Kevin Canady (b. June 24, 1969) is an American Professional Wrestler and trainer as Mad Man Pondo. He debuted in 1989, working a traditional style until he and friends 2 Tuff Tony and Corporal Robinson decided to pursue a hardcore style. He has wrestled for CZW, IWA Mid-South, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, CHIKARA, TNA, some National Wrestling Alliance territories, and numerous other independents in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former IWA Mid-South World Heavyweight Champion
, a former IWA Mid-South World Tag Team Champion with Ian Rotten, a former CZW Iron Man Champion, a former wXw (Germany) Hardcore Champion, a former 2x JCW Heavyweight Champion and a former 3x JCW Tag Team Champion (2x w/Necro Butcher and 1x w/Crazy Mary Dobson (WWE's Sarah Logan)
"Tropes of a Madman":
- Autobiography: 2018's Memoirs of a Mad Man
- Ax-Crazy: He's not called "Mad Man" as a joke.
- Badass Teacher: He trained Sarah Logan and serves as a trainer for JCW.
- Battle Couple: He and Crazy Mary Dobson were engaged during their reign as JCW Tag Team Champions.
- Finishing Move: Sudden Stop, which is Pondo hitting his opponent with a STOP sign.
- Freaky Is Cool: This was the attitude of The Freaks of Nature, Pondo and Pete Madden.
- Funny Foreigner: He was viewed this way in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was so loved that, after the company expelled the other CZW wrestlers, he was the only one they kept.
- Garbage Wrestler: Well known for competing in violent death matches.
- Iconic Item: His rotary saw, in Big Japan.
- Improbable Weapon User: A STOP sign that he modified to read "Can't STOP Pondo."
- Parts Unknown: "The Realm Of Pain"
- Power Stable:
- (in IWL in Mexico in 2011): American Nightmare, with 2 Tuff Tony and Gigante Warrior.
- (in OVW): Van Zandt Family Circus
- Tag Team:
- The Death Match Kings, with Necro Butcher
- Baka Gaijin, with 2 Tuff Tony
- Mad Breed, with Ian Rotten
- Cereal Killers, with Juggulator
- Freaks Of Nature, with Pete Madden
- Tournament Arc: He won the MAW Hardcore Cup 2000, IWA Mid-South King of the Death Match 2003 and the IWA Mid-South Double Death Tag Team Tournament 2006 with 2 Tuff Tony.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Necro Butcher, Depending on the Writer, since they alternated being friends and being opponents in different promotions.
