(1974-12-20) December 20, 1974 (age 49)[1] Boyertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Gran Akuma Akuma
Billed height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Billed weight
188 lb (85 kg)[2]
Billed from
Afar[1]
Trained by
Mike Quackenbush[3] Reckless Youth Chris Hero Skayde
Debut
October 12, 2002[3]
Retired
February 16, 2018 [4]
Gran Akuma (born December 20, 1974) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Chikara. He has also worked for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Dragon Gate USA and Full Impact Pro (FIP).[5] In Chikara, he was a member of The Kings of Wrestling stable, while also being a part of Team F.I.S.T. with Icarus and Chuck Taylor. On November 17, 2006, Akuma and Icarus defeated Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli to capture the Campeonatos de Parejas.
GranAkuma (born December 20, 1974) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Chikara. He has also worked for Combat Zone...
professional wrestler GranAkuma (born 1979), American professional wrestler AKUMA (Ethan Kinsley), (born 2006), model and content creator Akuma (folklore), an...
undefeated. In 2004 Quackenbush teamed up with Team F.I.S.T. (Icarus and GranAkuma) and started a feud with the Toxic Trio (Eddie Kingston, BlackJack Marciano...
professional. After defeating DJ Skittlez in his first round match and GranAkuma in the semifinals, Hallowicked advanced to the finals of the tournament...
Brooks, Jason Rumble, Eddie Edwards, Mikey Whipwreck, and GranAkuma. In 2004, he and Akuma met in the opening round of Chikara's Young Lions Cup tournament...
Black) wrestling against the team of Jigsaw (captain), D. J. Skittlez, GranAkuma, Icarus, Jolly Roger, Mister Zero, Private Eye and Shane Storm. Spyrazul...
Thomaselli and Vito Thomaselli) The Kings of Wrestling (Chuck Taylor, GranAkuma and Icarus) Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder and Robbie Ellis Los Ice Creams...
S.T. (Icarus and GranAkuma). The following year the Wildcards teamed up with Jigsaw to form the Toxic Trio, while Icarus and Akuma recruited the help...
After losing a singles match to GranAkuma on March 13, Lee picked up his first victory in the company by defeating GranAkuma, Hallowicked and Chris Dickinson...
point in the process. Also in June, 3.0 began regularly teaming with GranAkuma in six man tag team matches. On August 17, 3.0 earned their third point...
Hero, Sweeney and Castagnoli joined forces with Team F.I.S.T. (Icarus, GranAkuma and Chuck Taylor) to form the Kings of Wrestling superstable. The stable...
of the group at differing times. The group also comprised Icarus and GranAkuma who teamed separately as Team F.I.S.T. (Friends in Similar Tights) as...
part in the Open the Freedom Gate Championship tournament, losing to GranAkuma in the first round. Dorado kicked of 2010 by losing to Rich Swann in a...
and Castagnoli lost the Chikara tag title to Team F.I.S.T (Icarus and GranAkuma) in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Following the match, Hero and Team F.I.S...
wrestlers also competed in the promotion during their early careers such as GranAkuma, Slyck Wagner Brown, Mike Kruel, The Smoke, "The Alpha Male" Justin Powers...
Championship. The next day, Swann's FIP Florida Heritage Championship match with GranAkuma ended in a time limit draw. On December 6, Swann wrestled Roderick Strong...
Gargano came out during a quarter-final match between F.I.S.T. (Icarus, GranAkuma and Chuck Taylor) and Team Osaka Pro (Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and...
Global Information