Prince Nana

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1996–2002) Nana debuted in 1996, wrestling in a church in Spanish Harlem.

Nana worked regularly for the East Coast Wrestling Association in Delaware and USA Pro Wrestling in New York, as well as making appearances with the WWF and with Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX in Japan.

Ring of Honor (2002–2016)

In 2002, Nana joined the upstart Ring of Honor promotion, where in 2004 he formed a heel stable known as The Embassy. In storylines, Nana used his wealth gained from the taxes of people of Ghana to hire wrestlers to wrestle his opponents and rivals. Under his management, John Walters defended his ROH Pure Championship and Jimmy Rave, Alex Shelley and Abyss won the Trios Tournament in 2006. He remained with Ring of Honor until September 2006, when he gave his notice.

On October 24, 2008, in Danbury, Connecticut, Nana made a surprise return to Ring of Honor, saying he had no more riches or crown and just wanted a job, before he was dragged away by security. The next night, Nana made an appearance at Ring of Honor's Edison, New Jersey show where he was removed in the same fashion. The next time ROH was in Edison on January 17, 2009, Nana again appeared, only to be dragged away by security. He would then be featured in segments on the ROH Video Wire. In a March edition of the Video Wire, Nana revealed that he had regained his riches due to President Obama's stimulus package, and had been directing Bison Smith's attacks on ROH wrestlers. On March 20, at the ROH show in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, Nana declared that he had officially reformed the Embassy, with himself, Bison Smith and Ernie Osiris. The next day in New York City they were joined by the returning Jimmy Rave. Other members of the stable came to include Claudio Castagnoli, Joey Ryan, Erick Stevens, Shawn Daivari and Necro Butcher, but by October 2010 all of them, except Osiris, had left the group. On January 22, 2011, Nana debuted the latest version of the Embassy, consisting of Ernesto Osiris, Mia Yim, R.D. Evans, and Tommaso Ciampa, who would take over Jimmy Rave's former role as Nana's number one wrestler. The following April and June, both Dave Taylor and Rhino made appearances representing the Embassy. On the July 28, 2012 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, The Embassy disbanded, when Ciampa turned on Nana, after R.D. Evans had revealed his deal with Truth Martini, which had cost Ciampa the ROH World Television Championship.

On Monday, June 3, 2013, Nana received a tryout with WWE. Nana commented on the tryout on Facebook, writing, "Great day with the WWE...The future may be bright....Fools."

In mid-2013, Nana was given the new on-screen role of ROH Talent Scout. In late 2014, Nana formed yet another version of the Embassy with Moose, Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott, which was later disbanded.

Nana was the manager of Donovan Dijak, after he sent him some envelopes every time he wrestled, until he finally departed from The House of Truth that took place on February 25, 2016 episode of ROH tapings.

All Elite Wrestling / Return to ROH (2023–present) Nana at All In in August 2024|thumbOn July 23, 2022, at Death Before Dishonor, Prince Nana returned to ROH, purchased Tully Blanchard Enterprises, and reformed The Embassy with Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona, who later won the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship at Final Battle in December, marking the first time a client of Nana's had won a championship. In April 2023, Nana began managing Swerve Strickland in ROH's sister promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), after Strickland announced he was merging his 'Mogul Affiliates' stable with The Embassy into the Mogul Embassy. A year later, Strickland won the AEW World Championship under Nana's managership, marking the first time a member of the Embassy had won any sort of singles championship. The Mogul Embassy later dissolved when Cage, Kaun, and Liona attacked Strickland and formed Cage of Agony, but Nana continued managing Strickland without the Embassy banner.

Championships and accomplishments CyberSpace Wrestling Federation CSWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sonjay Dutt East Coast Wrestling Association ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (2 times) New York Wrestling Connection NYWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with MEGA USA Pro Wrestling USA Pro New York State Championship (2 times) WreslePurists Best Non-Wrestler Award 2023.