The Kingdom

The Kingdom was a villainous professional wrestling stable, best known for wrestling in Ring of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

Ring of Honor (2014–2015)
On June 22, 2014, at Best in the World 2014, Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett accompanied by Maria Kanellis and Nick Searcy were defeated in a no disqualification match against The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe). On July 12, 2014, The Kingdom officially made their debut as a stable in Ring of Honor when Hardy, Bennett, and Adam Cole faced War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) along with Michael Elgin in a six-man tag team match which ended in a no contest. On November 15, 2014, at Glory By Honor XIII, Matt Taven, who had joined the stable back in September, teamed with Bennett as they unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

On March 1, 2015, at the 13th Anniversary Show, Bennett and Taven defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) as well as Karl Anderson in a three-way tag team match. On March 27, 2015, at Supercard of Honor IX, Bennett and Taven unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On September 18 at All Star Extravaganza VII, Bennett and Taven won their first-ever ROH World Tag Team Championship, when they defeated the then champions The Addiction (Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). They lost the title to War Machine on December 18 at Final Battle. Bennett and Kanellis left ROH after the following day's Ring of Honor Wrestling taping, after failing to come to terms on a new contract with the promotion. After Bennett and Kanellis's Departure The Kingdom quietly disbanded

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–2015)
On August 10, 2014, during the G1 Climax The Kingdom, represented by Cole and Bennett and accompanied by Maria Kanellis, made their New Japan Pro Wrestling debuts, defeating Captain New Japan and Jushin Thunder Liger. The Kingdom, now represented by Bennett and Taven, returned to New Japan in November 2014, to take part in the 2014 World Tag League. They finished third in their block with a record of four wins and three losses. Bennett and Taven returned to NJPW on April 5, 2015, at Invasion Attack 2015, where they defeated Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, The Kingdom lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Bullet Club in their first defense. Bennett and Taven returned to NJPW in November to take part in the 2015 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of two wins and four losses, failing to advance from their block.

In wrestling

 * Bennett's finishing moves
 * Go Back to Japan ([Anaconda vise)
 * Piledriver
 * Cole's finishing moves
 * Florida Key (Bridging X-Plex)
 * Taven's finishing moves
 * Climax (Arm trap headlock driver)
 * Frog splash
 * Double-team finishing moves (Bennett and Taven)
 * Hail Mary (Aided piledriver)
 * Extreme Combination (Twist of Fate by Bennett followed by a Swanton Bomb by Taven) - adopted from the The Hardy Boyz
 * Managers
 * Maria Kanellis
 * Nick Searcy
 * Entrance themes
 * "Something for You/Suffer Unto Me" by David Rolfe and Avenue F (ROH; July 12, 2014 – January 16, 2016)
 * "Fire Guitar" by Fabio Codega (NJPW; April 5, 2015 – December 9, 2015)

Championships and accomplishments

 * New Japan Pro Wrestling
 * IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Bennett and Taven
 * Ring of Honor
 * ROH World Championship (1 time) – Cole
 * ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Bennett and Taven
 * Survival of the Fittest (2014) – Cole
 * Honor Rumble (2014) – Bennett