Air Boom
Members	Evan Bourne Kofi Kingston
Former members
Heights	Bourne:5 ft 9 in Kingston:6 ft 1 in
Weights	Bourne:183 lbs Kingston:221 lbs
Billed from	Bourne:St. Louis, Missouri Kingston:Ghana, West Africa
Promotions	WWE
Debuted	August 22, 2011
Disbanded	January 16, 2012

Air Boom was a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston, both of whom compete in WWE on its Raw brand. Their team name "Air Boom" was voted upon by fans on WWE's website.

HistoryEdit

On-and-off tag teaming (2008-2010)Edit

Kingston and Bourne had first teamed up in a winning effort on Bourne's second match in the June 10, 2008 episode of ECW, against Shelton Benjamin and Mike Knox; because on Bourne's debut (as Matt Sydal), Shelton Benjamin had powerbombed Bourne into Kingston who was at ringside commentating. Bourne and Kingston would again team together on rare occasions between late 2009 to early 2010, facing the Legacy in tag matches.

Debut and Tag Team Champions (2011-present)Edit

Bourne and Kingston would form an official team in 2011. On the August 15th episode of Raw, Kingston and Bourne defeated WWE Tag Team Champions David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty in a non-title match to become #1 contenders to the Tag Team Championship. On the August 22nd episode of Raw, Kingston and Bourne beat Otunga and McGillicutty to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship while teaming together. On the August 29 episode of Raw, the duo was officially named "Air Boom", and they had their first successful title defense when they defeated Otunga and McGillicutty in a rematch. The name "Air Boom" was chosen by Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston on WWE.com after the Twitter followers of WWE were asked to submit names. Out of the 11 finalists, the name "Air Boom" was chosen, which was created by combining their monikers: “Air Bourne” for "Air" and “Boom Squad for "Boom".”

Air Boom went on to successfully defend their titles against R-Truth and the Miz at Night of Champions via disqualification after the Miz assaulted the referee in the midst of the match. They would then enter into a feud with Vickie Guerrero's two clients, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger, and they would successfully defend their titles against Ziggler and Swagger at both Hell in a Cell and Vengeance.

On November 1, 2011, WWE suspended Bourne for 30 days for his first violation of the company’s Wellness policy. Bourne finally returned to television on December 5th, 2011. Air Boom then lost to Primo and Epico on the December 13 episode of WWE Superstars in a non-title match. Five days later, Air Boom's feud with the Puerto Rican duo continued at the TLC 2011 pay per view, where in a title match they defeated Primo and Epico. On the January 6 episode of Smackdown, they were defeated by Primo and Epico. At a house show on January 15, Air Boom lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Primo and Epico. On the January 16 episode of Raw, Air Boom were awarded a rematch but failed to regain the titles. The following day, Bourne was suspended again for his second violation of WWE's Wellness Policy. After this Kofi replaced Evan as a partner with R-Truth winning and losing a match respectivly against various tag teams before getting a tag team title match against Primo and Epico(also involving Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger) which Kofi and Truth failed.

In WrestlingEdit

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  Double-team finishing moves
  • Trouble in Paradise by Kingston (Jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick) followed by Air Bourne by Bourne (Shooting star press)
• Bourne's finishing moves
  • ​Air Bourne (Shooting star press)
• Kingston's finishing moves
  • ​Trouble in Paradise (Jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick)
  • S.O.S. (Ranhei)
• ​Double-team signature moves
  • Aided leaping corner elbow smash (Kingston)
  • Aided diving double stomp (Bourne or Kingston) to an elevated rope-hung opponent
  • Aided headscissors takedown (Bourne)
  • Double bulldog
  • Double dropkick, sometimes to an opponent in the corner
  • Simultaneous diving crossbodies on multiple opponents
  • Simultaneous suicide dives on multiple opponents
• Nicknames
  • "The Dreadlocked Dynamo" (Kingston)
  • "Air" Bourne (Bourne)
• Entrance Themes
  • "Born to SOS" by Jim Johnston ft. Mutiny Within and Collie Buddz (September 5, 2011–October 3, 2011)
  • "Boom" by Jim Johnston (October 7, 2011–present)

Championships and accomplishmentsEdit

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time)

See alsoEdit

• Kofi Kingston & R-Truth
• Airstrike, a newer team with a similar name and motif of two high flyers

External linksEdit

• Profile

World Wrestling Entertainment roster
Alex Riley • Big E. Langston • Brodus Clay • Brock Lesnar • Chris Jericho • CM Punk • Curtis Axel • David Otunga • Dean Ambrose • Dolph Ziggler • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson • Epico • Evan Bourne • Fandango • Jack Swagger • John Cena • JTG • Kane • Kofi Kingston • Mason Ryan • The Miz • Paul Heyman • Primo • R-Truth • Rey Mysterio • Roman Reigns • Santino Marella • Seth Rollins • Tensai • The Rock • Triple H • Zack Ryder
Alberto Del Rio • Antonio Cesaro • Big Show • Camacho • Christian • Cody Rhodes • Curt Hawkins • Damien Sandow • Daniel Bryan • Darren Young • Drew McIntyre • Ezekiel Jackson • Great Khali • Heath Slater • Hornswoggle • Hunico • Jey Uso • Jimmy Uso • Jinder Mahal • Justin Gabriel • Mark Henry • Randy Orton • Ryback • Sheamus • Sin Cara • Ted DiBiase • Titus O'Neil • Trent Baretta • Tyson Kidd • The Undertaker • Wade Barrett • William Regal • Yoshi Tatsu
AJ • Aksana • Alicia Fox • Brie Bella • Eve Torres • Kaitlyn • Layla • Natalya • Nikki Bella • Rosa Mendes • Tamina Snuka
Stables & Tag Teams
3MB • Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara • Primo and Epico • Team Hell No • The Bella Twins • The Funkadactyls • The Prime Time Players • The Shield • Tons of Funk
Adam Mercer • Adrian Neville • Aiden English • Alexander Rusev • Angelo Dawkins • Baron Corbin • Bayley • Big E. Langston • Bo Dallas • Bray Wyatt • Charlotte • CJ Parker • Collin Cassady • Conor O'Brian • Corey Graves • Dani • Danny Burch • Dante Dash • Dean Ambrose • Denton Blackwell • Emma • Enzo Amore • Erick Rowan • Garret Dylan • Gavin Reid • J Bronson • Jake Carter • Jason Jordan • Judas Devlin • Kassius Ohno • Knuckles Madsen • Leo Kruger • Luke Harper • Memo Montenegro • Mike Dalton • Mojo Rawley • Oliver Grey • Paige • Richie Steamboat • Rick Victor • Roman Reigns • Sasha Banks • Sawyer Fulton • Scott Dawson • Shaun Ricker • Seth Rollins • Summer Rae • Sylvester Lefort • Travis Tyler • Xavier Woods
Commentators
Carlos Cabrera • Jerry Lawler • Jim Ross • Josh Mathews • Marcelo Rodriguez • Matt Striker • Michael Cole • Scott Stanford • William Regal
Ring announcers
Justin Roberts • Lilian Garcia • Tony Chimel
Referees
Chad Patton • Charles Robinson • Darrick Moore • John Cone • Justin King • Mike Chioda • Rod Zapata • Scott Armstrong• Ryan Tran
General Managers
Vickie Guerrero • Booker T
Unassigned employees
Renato Cortes
Current Champions
WWE Championship
John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship
Dolph Ziggler
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Wade Barrett
WWE United States Championship
Dean Ambrose
WWE Tag Team Championship
Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns
WWE Divas Championship
Kaitlyn
WWE NXT Championship
Bo Dallas