Alex Kane (born October 21, 1993) is an American

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, currently signed to

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where he is a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion and a former MLW National Openweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2018–present)

Major League Wrestling (2021–present)

On May 27, 2021, it was announced that Kane signed with MLW. He debuted at Battle Riot III, defeating Budd Heavy in the opening match and also entered in the eponymous Battle Riot match. At War Chamber, Kane won the vacant

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in a five way

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. He successfully defended title against Aero Star on January 13 and January 21, 2022, respectively at ''AZTECA'' and ''Fusion''. On February 26, Special edition of ''Fusion: Super Fight'' he retained title in a

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against Calvin Tankman and ACH. On June the 23, 2022 Alex Kane lost the MLW National Openweight title to

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at Battle Riot IV. On July 8, 2023 at Never Say Never, Kane defeated Alexander Hammerstone for the

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. On September 3 at Fury Road, Kane retained the MLW World Heavyweight Championship against

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. On October 14 at

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, Kane defeated

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retaining the MLW Heavyweight Championship. On November 18 at

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, Kane retained his title against

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. On December 7 at One Shot, Kane defeated

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retaining the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Kane was attacked by a returning

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, who aligned himself with World Titan Federation. On January 6, 2024 at Kings of Colosseum, Kane defeated Holliday retaining the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. On February 3 at SuperFight, Kane lost the MLW World Heavyweight Championship to

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. On February 29 at Intimidation Games, Kane defeated Bobby Fish via referee stoppage after Fish passed out to a rear-naked choke.

Personal life

Kane became the first openly Bisexual professional wrestling world champion in a major promotion after winning the

on July 8, 2023.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) ** Battle Riot (

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) *ACTION Wrestling **ACTION Championship (1 time) *Paradigm Pro Wrestling **PPW Heavy Hitters Championship (1 time) **Fighting Spirit Heavyweight Grand Prix (2022) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 25 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2024 *World Wrestling Alliance 4 **WWA4 Internet Championship (1 time) *Wrestling United **Wrestling United Championship (1 time)

References

External links

Alex Kane profile
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Alex 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Villa Rica, Georgia American male professional wrestlers African-American professional wrestlers LGBTQ professional wrestlers American gay sportsmen African-American LGBTQ people LGBTQ people from Georgia (U.S. state) Professional wrestlers from Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century African-American sportsmen Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area MLW National Openweight Champions MLW World Heavyweight Champions Battle Riot winners