Kevin Kelly

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TITLE HISTORY

  • ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Heavyweight title defeating Cheetah Master (April 7, 2001);
  • ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Hall of Famer (inducted December 3, 2005);

Career Highlights

  • Kevin Kelly started his career in Eddie Mansfield’s IWF as a Ring Announcer..
  • Kevin Kelly worked alongside IWF alumni Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn..
  • Billy Gunn got Kevin Kelly his first WWF tryout as a ring announcer..
  • Kevin Kelly moved onto interviewing and commentating duties..
  • Late 1997: Kevin Kelly & Michael Cole became announcers for Raw is War (along with Jim Ross) for a few months..
  • 1998: Kevin Kelly worked as a interviewer on Raw and Smackdown! and as a commentator for weekend shows..
  • Kevin Kelly hosted WWF Internet show Byte!This..
  • Kevin Kelly worked as a talent scout looking over talent in WWF farm leagues OVW, MCW, UWA and HWA..
  • Kevin Kelly briefly worked in the OVW training facility to be a manager..
  • March 2003: Kevin Kelly left the WWE to pursue other ventures..
  • December 3, 2005: Kevin Kelly was inducted into the ECWA Hall of Fame..
  • March 2, 2010: Jim Cornette confirmed during his Who’s Slamming Who podcast, that Kevin Kelly has just signed an agreement to be the voice of Ring of Honor on internet Pay-per-view..
  • Since 2011 Kevin Kelly has been doing the ring announcing job for Ring of Honor.
  • May 28, 2011 – October 22, 2011: Kevin Kelly was the announcer for Lucha Libre USA Season 2.
  • Kevin Kelly did a show in NJPW along with Matt Strike in 2015 and on January 4, 2016.
  • Kevin Kelly is currently announcing for Ring of Honor with Steve Corino.
  • July 2017: Kevin Kelly announced officially that he is no longer with Ring Of Honor and will be going to New Japan Pro Wrestling.