Damien Kane Explained

Damien Kane
Birth Name:Edward Bazzaza
Names:Damien Kane[1]
Ed Bonzo
Height:[2]
Weight:250lb
Birth Date:16 April 1960
Birth Place:Reading, Pennsylvania
Spouse:Lady Alexandra
Children:1
Trainer:Killer Kowalski
Debut:1980
Retired:1996

Edward Bazzaza (born April 16, 1960), known by his ring name Damien Kane, is an American retired professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in the mid-1990s.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

After being trained in Killer Kowalski's Malden, Massachusetts-based school, Kane debuted in the International Wrestling Federation in 1980.[3] While in the IWF, Kane wrestled against prominent wrestlers such as Dominic DeNucci, Larry Zbyszko and The Valiant Brothers.[3]

Independent circuit

After his stint in the IWF, Kane began to work throughout the independent circuit.[3] After joining the Continental Wrestling Alliance and winning the promotion's World Tag Team Championship with Sweet Daddy White, Kane met future tag team partner D. C. Drake.[3] After both worked for the CWA, Kane and Drake moved on to the National Wrestling Federation, where Kane performed booking, television production and wrestling for the promotion.[3] During his time in the NWF, Kane met a young Paul Heyman, who was working for the promotion as a photographer and commentator, and helped establish Heyman as a manager under the name Paul E. Dangerously name.[3]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995—1996)

Due to his relationship with Heyman, Kane later ended up working for him in Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was best known for managing The Headhunters as well forming a tag team with Devon Storm. Together, Kane and Storm successfully defeated the Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) by disqualification (a rare occurrence in ECW) at A Matter of Respect[4] and later feuded with The Bad Crew, a tag team he had formerly managed.[5]

In late 1996, Kane and his then wife Lady Alexandra left ECW after making "inappropriate remarks" towards the then recently fired Missy Hyatt.[6] The pair made their last appearance at Natural Born Killaz on August 24 when, following Devon Storm's loss to Louie Spicolli, Kane was attacked by Spicolli.

Retirement

Relocating to Florida shortly thereafter, Kane and Alexandra later moved with their son Damien Jr. to Texas to pursue an acting career in early 2007.[3] [7]

Filmography

+ List of appearances in film and on television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Soul FlyersAndy SimmsShort film
2008Night To FlyJack BarnesFeature film
2008Blood on the HighwayAxe GuyFeature film
2010Fed UpHimselfEpisode: "Work Associates and Arthritis"

Championships and accomplishments

References

General

Specific

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cagematch profile.
  2. Web site: OWW profile.
  3. Web site: Damien Kane's Official MySpace.
  4. Web site: Extreme Championship Wrestling: A Matter of Respect 1996. 2007-06-20. Nelson, Phil. Peter Karlsson. 2005-08-23. American Wrestling Trivia.
  5. Web site: Extreme Championship Wrestling: April–June 1996. 2007-06-20. Nelson, Phil. Peter Karlsson. 2005-08-23. American Wrestling Trivia.
  6. Web site: 10 Years Ago This Week... In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2007-06-20. Lyon, Stephen. 2006-08-26. Wrestling Observer.
  7. Web site: The Dallas Film Industry Meetup Group: Damien Kane . 2007-06-20 . Kane, Damien . 2007-03-16 . Filmind.meetup.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003529/http://filmind.meetup.com/285/members/3898679/ . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  8. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2000. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .