| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenneth M. Stasiowski (1970-06-18)June 18, 1970 (age 55)[1][3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kenny Shaw[1] Kenny Kaos[1][2][3] Kaos[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] |
| Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Anchorage, Alaska |
| Trained by | Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker[1] WCW Power Plant[2][4] |
| Debut | 1995[1][4] |
| Retired | 1999[1][4] |
Kenneth M. Stasiowski[1] (born June 18, 1970) is an American formerprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his stint withWorld Championship Wrestling, where he performed under thering nameKenny Kaos[2] and wrestled as a part of thetag teamHigh Voltage with partnerRobbie Rage.[2][5] During his stint in WCW, Stasiowski became aone timeWorld Tag Team Champion withRick Steiner.[6]
After making his professional wrestling debut in 1995, Stasiowski was signed to a contract byWorld Championship Wrestling in 1996. He made his WCW debut on the March 2, 1996 episode ofWCW Saturday Night under the ring name Kenny Shaw, where he and The Shadow lost toLoch Ness in ahandicap match.[7] Following this, Stasiowski started training in theWCW Power Plant, WCW's training facility, where he formed a tag team alongsideRobert Knapik. Now renamed to Kenny Kaos and Robbie Rage respectively, the team was namedHigh Voltage and made their debut at the April 27house show in a losing effort to the State Patrol (Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker andLt. James Earl Wright).[8] High Voltage then made their televised debut on the June 3 episode ofWCW Monday Nitro in a losing effort toThe Faces of Fear (The Barbarian andMeng). Kaos made hisPay-per-view debut atWorld War 3, where he took part in thethree ring, 60 man battle royal with the winner earning a title match for theWCW World Heavyweight Championship, but was unsuccessful.[5][9] Their team had competed against several popular tag teams in WCW, such asHarlem Heat (Booker T andStevie Ray),Vicious and Delicious (Scott Norton andBuff Bagwell), the Faces of Fear,The Steiner Brothers (Rick andScott) and makeshiftcruiserweight teams. Despite this, High Voltage remained under-carders and competed on WCW's secondary showsWCW Saturday Night,WCW Pro andWCW WorldWide and remainedjobbers for most of their tenure.[5]
High Voltage appeared inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling between November 1997 and February 1998 with Kaos representing in theSuper Grade Tag League.[2][5]
High Voltage wrestled their final match on the September 5house show, where they defeated theDancing Fools (Disco Inferno andAlex Wright).[5][10] High Voltage subsequently split due to Rage suffering an injury.
After High Voltage split, Kaos wrestled his first match as a singles wrestler in a losing effort toErnest "The Cat" Miller on the September 7, 1998 episode ofWCW Monday Nitro.[11] Kaos then proceeded to perform as an under-cardface before receiving apush beginning on the October 26, 1998 episode ofWCW Monday Nitro. After losing toStevie Ray, Kaos was assaulted by Ray andBuff Bagwell before being saved byRick Steiner. As Steiner defeatedThe Giant andScott Steiner in ahandicap match to win theWCW World Tag Team Championship for himself atHalloween Havoc the night before and needed a tag team partner in order to defend the title, Steiner chose Kaos as his partner, giving him the first and only championship of his career.[6][12] Later that night, Kaos and Steiner defeated Ray and The Giant to retain the title in their first defense.[12] On the November 12 episode ofThunder, Kaos picked up his first victory as a singles competitor by defeatingKendall Windham.[13] While still World Tag Team Champion, Kaos challengedKonnan for hisWCW World Television Championship on the December 17 episode ofWCW Thunder, but was unable to win the title.[14] Following the match,Robbie Rage returned from injury and demanded to know why Kaos won the title with Steiner instead of himself.[14] On the December 21 episode ofNitro, Kaos lost toLex Luger after a distraction from Rage, who once again confronted Kaos over High Voltage's split.[15] However, before theangle could develop any further, Rage was released from his contract during his recovery from a previous injury. Following this, Steiner and Kaos were forced to vacate the World Tag Team Championship in January 1999 due to Steiner suffering an injury.[6]
On the January 9, 1999 episode ofSaturday Night, Kaos and new tag team partnerBobby Eaton defeatedLa Parka andSilver King in the first round of a tournament to crown the new World Tag Team Champions.[16] On the January 16 episode ofSaturday Night, Kaos and Eaton were eliminated from the tournament byBobby Duncum, Jr. andMike Enos.[17] Following this, Kaos became a singles competitor and found mixed success over the next few months.[18] On the August 30 episode ofNitro, Kaos teamed withPrince Iaukea and wrestled against theWest Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham andKendall Windham) for the World Tag Team Championship, but they were unsuccessful in defeating the Rednecks for the title.[19]
After a three-month absence from television, Kaos returned on the November 18 episode ofThunder and lost toLash LeRoux in what turned out to be his final match.[20] Stasiowski was let go due to budget cuts and retired from professional wrestling shortly after.
The only video game Kaos appeared in wasWCW Mayhem released in September 1999.