32 Facts About Tyson Kidd

1.

Tyson Kidd is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a producer.

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Tyson Kidd retired in 2017 due to a spinal cord injury.

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Tyson Kidd is of English descent through his paternal grandparents.

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Tyson Kidd wrestled his first match in Stampede Wrestling in Calgary at the age of fifteen in 1995.

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Tyson Kidd held his first championship in the promotion in February 2004, when Wilson became Bruce Hart's new tag team partner and co-holder of the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship to replace the injured Teddy Hart.

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Tyson Kidd won the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship on October 15,2004 by beating Duke Durrango.

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Tyson Kidd returned on February 9,2007, for his final match with the promotion, defending his International Tag Team Championship, against The A-Team.

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Tyson Kidd returned in March 2003, and mostly teamed up with American Dragon.

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Tyson Kidd beat Five Star Flash in his first match in ASW.

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Tyson Kidd participated in One Night Tournament and was knocked out of the competition by Douglas Williams.

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Tyson Kidd took on GSW Breakthrough Champion Murat Bosporus for the championship and lost.

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Tyson Kidd teamed up with Harry Smith to take part in the Grapple Cup Tournament where they beat Cadillac Caliss and WildCard in the finals.

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Tyson Kidd moved to WWE developmental territory Deep South Wrestling in February 2007 with fellow signee and girlfriend Nattie Neidhart.

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Wilson made his WWE television debut on the February 10,2009, episode of ECW managed by real-life girlfriend Natalya, under the name Tyson Kidd, defeating a local wrestler, Bao Nguyen, and establishing himself as heel.

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At the 2010 WWE Draft on April 26, The Hart Dynasty, accompanied by Natalya and Hart, defeated ShoMiz to win the Unified Tag Team Championship, when Tyson Kidd made The Miz submit to the Sharpshooter.

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At Fatal 4-Way, they defeated The Usos and Tamina in a six-person mixed tag team match when Natalya pinned Tamina, and Smith and Tyson Kidd defeated The Usos at Money in the Bank to retain the championship.

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At the Royal Rumble, Tyson Kidd was a competitor in the Rumble match where he was eliminated by John Cena.

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At WrestleMania XXVII, Tyson Kidd was a competitor in a twenty-three-man battle royal dark match which was won by The Great Khali.

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Tyson Kidd then feuded with Yoshi Tatsu on NXT, stemming from a backstage argument when Tyson Kidd broke Tatsu's toy figurine of himself and stole the leg off another.

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In January 2012, Tyson Kidd began a face turn for the first time since 2010.

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In late February 2012, Tyson Kidd began a feud with Michael McGillicutty after McGillicutty mocked his lack of wrestling heritage.

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At Over the Limit pay-per-view, Tyson Kidd participated in a 20-man battle royal with the winner getting a choice of a United States or Intercontinental Championship match but was eliminated by David Otunga.

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At the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Tyson Kidd was victorious in a 10 man elimination tag team match alongside Justin Gabriel, Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, and Brodus Clay against Titus O' Neil, Darren Young, Primo, Epico, and Tensai; with Tyson Kidd pinning O'Neil and Epico.

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However, Tyson Kidd soon resumed losing matches to Fandango, Jack Swagger and former partner Justin Gabriel on Main Event and Superstars for the rest of 2013.

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Tyson Kidd began a winning streak within NXT in December 2013 including victories over Leo Kruger and Mason Ryan.

26.

At TakeOver, Tyson Kidd failed to win the title against Adrian Neville.

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At NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, Tyson Kidd competed in a Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Championship, which was successfully retained by Adrian Neville.

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From late September 2014, Tyson Kidd started to win more main roster matches, while being flanked by Natalya, scoring wins on Main Event and Superstars over the likes of Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, R-Truth, and Sin Cara.

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Later that night, Tyson Kidd entered the Rumble match at number 12, however he was eliminated by Daniel Bryan.

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Tyson Kidd competed in the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, but was eliminated by Mark Henry.

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On June 1,2015, Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury from Samoa Joe's "Muscle Buster" finishing maneuver during a dark match on Raw.

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On June 29,2017, Tyson Kidd was hired as a full-time employee for WWE as a producer, thus ending his in-ring career.