Kevin Fertig

Kevin Matthew Fertig (born January 17, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring names, among them Seven and Mordecai. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on the ECW brand as Kevin Thorn.

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

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), where he continued to use the Seven character. In OVW, he 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 were forced to vacate the title a month later when Bane was injured.

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 in ring 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, in one interview, he even said that the then WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero would pay for his sins which implied a rise to main event status to face Guerrero, but the gimmick was dropped in July and Fertig was sent back to OVW.

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.

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.

Return to World Wrestling Entertainment
In 2006, Fertig joined WWE's ECW brand with a vampire gimmick, originally appearing on the debut of ECW on Sci Fi first making appearances standing outside of arenas, looking into the camera, spitting blood and hissing. The idea was that Fertig was planting the seeds for the long rumored 'vampire faction' with Gangrel and Ariel, although the angle with Ariel was kept and the plans for Gangrel were dropped due to his ongoing weight problems. The WWE knew Fertig had improved his in-ring skills since his first stint as Mordecai on SmackDown!, but did not know that Fertig had improved a lot; as a result, they decided on keeping him on the ECW brand for the long run. 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 began a feud with Balls Mahoney, and after Ariel started to help Thorn win their matches Mahoney began bringing in Francine as an equalizer. The two teams clashed over the next two weeks, until Francine was released by 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 became a a member of the New Breed stable and took part in their feud with the ECW Originals.

CM Punk eventually joined the New Breed after weeks of recruiting. However, just two weeks later, CM Punk betrayed the New Breed attacking Elijah Burke after a match. On the May 1 edition of ECW on Sci Fi, Thorn quit the New Breed due to lack of interference during his match with CM Punk. On the May 8 edition of ECW, after interrupting Ariel's tarot card reading Thorn stated "My future wasn't in the New Breed, my future isn't in the cards".

On May 18, 2007 Ariel was released by the WWE. The following week, Kevin Thorn appeared by himself, with the commentators claiming that Thorn was "flying solo".

In wrestling

 * Finishing and signature moves
 * Crucifixion (Crucifix powerbomb) - 2000 - Early 2006
 * Original Sin / Dark Kiss (Elevated stunner)
 * Sinner Shot (Shoulder jawbreaker)
 * Big boot
 * Sidewalk slam
 * Clothesline
 * Gutbuster
 * Backbreaker
 * Sitout side slam
 * Chokebomb
 * High angle sitout spinebuster


 * Managers
 * Ariel
 * Synn
 * Brother Ernest Angel
 * Andy Farrington


 * Nicknames
 * The fanged freak
 * The follower of vampirism

Championships and accomplishments

 * Memphis Championship Wrestling
 * MCW Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Memphis Wrestling
 * Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Ohio Valley Wrestling
 * OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Travis Bane