links

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Impact Wrestling Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Kevin 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Brooklyn American male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from New York (state) 21st-century professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from New York City