Wrestling commentator/interviewer/ring announcer Kevin Kelly is set to take on a new role as the founder of his own promotion.
On Twitter, Kelly announced that his American eXcellence Wrestling promotion will have its first event on January 7th at the Historic Hamburg Fieldhouse in Pennsylvania.
Kelly also revealed the promotion’s logo in his tweet, which you can see below:
When asked if he will be commentating on the show, Kelly said no and that his focus is just on live events at this time.
He did suggest that he is willing to commentate once “things get cranked up.”
Kelly debuted in wrestling in 1991 as a ring announcer and joined WWF in 1996 as a backstage interviewer.
After becoming a RAW commentator, Kelly would work as ROH’s lead play-by-play announcer from 2011 to 2017.
He has also worked as part of NJPW’s English commentary team since 2015.