Patrick Joseph Michael Kenney (born May 26, 1968) is an American retired

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and

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, better known by his

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, Simon Diamond. He is working for the

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as Director of Talent Relations. Diamond is best known for his appearances with

Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as Nationa ...

from 1998 to 2001.

Early life

Kenney attended the Salesianum School for Boys in

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, graduating in 1986. An avid

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player as a teenager, he was approached by the

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to play

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as a

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in 1986. Kenney decided not to sign the contract he was offered, opting to pursue a

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education first. Kenney took a job at the Out Of Bounds

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as a

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and attended

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on a

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, earning a

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in English. He originally planned to play baseball professionally after graduating, but was forced to reconsider after suffering a severe shoulder injury. Kenney's prior baseball career would later be used as an angle when he would visit the training camp of the 2005 world champions, the

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Professional wrestling career

Early career (1991–1998)

In 1991, while working as a

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executive for

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, Kenney was introduced to wrestling trainer Jim Kettner. Kenney decided to become a professional wrestler, and was trained by Kettner in

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. Once his training was complete, he worked for Kettner's

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as "Lance Diamond", teaming with

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Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–2001)

In May 1998, Kenney was hired by

(ECW), and wrestled his first match against

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. In August 1998, he changed his name to "Simon Diamond", taking the name "Simon" from the real surname of his mentor,

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. Kenney was paired with Swinger in May 2000 during an

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tournament and the two later formed a tag team which would endure for five more years. Diamond and Swinger joined forces with C. W. Anderson in mid-2000, and began to ascend the ranks of the promotion.

Independent circuit (2001–2003)

The impending bankruptcy of ECW in 2001 forced Diamond to seek employment elsewhere, and he began negotiations with

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(WCW) employee

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, which fell through when WCW was purchased by the

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in March 2001. Diamond worked for various

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promotions, including USA Professional Wrestling,

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and

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. In

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, he formed The Extreme Horsemen with his two former allies Steve Corino and C. W. Anderson.

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was also a member, and

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briefly managed them before MLW folded.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Impact Wrestling (2003–2017)

On July 9, 2003, Kenney and Swinger appeared on a

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(TNA)

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, beginning a

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with

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( Chris Harris and

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). Enlisting the services of

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Glenn Gilbertti, the duo won the

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s on August 27, 2003, and held the titles until November 19, when the titles were held up following a controversial ending to a match with the

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. Kenney and Swinger separated in 2004 and engaged in a feud, which saw Kenney

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and embrace his Irish heritage, wrestling as "Irish" Pat Kenney. After being briefly renamed The Empire Saint, Kenney was not booked by TNA for several months, during which time he spent three weeks competing in

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with the Zero-1 promotion. Kenney returned to TNA on June 19, 2005, at

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as the

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Simon Diamond once more. At Slammiversary, Kenney teamed with Trytan (whom he referred to as his "

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") to defeat

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and Apolo. The next month, Trytan was gone, and at No Surrender 2005 Diamond presented David Young, suggesting that, in Young, he had found "a diamond in the rough".

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joined with Diamond and Young at

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on August 14. In September 2005, Kenney spent two weeks in

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, where he and fellow TNA employees

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and

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visited several cities, promoting the debut of '' Impact!'' on

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. On September 28 in

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, a

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broke out when 1,000 fans were excluded from an event after attendance exceeded expectations. None of the three TNA wrestlers were injured. Kenney returned to America in October 2005, and on December 8 started an angle with Chicago White Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski. At

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the Diamonds in the Rough (Diamond, Young and Skipper) were defeated in a six-man tag team match by

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, Sonjay Dutt and

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, who had Pierzynski in their corner. Pierzynszki returned to TNA in March 2006 and was once again confronted by Diamond, who ended up getting hit with a chair by the White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen. Shortly thereafter Kenney became a road agent for TNA. On November 3, 2008, Kenney was released from his contract with TNA, with them citing budgetary cuts as the reason. On September 18, 2009, TNA Wrestling announced that Kenney had been rehired as a road agent to replace the fired

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and B.G. James. Kenney returned to television on the July 15, 2010, edition of ''Impact!'', aligning himself with fellow ECW alumni

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and

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in their invasion of TNA. The following week, TNA president

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agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand, as a celebration of

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and a final farewell to the company. At the event Kenney returned to his Simon Diamond persona and teamed with Johnny Swinger and

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in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by

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and

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of The Full Blooded Italians. At May 8, 2012, Kenny substituted Taz as Color Commentator at ''TNA Xplosion'', joining Jeremy Borash. On June 19, 2017, Kenney left Impact Wrestling alongside Shane Helms and

National Wrestling Alliance (2017–present)

Kenney was seen on the

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Pay Per View during the

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match breaking up outside ring activity.

Other media

Diamond appeared as a

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in the 2000

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''.

Personal life

Kenney began dating

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in October 1998. Before dating, the two had been good friends for almost two years. They had planned to be married by the end of 2000 or into 2001. They did not wed, but stayed engaged for several years afterwards. After seven years together, their relationship began to come to an end. Kenney and Candice Kenney have a child born in 2010. In 2009, Kenney filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against a former priest at

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."FORMER TNA, ECW STAR PAT 'SIMON DIAMOND' KENNEY FILES LAWSUIT STEMMING FROM HIS OWN CHILDHOOD ABUSE, HOPING TO HELP OTHERS COME FORWARD" PW Insider
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Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) **

ECWA Mid-Atlantic Championship ECWA Legacy Championship is the secondary championship contested in the independent professional wrestling promotion, East Coast Wrestling Association.The current champion is Sam Shields, who is in his first reign. Title history Combined reig ...

( 1 time) **

ECWA Tag Team Championship The ECWA Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American independent wrestling promotion, East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA). There have been a total of 59 reigns and 4 vacancies ...

(

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) — with Cheetah Master (1 time) and

(1 time) **

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( Class of 1995) **

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(

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) *

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** IPWA Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *Independent Wrestling Federation (New Jersey) **IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **IWF Tournament Of Champions (2000) * Jersey Championship Wrestling ** JCW Championship (1 time) **JCW Television Championship (2 times) *

** MLW Global Tag Team Championship (1 time) — with C. W. Anderson ** MLW Global Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) - with C. W. Anderson *Maximum Pro Wrestling **MPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **MPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) — with

Johnny Swinger Joseph Dorgan (born July 3, 1975) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), using the ring name Johnny Swinger. Dorgan is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and Ext ...

NWA North American Heavyweight Championship The NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, also known simply as the NWA North American Championship, was a professional wrestling championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew fro ...

( 1 time) ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) — with Steve Corino * NWA 2000 **NWA 2000 Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) — with Johnny Swinger *Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling **PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) — with

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**PCW United States Championship (3 times) *

Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, or 3PW, was a hardcore professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Considered an attempt at reviving Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), it ran many shows from the former ECW Arena. The promo ...

** 3PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) — with Mike Kruel *USA Pro Wrestling **USA Pro Tag Team Championship (2 times) — with

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References

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