Kevin Fertig

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Kevin Fertig
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Seven Mordecai Vengeance Kevin Fertig Fertig Kevin Thorn
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Born	January 17, 1977 (age 30) Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Trained by	OVW staff
Debut	2000

Kevin Matthew Fertig (born January 17, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Kevin Thorn. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its ECW brand.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Career

Fertig wrestled as Seven in Memphis Championship Wrestling and in some other independent promotions, winning the MCW Southern Heavyweight Championship on July 7, 2001.

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

In April 2002, Fertig signed a developmental deal with the World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to their development territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), still using the Seven character. In OVW, Seven joined the The Disciples of Synn stable, and along with stable-mate Travis Bane won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship in March of 2003, though they lost them less than a month later to The Acolytes Protection Agency.

In late April of 2004 Fertig was called up to the SmackDown! brand with vignettes playing on the show announcing his new character Mordecai, a religious Zealot-type character. During numerous promos Mordecai claimed he saw nothing but sin everywhere he went, and God had chosen him to rid the world of it. He constantly wore white and had blonde hair and a beard as a sign of his purity. Mordecai debuted for the SmackDown! brand on May 16, 2004 during the Judgment Day pay-per-view, defeating Scotty 2 Hotty.

In later appearances, Mordecai condemned the audience to hell, and often carried a crucifix with him everywhere he went; he was also known to pray before his matches. It was intended for him to become a main event heel and feud with The Undertaker, Mordecai believing him to be a servant of Satan. While some sections of the audience liked the character, the gimmick did not get over with enough fans quick enough, and Fertig was sent back to OVW for his character to be "overhauled".

Fertig returned to OVW, wrestling under a mask as Vengeance, before reverting to the name Seven. He also continued to use the Mordecai name while working in Memphis Wrestling, where he won the Southern Title in March of 2005.

[edit] Independents

On July 5, 2005, Fertig was released from his WWE contract. He made one more appearance for OVW after his release, during its Katrina Benefit show, on October 1.

For the rest of 2005 and part of 2006, Fertig wrestled all over the world in independent promotions, using both the Mordecai and Seven monikers.

[edit] Return to World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2006, Fertig joined WWE's ECW brand with a vampire gimmick, first making appearances standing outside of arenas, looking into the camera, spitting blood and hissing. He then began appearing in vignettes with Ariel, the tarot card reader, spitting blood at the camera while she "predicted the future of ECW".

Fertig had his (television) in-ring debut on the July 25 ECW on Sci-Fi, defeating Little Guido Maritato. During his debut, Ariel acted as his valet. The next week, in another vignette, Ariel revealed his name to be Kevin Thorn.

From there, Ariel increased her presence at ringside, often taking time out of the match to climb onto the apron or under the bottom rope to kiss Thorn while he continued to beat his opponents. During September, Thorn would feud with Balls Mahoney after Ariel would help Thorn win his matches against Mahoney. As a result Mahoney would end up bringing in Francine as an equalizer to Ariel. The two teams clashed over the next two weeks, when Francine was released by the WWE.

As Ariel began to have heat with Kelly Kelly, Thorn became caught up in the feud and at December to Dismember, Kevin Thorn & Ariel defeated Kelly Kelly & Mike Knox after Knox walked out on Kelly. After that he would become a a member of the New Breed stable and took part in their feud with the ECW Originals.