Kevin Knight
American professional wrestler (born 1997)
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Kevin Knight (born January 1, 1997) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is one-half of JetSpeed with "Speedball" Mike Bailey. JetSpeed along with "Hangman" Adam Page, known together as Jet Set Rodeo, are former one-time AEW World Trios Champions. He is also signed to Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He has also made appearances for Major League Wrestling (MLW), Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH).
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Knight in 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1997[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jet Knight Kevin Knight |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 200 lb (91 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Trained by | |
| Debut | May 2019 |
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2019–2020)
Knight made his professional wrestling debut in May 2019.[1] For the majority of late 2019 and early 2020, he wrestled for a range of Canadian and American promotions on the independent circuit under the ring name Jet Knight, including Pacific Pro Wrestling (PPW), Without A Cause (WAC) and DEFY Wrestling.[3]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2020–present)
Young Lion (2020–2022)
Knight began working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in July 2020, training at their LA Dojo as a Young Lion.[1] He made his NJPW in-ring debut on December 12 at Super J-Cup, replacing an injured Karl Fredericks, where he teamed with Ren Narita in a loss to Bullet Club's Hikuleo and Kenta.[4][5] Starting on January 9, 2021, Knight wrestled on NJPW's American-based show Strong,[1] commonly teaming with fellow LA Dojo members, such as Fredericks, Clark Connors and Alex Coughlin; he often lost most of his matches, a common practice for NJPW Young Lions.[6]
At Lonestar Shootout on April 1, 2022, Knight, Daniel Garcia and FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) lost to Connors, Fredericks, Máscara Dorada and Yuya Uemura in an eight-man tag-team match.[7] On June 26, Knight wrestled at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door during the Buy-In, teaming with Coughlin, Uemura and The DKC in a loss to The Gunn Club (Billy, Austin and Colten Gunn) and Max Caster.[8] At The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street on October 28, Knight and The DKC defeated Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov), who had reunited for one-night only, in the opening match.[9] The following night, at Rumble on 44th Street, they unsuccessfully challenged Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way tag-team match also involving Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), who won the titles.[10]
Intergalactic Jet Setters (2022–2025)
Knight made his debut in Japan for NJPW at Historic X-Over on November 20, after wrestling exclusively in the United States, teaming with Connors, Coughlin and Gabe Kidd on the pre-show to defeat Kosei Fujita, Oskar Leube, Ryohei Oiwa and Yuto Nakashima.[11] It was also announced that Knight would compete in the 2022 Super Junior Tag League, teaming with Kushida, who was often a trainer at the LA Dojo.[12] The duo ended the tournament with four points by defeating House of Torture (Dick Togo and Sho) and Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask), failing to advance to the finals.[13][14] During the tournament, Knight dropped the traditional black trunks worn by NJPW Young Lions, instead wearing bright orange gear to match with Kushida, signaling his graduation as a Young Lion.[15]
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Following the tournament, Knight and Kushida continued to team together under the name "Jet Setters" (later tweaked to "Intergalactic Jet Setters").[16] On April 27, 2023, they defeated Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira and T. J. Perkins) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, marking Knight's first championship in NJPW.[17] The following month, Knight competed in his first Best of the Super Juniors tournament as part of the B Block.[18] He finished with six points and failed to advance to the semi-finals, only defeating Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Bushi and Dan Moloney.[19][20][21] On June 4, at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, Jet Setters lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Catch 2/2.[22] At All Star Junior Festival USA 2023 on August 19, Knight participated in the namesake tournament for an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match against Hiromu Takahashi, defeating Connors in the semi-finals, before losing to Mike Bailey in the finals.[23]
Jet Setters failed to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from new champions Bullet Club War Dogs (Connors and Moloney) at Destruction in Ryōgoku on October 9, as well as in a three-way tag team match also involving Catch 2/2 at Sakura Genesis on April 6, 2024.[24][25] They regained the titles at King of Pro-Wrestling on October 14,[26] but lost them at Wrestle Kingdom 19 on January 4, 2025, to Ichiban Sweet Boys (Eagles and Kosei Fujita) in a four-way tag team ladder match also involving Bullet Club War Dogs and Catch 2/2.[27]
Sporadic appearances (2025–present)
On April 9, Knight revealed that he was still signed to NJPW, despite signing with AEW a month prior.[28] Two days later, Jet Setters unsuccessfully challenged The World Class Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs) for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship at Windy City Riot.[29] In May, Knight competed in his second Best of the Super Juniors tournament, again as part of the B Block. Knight finished the tournament with eight points, failing to advance to the semi-finals.
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2022–present)
Sporadic appearnces (2022–2024)
Knight made his debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on the May 10, 2022 episode of AEW Dark, teaming with The DKC in a loss to The Factory's Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto. After the match, The Factory attempted to attack the duo, however, they were saved by their LA Dojo stablemates.[30] This led to a match the following week, where Knight teamed with Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, Alex Coughlin and Yuya Uemura to defeat The Factory's Q. T. Marshall, Solo, Comoroto, Blake Li and Brick Aldridge.[31] On the January 18, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Knight and The DKC returned to AEW, accompanying Kushida to the ring during his TNT Championship match against Darby Allin.[32] In November 2024, Knight made his debut for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) at a Ring of Honor Wrestling taping, defeating Serpentico.[33]
JetSpeed (2025–present)
On the March 29, 2025 episode of Collision, Knight made his singles debut in AEW, losing to Jay White. After the match, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Knight had signed with the promotion.[34][35] On the April 2 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that Knight would replace the injured White in the men's bracket of the Owen Hart Cup, a tournament where the winner would receive an AEW World Championship match at All In.[36] At Dynasty four days later, Knight was eliminated in the first round of the tournament by Will Ospreay.[37] He would later form a tag team with "Speedball" Mike Bailey, known as "JetSpeed".[38] JetSpeed challenged for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at All In on July 12 and All Out on September 20, but lost on both occasions.[39][40] On November 24, Knight was announced as a participant in the 2025 Continental Classic, where he was placed in the Gold League.[41] He finished the tournament with seven points, failing to advance to the semi-finals.[42]
On the January 14, 2026 taping of Collision: Maximum Carnage, JetSpeed teamed with Adam Page to defeat The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata) for the AEW World Trios Championship, marking Knight's first championship in AEW. AEW officially began recognizing this reign when the episode aired on tape delay on January 17.[43][44] The trio of JetSpeed and Page were officially named "Jet Set Rodeo".[45] On the March 4 episode of Dynamite, Knight unsuccessfully challenged MJF for the AEW World Championship. That same episode, Jet Set Rodeo lost the AEW World Trios Championship to Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis) after interference from MJF, ending their reign at 49 days (46 days as recognized by AEW).[46]
Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2023–2024)
Knight debuted for Impact Wrestling on the January 26, 2023 episode of Impact!, teaming with Kushida to defeat The Good Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler).[47] On March 30, at Multiverse United, a co-produced show between Impact and NJPW, Knight competed in a six-way scramble match for Trey Miguel's Impact X Division Championship, where Miguel retained the title.[48] At Slammiversary on July 15, Knight faced Alan Angels, Jake Something, Jonathan Gresham, Kushida and Mike Bailey in a six-way Ultimate X match to determine the number one contender for the Impact X Division Championship, which was won by Kushida.[49] At Impact 1000 on September 14, he competed in the 20-man Feast or Fired match in a losing effort.[50] In a September 2024 interview with Fightful, Knight claimed that he was no longer in TNA's plans in potential storylines and matches and that he would be moving forward in NJPW.[51]
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2023–present)
On September 16, 2023, Knight made his debut in Mexico for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) at the CMLL 90th Anniversary Show, teaming with Rocky Romero and TJP in a loss to Atlantis Jr., Mascara Dorada and Místico.[52] At Fantastica Mania México on June 20, 2025, Knight faced Neón in a losing effort.[53] At Dream Match Friday on December 19, Knight lost to Soberano Jr., who replaced Neón.[54][55]
