Nicknames: -State of the Art
-King Nothing
-The One True King
Height/Weight: 6'2'' / 223 lbs.
Hometown: Covington, WA
Appearance:
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Wears baggy cargo pants that are commonly color schemed in military camoflauge patterns. In addition, in recent years his pants have had gold and crimson mixed in with his arctic camoflauge patterns, as well as his 2.0 logo on the knees. He wears a long black trench coat down the ramp to the ring, along with black shades.
Face/Heel: Almost Always Heel
Gimmick: 2.0 is an a*****e. His main dispute with others is that he is a 'Higher Version' of professional wrestler, and this obviously makes him better then everyone else, in his mind. He takes pride in his excellent out of the ring psychology, as he is very good at pissing his opponents off before a match. He is known for taking potshot heat from the crowd, as he insults them, but is more well known for insulting an entire roster, making more enemies then thought possible. Kelly works alone in most occasions, but is not agianst going tag team with someone else. He just doesnt want to make a profession out of it. A trait that has always helped 2.0 get along in the business is that he has a very convincing disposistion. Perfect for lying. When he says something, people tend to listen, and believe him. In recent years, 2.0 has fleshed out his character more from a generic Christian heel, to a more gimmick specific plan of action. His moves and antics are constantly named after computer and internet terms, calling himself the State of the Art of the business. And in reference to his last name he has adopted the moniker of "The One True King" and enjoys making people "bow down and serve."
King made his start in a small time federation called the FFA, Free For All Entertainment, with his brother. He ran the promotion until it failed in trying to take over a rival company, and lost a lot of money in the process. He moved on in his life to indy federations.
Kelly was at one time in his career the WWF Middleweight Champion, his first actual Title Belt. However he vacated himself from the posistion shortly before quitting the WWF for better things. He did not like the way things were run there.
He began a run in the Barton Town Wrestling Federation, which was shortlived as he entered the BTWF during their Final Chapters. He lost his first match, a tag team match with Cral Cool as his partner. At the Final Chapter show for the BTWF, Kelly participated in a Full Metal Mayhem match, which would also be the final Tag Team Championship match in the BTWF. Kelly took a few major bumps, falling off the ladders many times, and even taking a flying Ace Crusher off the top of a ladder. However, he would indeed leave the BTWF imprinting his own legacy as 1/2 of the BTWF's last Tag Team Champions.
2.0 found his next home in WWE Unlimited, where his charismatic mic skills, and untapped wrestling ability won him the 2006 WWE:U Royal Rumble Match. 2.0 went on to WrestleVasion 1 into the Main Event against Randy Orton for the World's Heavywieght Championship. After a huge match, 2.0 lost when the ref failed to notice his feet on the ropes. 2.0 continued his career there on the Smackdown! brand, losing in a 5 Man Battle Royal for the World Title as the 2nd to last man eliminated. 2.0 then beat the Undertaker and then Randy Orton in a #1 Contenders tournament for a shot at the World Title. He would lose the match against Desciple at Rebellion, in a good match. He would continue to fued with Desciple, and went to Insurrection, in his home town, on his birthday, and faced Desciple for the World Title in a Chained Link Hell match. He lost once again. Finally, he challenged Desciple one last time, claiming he had won the CLH by submission when the referee wasn't looking. Desciple accepted on the account if he lost, he would leave Smackdown and go to RAW. 2.0 accepted the condition. At Total Devotion, 2.0 defeated Desciple in the Anywhere But Here Match to win the World title. After the match, 2.0 removed Desciple's mask, a sign of disrespect. The lights went out, and when they returned, Desciple was gone. 2.0 would later he say he'd vanquished him to whence he came, keeping the mask as a souviner. 2.0, now World Champion, was forced into a 3 Way Cage Match for the title in his first Title defence. When controversy riddled that match, it was turned into a No DQ match that 2.0 won by pinning Matt Stone. Apparently Desciple was not ready to quit when he came back at World Domination. 2.0 faced Desciple in a 3 Stages Of Hell match at the Digital Rumble, the first fall a submissions match, the second a falls count anywhere match, and the third in a ladder match, for his World Heavyweight Title. 2.0 won the submissions match and lost the falls count anywhere match, and finally defeated his rival in the ladder match to retain the title once more, however, he lost Desciple's mask back to him as a result of losing the second fall. 2.0 campaigned to Teddy Long that he had earned a break, and when the Royal Rumble winner did not choose his title, 2.0 said he would not have a match at WrestleVasion 2. However, Teddy held a number one contenders match, where AJ Warner and Xw tied. At WrestleMania, he defeated Xw and AJ to retain his World Title. 2.0 held his title until WWE:U went on hiatus, vacating all titles, in September, almost a year long title reign. When WWE:U returned from the hiatus, 2.0's gimmick had vastly changed to one of an eccentic and insane competitor, professing his love for the World Title that ran away from him after a year long reign. He competed against Randy Orton, Xw, and Jed for the Undisputed Title at the first return PPV, but Randy Orton pinned Xw and Jed to win the title. At the 2008 Royal Rumble, 2.0 suprised the fans and his old Expansion Pack (Ex. Pack) Nuke Fusion by coming down to the ring as a replacement partner for Nuke. This marks the first time in WWE:U that 2.0 has been a face. Nuke and 2.0 would win the tag titles after 2.0 made AJ Warner tap to his new submission finisher, aptly named the TF 2.0. 2.0 was the runner-up in the Royal Rumble match that night, losing to Vulture. 2.0 then baited Randy Orton into a world title match at No Way Out. In an epic ladder match, Kelly King 2.0 won his second World championship in WWE:U. King was supposed to face Vulture at WrestleVasion III, however the Bird of Gay went AWOL and he was left with no opponent. However, in a Tag Team match, Desciple interferred, costing 2.0 his Tag Team championship and setting up for Desciple vs AJ Warner vs 2.0 at WrestleVasion. 2.0 retained the title in the main event, but was betrayed after the match as Nuke Fusion, his Expansion Pack, turned on him and beat him within an inch of his life. Immediately following this beat down, Matt Stone cashed in Money in the Bank on the dead 2.0 to win his very first World Championship. 2.0 disappeared for a time, while Nuke was attacked by a mysterious masked wrestler. During a King of the Ring semifinal match, Shane Tuu revealed himself as Kelly King 2.0 and defeated Fusion to advance in the tournament, staking claim for a world title he never lost. At Night of Champions he defeated Shawn Michaels to become the 2009 King of the Ring, planning to take on champion Mike Landry at the next pay-per-view.
2.0 has also come to AWA, still seeking his true spotlight.
Despite his first few matches being losses, the GM put 2.0 into the 6-man 2 briefcase Ladder match. Another match that 2.0 excelled in and took charge of, but he lost at the last second to The Hawaiian Dragon. Although AWA has gone Indy, and his paycheck has been severely cut, 2.0's loyalty to the AWA has found him availiable to continue working for the promotion, despite the lack of funds.
King had a brief stint in XWA, long enough to win the XWA Heavyweight Championship from reigning champion, Homicide. XWA went bankrupt with King as Champion. XWA re-activated later, and King returned to the promotion with the XWA belt, illegally, on his shoulder. However, in a suprising turn of events, CEO Tim Silvia awarded the former Champion the title. King was challenged next to immediately by Christian.
2.0 can be found now, wrestling in WWE Twisted Flow. His career there was seeded a long time ago in the time of the GWF, but most recently came homeing in as an enemy of Randy Ortons. He and Orton fueded for a while, even though 2.0 was actually only fueding with him as a part of Edge's fued with him, involving the ability to book Orton in whatever matches he wished. 2.0 fought Orton at Wrestlemania in the Twisted Flow to a Double countout. 2.0 was later enlisted as the General Manager of the Twisted Flow, until complications arose, resulting in, seemingly, the death of a superstar in a Bed of Nails match. The superstars tag team partner, AJ Warner blamed 2.0 for the incident and berated him with a barrage of insults and slander. Finally, 2.0 responded and accepted AJ's challenge, turning face for the first time in his career. 2.0 met AJ Warner in an I Quit Match at SummerSlam, where the loser would quit the Twisted Flow, and their wrestling career, while the winner would become the #1 Contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. 2.0 fought valiently, but was knocked out during the match, allowing Warner to extract revenge by using a recorded voicing of 2.0 saying I Quit, to fool the referees. They called it and 2.0 was officially out of Twisted Flow. However, 2.0 returned at the main event of SumemrSlam, having been chosen as Ortons challenger for the World Title in a Double Jeapordy match, and he won the title, pinning Orton for it! 2.0 would'nt stay face for long. After confronting a returning legend, Shawn Michaels, and slapping him across the face before hitting him with the 2.0ver, King sparked events that would come to terms in a Fate Fourway for his championship at the PPV AntiLaw, between him, Randy Orton, Prodigy, and HBK. HBK superkicked 2.0, allowing Orton to pin Prodigy and reclaim the title. Because of this, 2.0 assaulted HBK more than once, challenging him to a match at Re:Venge, a voting show. Between AntiLaw and Re:Venge, 2.0 joined a Neo Degeneration-X, in an attempt to turn face. This angered Shawn Michaels, who joined forces with X-Pac and Triple H to re-create the original DX. 2.0 defeated Shawn Michaels in a Watch Your Step Match at Re:Venge, via disqualification. 2.0 feuded with him to Mind Tricks, where HBK and 2.0 were actually partners against AJ Styles and Mike Landry. HBK submitted to Mike Landry, and 2.0 seemed to show respect of HBK after the match. Despite this, Shawn attacked King, and tore his ACL, putting him in on the shelf for injury.
2.0 has taken his knowledge of wrestling to GWE now as well. He has shown interest in the GWE Title, but in the chaos of the new federation opening, he has decided to take a back seat until it calms down. However, he has already brought SEVERAL new ideas to the guild, many are being well recieved by Comissioner Austin. 2.0 introduced the Money in the Bank Conqueror's Match, a match where he defeated Akio, Triple H, Chris Benoit, Shane McMahon, and Mad Dog to become Mr. Money in the Bank.
Some of 2.0's wrestling, especially after Twisted Flow, is done in WWE Action Faction. 2.0 debuted with the obvious intent of defeating Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Title. He masterminded a plan against Dave Batista, turning everyone against him, before revealing himself as a true assailent after winning number one contendership. Vince McMahon, angered by 2.0, made his future World Title Match at the Great American Bash a triple threat between him, Batista, and the champion Randy Orton. Soon after this announcement, 2.0 faced Atma Raptor in a hardcore match, losing due to interference from Batista.
In NGWE, 2.0 made his debut exclaiming his hatred for the promotion, hoping to get released from his contract, but to no avail. He then was put in a World Title match against Chrono and Cartwright, which ended in a no-contest, but saw 2.0 bloodied. He then hit his finisher on Cartwright, the champion, and escaped. He stood in the ring for quite some time at Code of Honor with his opponent no-showing him, so he interrupted Chrono's End of Time segment, demanding to be released from his contract. King was met with a spot in the Lord of the Ring tournament, and then Chrono slammed him with his new finisher.
EEW was 2.0's next destination, where he interfered in a match of Joshua Danielson's, helping a local wrestler win. 2.0 then lost to Joshua at EEW's One Night Stand. The night after, 2.0 was invited by Marxx onto the After Party, explaining he'd attacked Danielson because it was "funny at the time." He was then attacked by Jonathan Riker, who he faced in the Main Event of the first Drown Show, winning thanks to a distraction made by Marxx. The next show, 2.0 and his new protege, or who he called his Firewall, Dylan Farr, attacked Marxx. 2.0 faced Marxx and Riker in a triple threat at this show. 2.0 was not involved in the fall. King continued to harass and be harassed by these two, leading to a main event match on Drown between Marxx and he. 2.0 was next put into the Birthday Show Four Way ladder match for the EEW Championship. This did not turn up a profit, and he was later defeated at December to Dismember by Chrono Clepsydra, increases his stroke of horrible luck and horrible push in EEW. 2.0 decided it was time to take matters into his own hands when he randomly assaulted Chrono Clepsydra and Marxx on Burn and Drown respectively, with a sledgehammer. 2.0 declared that he was the King of all of EEW and would not suffer fools anylonger. With his sledgehammer, Scepter, he randomly assaulted many superstars declaring that anyone who he deemed unfit or stood in his way would be made to kneel and serve the One True King. At One Night Stand in 2009, prior to a match with Jarel Damone, he assaulted and injured both of the General Managers of the two primary brands.
In the All American Grand Prix, 2.0 was put into the Heavyweight Championship tournament, which allowed 2.0 in the first round to attempt and settle a score he had with Christian Cage the year before in FIP. AAGP closed.
WWE:E, a new promotion, was activated by 2.0's Expansion Pack, Nuke Fusion. After Cartwright called it WWE:U twice in a promo, 2.0 came out and berated him, leading to a TLCart match at the first PPV. Before that, 2.0 talked to the CEO, Nuke, about putting something over the ring for Cart and him to fight over, suggesting a #1 Contenders contract. Nuke agreed and then had 2.0 attacked by a new friend Theo Tempo. Despite all three's wishes, Kelly managed to defeat Cartwright in the TLCart match. He then lost the contract to Cartwright in an Anywhere but Here match. 2.0 and Cartwright argued and ended up both the number one contender when they ripped the contract in half and both signed the dotted line. In the world of wrestling, this was a legally binding contract, and at False Hope, 2.0, Cartwright, and Mike Landry faced off with the title on the line. The match saw 2.0 and Cartwright both pin Mike Landry, thus vacating the title. The week of the draft, 2.0 nearly no showed his match with Cartwright, but the segment ended with his 2.0vering the General Manager, in an attempt to turn face. 2.0 lost a world title match to Cartwrright, who then declared himself King Kartwright the Talented. 2.0 was infuriated by the notion of another King about the business and teamed up with Desciple to create the One True Kingdom, a faction whose purpose is to remove Kartwright's championship from him. He was drafted to Destiny and sought to start a brand war focused on taking Kartwrights title from him.
2.0 has had one match in PAW so far, defeating Jed in his debut contest. Then in his next match, a tag team match, 2.0 betrayed his partner, Jed, and walked out on the match after a devastating spear. King will face Jed in a Street Fight.
With Twisted Flow re-opening as Free For All: Twisted Flow, King was involved, briefly, in the Backstage War. However, his first real competition came at the challenge of Geoff, a main-stay in TF. King faced off against Geoff one on one and defeated him with a controversial low-blow helping. Then he interrupted a promo made by his on-again-off-again friend Mike Landry to proclaim his disgust with The Innovator and anyone else who claimed FFA was their home. He was named a participant in the Money In The Bank match, which was turned into a Conqueror's match. 2.0 was the only man eliminated and Mike Landry won. 2.0 and Mike agreed to find a team of superstars to face each other at Exile. 2.0 recruited Edge and Freakshow but never found a third partner. His team was defeated.
In Durem, 2.0 can be found in their Championship Wrestling company, known as DCW. He has had literally no success in DCW thus far, but on a recent 2woTube, King managed to incite the crowd and his guest, Mike Landry, with constant insults. Landry, the hottest act in DCW, ended up putting King through his own desk to end the segment. This sparked a huge rage that saw 2.0 try to earn a spot in a match in Freakshow's favor. The winner of the match would allow the person he was representing choose the type of match the title would be held in. 2.0 lost to Landry's representitive, the surprising debut of Wes King, 2.0's brother. The two collided in a Last King Standing match at Extreme Nightmares which saw 2.0 the victor. 2.0 was next forced into a PPV match against his long time on-again-off-again-on-again-off-again best friend and arch nemesis, Mike Landry at Deadline. 2.0 defeated Mike, his first victory in 2009, with a new finisher. Ryuu Sakamoto made a surprising return to DCW and defeated 2.0 at Obsession. 2.0 recently defeated Marxx in a handicapped match that also involved Freakshow, when 2.0 stole the win from Freakshow and speared him after.
Among other adventures in Wrestling, 2.0 competes often in interpromotional tournaments, such as the X-Cup, and the Best in the US Tournament. He was the captain of Team FFA:TF in the 2009 X-Cup competition.
Entrance Music: "King Nothing" -- Metallica
Wrestling Style: King's main inspiration for his in-ring style was Chris Jericho, and has since adopted a lot of his mannerisms in the ring. He has a few signature moves that he uses when needed, and focuses on his Submission Finisher and technical prowess, using a pinning finisher, the 2.0ver, when necessary.
Match Expertise: Ladder Matches
Match Weakness: Cage matches
Division: World Heavyweight
Weapon Use: Precise
Favorite Weapon: Scepter the Sledgehammer
Quotes: "So... Do you suck all the time? Or are you on a schedule?"
"Kelly King 2.0 is Professional Wrestling."
"In this buisness, theres the respectful way, theres the disrespectful way way, and there is 2.0's way. The 2.0 way is the disrespectful way, but it always produces results!"
"Are you Ready? Damnit, I can't HEAR YOU! I SAID ARE YOU READY?! Good. because tonight... on behalf of Degeneration X... every fan, right here in (city, state)... Every single one of you, from the (joke about old people), to the (joke about yound kids). From the (joke about cheap seats) to the (joke about front row seats), tonight you are all Honorary Degenerates! That is, of course, only if you are Down With that! And if you're not down with that, we've just got TWO WORDS FOR YA! (Suck It)" - 2.0's DX Intro Speech
"You'd Tap."
"In The Final Hour, All Must Serve."
Title History: 1 WWF Middleweight Championship
1 BTWF Tag Team Championship (w/Cral Cruel)(Last)
2006 WWE:U Royal Rumble Winner
2 WWE:U Undisputed Championship
2 XWA Xtreme World Champion (Also Called XWA Heavyweight Championship)
1 WWE:TF World Heavyweight Champion
2007 GWE Mr. Money in the Bank
1 IWF Heavyweight Champion
1 WWE:U Tag Team Champion (w/ Nuke Fusion)
2007-08 Best in the West (Best in the US Tournament)
2009 WWE:U King of the Ring
Wrestling RolePlay Discussion Accomplishments:
2007 Best in the Biz Runner-Up
2008 Best in the Biz Runner-Up
Non-Title Accomplishments:
Former CEO of FFA Wrestling
Former WWE:TF Fate General Manager
Finishers: Twisted Flow Classic - High Angle Texas Cloverleaf
Hard Restart - (Falling Facelock Drop) (2009)
2.0ver - Sit-Out Rock Bottom (2009), Rock Bottom (2004-200 cool
Signature Moves: Computer Crash - Throw Away Suplex
K.O.E. - Top-Rope Side Effect
Wrath of the Ring King - Stretch Backbreaker
Downgrader - Spear
TF 2.0 - Inverted Kneeling Sharpshooter (Edgecator)
Common Moves: German Suplex
Crippler Canadian Crossface
STF
Springboard Dropkick
Leaping Forearm to an Opponent Laying Down on Their Back
Drop Toe-hold (onto the second rope.)
Kicking the second rope up into an opponents throat
HHH High Knee
Flying Shoulder Block
Samoan Drop and AA Spinebuster as set-up moves
Old School 2.0 Moves: Modder - Sharpshooter
Lightning Leg Clothesline
Flashdrive - Half Nelson Face Buster (2009), Double Knee Facebuster (2005-200 cool
Data Crash - Backcracker (2005-2007 Signature)
Laptop Cutter - Modified Cutter Bulldog. Instead of hitting a neckbreaker on his shoulder, 2.0 uses gravity and weight with his hand to drive the opponents face to the mat, not his shoulder.
Stinger 2.0 - Stinger Splash
Flatliner - Reverse STO
Arm Wrench DDT
Affiliates: Kelly King 1.0 - Twin Brother. Business Partner.
Wesley King - Older Brother. Army Ranger.
Vince and James Caputo - Cousins.
Dylan Farr and Mike Landry - Best Friends.
Guilds Competed In:
FFA: Twisted Flow (Own and Active)
WWE: Twisted Flow (Owned)
WWE: Unlimited (Active)
WWE: Action Faction (To Be Active)
WWE: Evolution (Active)
Durem Championship Wrestling (Active)
Extreme Action Wrestling
All American Grand Prix
GORE Pro Wrestling
Extreme Entertainment Wrestling (Active)
Professional Alumni Wrestling
New Generation Wrestling Entertainment
New WWE
Barton Town Wrestling Federation
Aekea Wrestling Alliance
Desire Underground Wrestling
Gaia Wrestling Entertainment
Epic Wrestling Revolution
World Wrestling Federation Guilds
New Age Wrestling Federation
Gaia Championship Wrestling
Free For All Wrestling
All of TF Xero's guilds.
International Wrestling Federation
Smackdown vs RAW Guild
WWE Open Ending
