Damien Kane

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.

Damien Kane
Birth nameEdward Bazzaza
Born (1960-04-16) April 16, 1960[1]
Reading, Pennsylvania[2]
Spouse(s)Lady Alexandra
Children1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Damien Kane[1][2]
Ed Bonzo
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight250 lb (110 kg)[1]
Trained byKiller Kowalski[1][2]
Debut1980[1][2]
Retired1996[2][3]

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 DC 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)
Kane (left) with his wife and valet, Lady Alexandra, in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

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
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Soul Flyers Andy Simms Short film
2008 Night To Fly Jack Barnes Feature film
2008 Blood on the Highway Axe Guy Feature film
2010 Fed Up Himself Episode: "Work Associates and Arthritis"

Championships and accomplishments
  • East Coast Wrestling Federation
    • ECWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Sweet Daddy White[8]
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References

General

  • "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with ECW Original Damien Kane!". HouseOfHardcore.com. June 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. "OWW profile".
  2. "Cagematch profile".
  3. "Damien Kane's Official MySpace".
  4. Nelson, Phil; Peter Karlsson (2005-08-23). "Extreme Championship Wrestling: A Matter of Respect 1996". American Wrestling Trivia. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  5. Nelson, Phil; Peter Karlsson (2005-08-23). "Extreme Championship Wrestling: April–June 1996". American Wrestling Trivia. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  6. Lyon, Stephen (2006-08-26). "10 Years Ago This Week... In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  7. Kane, Damien (2007-03-16). "The Dallas Film Industry Meetup Group: Damien Kane". Filmind.meetup.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  8. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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