T. K. O'Ryan

Stephen John Tkowski (born October 3, 1989), better known by his ring name T. K. O'Ryan, is an American professional wrestler known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a three-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion as part of The Kingdom.

T. K. O'Ryan
O'Ryan holding both the Northeast Wrestling and ROH Six Man Tag belts at a 2017 appearance in Bethany CT
Birth nameStephen John Tkowski
Born (1989-10-03) October 3, 1989
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)T. K. O'Ryan
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
Billed weight205 lb (93 kg)[1]
Billed fromCape Cod, Massachusetts
Trained by"H2O" Ryan Waters
Nick Steel
DebutSeptember 28, 2014[2]
TK and Sami
O'Ryan performing an aerial attack against Sami Callahan

Professional wrestling career

Training

O'Ryan began his training with "H2O" Ryan Waters and Nick Steel at The Lock-Up Wrestling School of Professional Wrestling in Fall River, MA in June 2014. Other early matches were wrestled for Northeast Wrestling in CT (his home promotion in which he debuted April 18, 2015 in a match against Frankie Arion), Xtreme Wrestling Alliance in West Warwick, RI and Pioneer Valley Pro Wrestling in Hadley, MA.

Ring of Honor (2016–2020)

T. K. made his Ring of Honor debut on October 1, 2016, in Lowell, MA as a part of The Kingdom (with Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia). They defeated The Bullet Club (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks).[3][4]

On December 2, 2016, The Kingdom became the first-ever ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions by defeating Kushida, Lio Rush & Jay White.[5]

O'Ryan was injured on March 10, 2017, during the ROH 15th Anniversary Show when he jumped too far on an Asai Moonsault and broke his leg on a guard rail. The following day, Silas Young replaced O'Ryan in a match, where The Kingdom lost the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship to Bully Ray and The Briscoes.[6]

On May 9, 2018, at ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Tour, The Kingdom would regain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating SoCal Uncensored. On September 27, 2019, on Death Before Dishonor XVII, O'Ryan and Marseglia was attacked backstage. On ROH Television, O'Ryan announced The Kingdom was now disbanded after Marseglia's attack towards Taven. He would then announce he would be stepping away from the ring for time to take care of a leg injury and several concussions suffered throughout the year. In October 2020, his profile was removed from ROH website.

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "TK O'Ryan". Ring of Honor. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. "TK O'Ryan". CageMatch. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. "ROH TV Taping Results (Show 4)". WrestlingInc.
  4. "ROH on SBG #268". Cagematch.
  5. "News | ROH Wrestling".
  6. Johnson, Mike (March 12, 2017). "ROH spoiler from ongoing Las Vegas taping". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  7. "CWE The Juice Is on the Loose Tour - Night 18". Cagematch - the Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  8. "NEW Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch - the Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  9. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 - the Internet Wrestling Database".
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