Dru Onyx

Rodney Kellman
Ring name(s)	Dru Onyx Soa Amin S.O.A. Spirit Of Allah Son Of Abdullah Tenbatsu
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	325 lb (147 kg)
Born	September 24, 1974 (1974-09-24) (age 37) Saint Michael, Barbados
Resides	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Billed from	Saint Michael, Barbados Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Trained by	Marc Pilon Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Debut	June 12, 1999

Rodney Lloyd Anthony Kellman (born September 24, 1974), better known by his ring name Dru Onyx and Soa Amin, is a Canadian professional wrestler, He is a currently the co-holder of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championishp. He is a former Quebec promoter for the National Wrestling Alliance.

Early life

Kellman was born in Saint Michael, Barbados and was two years old when his family moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Six years later, they relocated to Chomedey Laval where as a teen he excelled in both baseball and football. Kellman played football for the John Abbott Islanders and the University of Ottawa GeeGees. He also played Semi Pro for the Montreal Condors, Plattsburg North Stars, and Lake City Stars. In the Empire Football League, he still holds the EFL record most tackles in one game for a defensive lineman (17 solo tackles, 8 assisted tackles, ½ a sack July 26, 1997).^{[citation needed]} He then worked as a security for the Saudi Arabian Embassy Consulate Section in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Professional wrestling career

Kellman started his professional wrestling career in February 1999 as a graduate of the Northern Championship Wrestling’s school. He was trained under the guidance of Marc Pilon. He debuted on June 12, 1999 against Pilon for the NCW Quebec Heavyweight Championship. In the fall, wrestling was put on hold to go play university football for the Ottawa Gee Gees. In 2002, he came back to the Montreal wrestling scene, first for Paul Leduc’s Federation Lutte Québécoise where both Smith Hart and Sunny Warcloud gave him an opportunity to fine tune his craft in their territories. Always looking for a new challenge, he joined Internet Wrestling Syndicate. He feuded with the Green Phantom over the IWS version of the World Heavyweight Championship for almost half a year. Upon winning the title on March 15, 2003 in his hometown of Quebec, he defended the title five months before losing the title to Arsenal in a ladder match.

Shortly after a tour with NWA UK Hammerlock, Dru joined Championship Wrestling Association an on January 28, 2004 and was their federation’s first champion holding the title for three months before losing the title to Sunny Warcloud on May 29, 2004 in an Indian Strap match. Dru regained the Quebec title a month later in a three-way dance with Sunny War Cloud and Manuel Vegas. Later on when CWA joined partnership with NWA Quebec, the CWA title was then recognized as the NWA Quebec Heavyweight Championship. On October 15, 2004 Dru won the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship defeating Australia's Will Phoenix in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.

On his second tour with NWA UK Hammerlock, after making three mandatory defenses in England, he lost the NWA British Commonwealth title to Fergal Devitt (Pegasus 2) on October 27 in Cardiff Wales in a hardcore match. Two days later, Dru Onyx beat Paul Tracey for the NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship in Maidstone Kent. On October 29 in Ashford Kent, England he also won back the NWA British Commonwealth title from Fergal Devitt in a handicap match with Devitt and Tracey working together. Due to the fact the UK Heavyweight Championship had to be defended within the next 30 days, Dru was forced to relinquish the title and concentrate on defending the British Commonwealth title for the last two days of his two week tour.

Back in Canada, Dru defended the Commonwealth title across the country in numerous promotions outside of the NWA. Then he went to NWA territories in Ireland and the United States to successfully defend the title and thus raising the status and importance of that particular title. On January 26, 2005 Jake Mathews defeated Dru Onyx for the NWA Quebec Heavyweight title. On October 8, 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee at the NWA 57th anniversary show Fergal Devitt once again defeated Dru Onyx for the British Commonwealth title. After the match both participants were invited to the New Japan Inoki Dojo in Santa Monica, California to train in the Japanese style of pro wrestling. Dru lived at the dojo for two months and was trained by Tokimitsu Ishizawa. After coming back from the dojo, Dru took some time off to heal nagging injuries. Once recuperated, he went back out and captured more NWA gold on April 22, 2006 in Southern Championship Wrestling. In Almonte Springs, Florida, Dru Onyx defeated Thomas Marr and Chasyn Rance in a three-way to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship,

Onyx returned to the IWS on June 3, 2005 to team up with his nemesis Green Phantom to battle Pierre Carl Ouellet and Sabu in what was Sabu’s last indie appearance before going to World Wrestling Entertainment. Subsequently, he defended the North American title in both Canada and the United States, including on July 7, 2006 at a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling house show. He also defended the title overseas in both Ireland and in the UK. After an over one year reign as North American Heavyweight Champion, he lost the title to Damien Waynes on August 24, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. On October 26, 2007 in St. Albans, Vermont, Onyx defeated Paul Tracey to once again become the NWA British Commonwealth Champion.

Alter Ego

S.O.A. (Spirit of Allah) is a character which he has wrestled as, fairly continuously throughout his career, switching back and forth between this character and Dru Onyx. S.O.A. is a violent and bloody-thirsty character. Dru when in the S.O.A. character throws traditional wrestling rules out the window as tries he to maim his opponents with illegal objects (knives, forks, small swords). In the United Kingdom, S.O.A. was originally billed as "Son of Abdullah" the son of legendary wrestler Abdullah the Butcher who originated the gimmick. The two are not related in real life, though resemblance at times is uncanny. The S.O.A. gimmick is the gimmick most fans in Ireland and UK know Dru for, however, he has made appearances as S.O.A. in the outskirts of Quebec Canada feuding with Pierre Carl Ouellett and Sunny War Cloud. September 2010 The S.O.A. character as Soa Amin had a 6 month run, causing havoc for the babyfaces in Montreal Wrestling Federation which is based in Valleyfield Quebec. Soa left the M.W.F. after losing a bloody loser leaves fed match on March 13 at No Remorse show against Pat Guenette.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bajan Death Drop (Fireman's carry cutter)
  • Cerberus-Plex (Snap suplex followed by a double arm suplex and finished with a Saito suplex)
  • Gangbang (Leg hook camel clutch)
  • Spear
  • Sudanese Meat Cleaver (Running pointed elbow drop to the opponent's throat)

• Signature moves
  • Enzuigiri
  • Headbutt
  • Fallaway slam
  • Knife-egded chop
  • Lariat
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Double underhook
    • Saito
    • Super
  • Powerbomb
  • Sidewalk slam

• Nicknames
  • "Godz Fav'rit Weapon"
  • "The Bajan Bomber"
  • "The Black Lou Thesz"
  • "Canadian Mean"
  • "The Great Son Of Sam"
  • "Joey Black"
  • "The Bajanaut"
  • "Ghetto Moses"
    • • "Godz Weapon Of Choice"
  • "Chocolate Thunder"

• Managers
  • Phillipe Leclaire
  • C. Edward Vander Pyle
  • Joey Soprano

Championships and accomplishments

• All Canadian Wrestling

• ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Championship Wrestling Association

• CWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) ^[1]

• International Wrestling Syndicate

• IWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Montreal Wrestling Federation

• MWF National Championship (1 time)

• NWA Quebec Pro Wrestling

• NWA Quebec Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• NWA UK Hammerlock

• NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
• NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Jeremy Prophet
• NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ^[2]

• Top of the World Wrestling

• TOW Tag Team Championship (current)- with Carl Leduc

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 361 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007.
• PWI ranked him # '373 'of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005.

Grappling

• Randori 3 Grappling Championship

• Division 1 195 lbs and up (2 wins , 1 loss) Bronze medalist

Quotes

“To live as a champion is all consuming and involves proper time management, you must have the mindset to produce perfection every second in every minute, every minute in every hour, and every hour with every day”

"What I do is combine entertainment with violence, to make you believe in the art of pro wrestling, I risk my body and my health to do the unbelievable. At more than 300lbs I shouldn't be able to perform the feats I do....I create magic"

“I'm walking sex & violence, fear addicted, danger illustrated.”

"When your are practitioner of violence, & have the innate ability to brutalize any opponent on earth, you know no rest, tend to sleep without dreams, and never find peace"

"I will hunt down my all my foes with the accuracy of an Angel's arrow. I mean with biblical thoroughness. Root and branch...I hope you understand the full measure of wrath that I will bring to you."

"You were raised by TWO dads"

" There is only two people on this earth I'm afraid of, my father and God and they're both getting old"

"Sharks dedicate one week out of the year in my name."

"Nothing is more intimate then two people violently hurting each other in a social setting, this allows us to constantly remind us that we are nothing more then animals trying to be men. So do not condemn me or any other one who participates in the savage arts of brutality, we are just reverting to our natural state of consciousness"

"I am the living embodiment of scar tissue and dead brain cells. The is nothing good in my soul"

"Bad men know no tunes and sing no songs"

"I dine on a diet of bad thoughts and white women"

"Everyday more white women fall in love with me"

Notes

1. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - June 2004". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2004-06.html. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
2. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - April 2006". onlineworldofwrestling.com. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2006-04.html. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 

External links

• Official MySpace

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Name	Onyx, Dru
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Date of birth	September 24, 1974
Place of birth	Saint Michael, Barbados
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