Drake Kencedro

Drake Kencedro was born January 30th, 1984 in Sydney Australia. He was born son of Drake Kencedro Sr. Following his father’s footsteps, Drake trained to become a professional wrestler. Over the course of many years, Drake has worked for many promotions.

History
Once Drake made his way through grading school, Drake knew that he wish to train to become a professional wrestler. Drake was held in territorial training grounds for a short period of time before he was called up to his fed e-fedderation.

Ultimate Hardcore Wrestling
In Ultimate Hardcore Wrestling Drake was quickly caught in a heated feud between the tag team champions known as The High Rollers. When Drake fell victim to a vicious backstage attack, Drake’s first UHW friend by the name of Druid came to even the odds. Shortly after Drake Kencedro, and Druid formed together to become a team, it wasn’t long before they got a shot at The High Rollers. At the third Ultimate Hardcore Wrestling Pay-Per-View Tidal Wave, Drake and Druid won the Tag Team titles from the duo. Druid and Kencedro would then hold the Tag Team Championships for three short weeks before the federation closed its doors.

National Wrestling Association
After a six-month break from wrestling, Drake would make his in ring return in a new federation. The National Wrestling Association would he the home for Drake Kencedro for the next few months. Drake would make his in ring debut at the NWA Pay-Per-View Collision Course, where Drake would compete in a X-Division Championship Gantlet. As the match thinned out, it came down to Drake Kencedro and Calvin Brody. Both men gave a tremendous battle, but Drake capitalized by countering a flying cross body slam into a small package to give Drake his first NWA Championship and NWA win.

After winning the X-Division Championship, Drake was dubbed The Ultimate X. Drake would only have the glory of being the X-Division for one short year, as he lost the title to Juan Mercardo one month later at the following Pay-Pay-View. The X-Division would last for a little shortly after before being scrapped from NWA.

Following the fall of the X-Division Drake was pushed up being a mid carder. Following a heated feud between McCammon and Gabriel Gates. Drake found himself in a tough situation when Drake was forced into a match against McCammon. As the odds looked stacked against Drake, Drake didn’t come unprepared. During the match Gabriel Gates interfered causes the match to end via DQ. From that point forward Gabriel Gates was the self-proclaimed bodyguard of Drake Kencedro.

Drake would stay with NWA for a few more months before leaving in November of 2004.

Southern Wrestling Federation
Shortly after Drake left National Wrestling Association, Drake would jump to a closely linked company titled Southern Wrestling Federation. In SWF Drake would find familiar faces of McCammon, and Gabriel Gates. Drake quickly jumped into a feud with the Welterweight Champion Psymon Nix. Drake would quickly defeat Nix before losing the Welterweight Championship to Juan Leon, just weeks after winning it. SWF would last for a few more weeks before closing it’s doors, and the talent would be heading back to NWA.

National Wrestling Association (Second Run)
Following the death of Southern Wrestling Federation, Drake would sideline himself for a few months before returning to action. Drake would make a one week appearance back in National Wrestling Association. Drake would return in early January of 2005 to make be placed in a surprise match against the Television Champion, Sweet T. Drake fell short of capturing the Television Championship. Drake would strike some heat on that show against fellow NWA member JJ Biggs. The show ended, along with Drake's final run in the NWA. After his departure from NWA, Drake would be out of action for several months.