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Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and semi-retired
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. She is best known for her time with
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under the
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Awesome Kong. She also worked with
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(ROH),
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,
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(AEW), and with
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under the ring name Kharma. Stevens began her professional wrestling career in 2002 after appearing on a reality television show. For the first five years of her career, she primarily wrestled in Japan and held numerous championships there. In 2006, she began wrestling in her native United States again, wrestling on the
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before appearing on national television with TNA, where she was a driving force in the foundation of their Knockouts division. During her time with TNA, she became a two-time
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and one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion with
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. She later signed with WWE, where she became the third woman to enter the men's
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in
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, and she began making appearances for then-upstart AEW towards the end of the decade. Stevens was ranked first in the inaugural list of ''
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s
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in 2008. She retired from professional wrestling in 2021 and was subsequently inducted into the
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. As an actress, she is best known for playing Tammé "The Welfare Queen" Dawson in the wrestling-themed Netflix original comedy series '' GLOW''.


Professional wrestling career


Early career

Kia Stevens was inspired to become a professional wrestler by Amy Dumas, known during her WWE career as Lita. In 2002, Stevens appeared on the ''Discovery Health Body Challenge'' as a contestant trying to lose weight in hopes of becoming a professional wrestler. Afterwards, Stevens trained at the
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out of
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. Soon, she was able to have her first professional match in the
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. Stevens also auditioned for ''Tough Enough 2'', a competition in which the winner earned a
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(WWF) contract, but failed her audition after
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told her that she was "too fat." After being signed to WWE in 2010, Stevens defended Ross, stating that "If
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hadn't shot from the hip all those years ago, I wouldn't have had the fire to succeed as much as I did."


Japanese promotions (2002–2007)

After putting on an impressive showing at a tryout, Stevens was invited to further her training in the dojo of
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(female Japanese wrestling) promotion
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(AJW). While there she underwent a rigorous training schedule, became fluent in Japanese, and engaged in training for
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but chose to pursue professional wrestling. She was given the ring name Amazing Kong by Masatsugu Matsunaga, who needed a replacement for Japanese female wrestler
Aja Kong is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name . She currently makes appearances on the Japanese independent circuit and for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestli ...
in several matches. Stevens, as Kong, worked for multiple women's promotions in Japan, and she defeated
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for the
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in late 2004. Later, Stevens cited Hamada as one of her favorite opponents. In 2004 Kong debuted for the joshi promotion Gaea Japan in a match against Aja Kong. At the promotion's ninth anniversary event Aja Kong won the match but gained enough respect for Amazing Kong that the two attacked both competitors in the main event, revealing themselves as a new tag team named W Kong. The duo soon made their presence felt when they challenged
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and
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for the
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on May 5 and won. The team defended the championship successfully all Summer, eventually losing to
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and
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on September 20. Going into 2005, Kong main evented the final Gaea show before the promotion closed down. In the final match of ''Fifth Anniversary'', Kong teamed with Ayako Hamada and
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in a winning effort against Akino,
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and Gami with Ayako picking up the victory. After the closure of Gaea, W Kong went on to wrestle for a number of Japanese promotions including Hustle, where they were given the comedic gimmicks of Margaret and Erika which involved, among other things, wrestling in a yellow tutu. They won the predominantly male
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from June until October 2006. They were also the final team to hold
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before AJW shut down. In early 2007, Kong also won the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Women's Championship in
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and held it from January to May. She lost it to
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in a three-way match, which also included
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.


Shimmer Women Athletes


Championship pursuits (2006–2010)

Her success in Japan attracted the attention of United States promotion
Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) was an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both ...
, who began regularly booking her for their DVD tapings in Kong's homeland from May 2006. Her debut came on ''Volume 5'' with a win against
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. She defeated Roxx again on ''Volume 14: Hot Summer Nights'' in a rematch. The rematch was Kong's fifth successive win which led her to challenge for the Shimmer Championship in October 2007 against inaugural champion
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, for the ''Volume 15'' taping. Del Rey retained to give Kong her first Shimmer loss, albeit via count out. Kong then began another winning streak, losing only to
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by disqualification after using a chair on ''Volume 17'' which set back her chances of being given another championship match. She was placed in a Four-Way Contendership match on ''Volume 21''; during the match
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used her Fisherman Buster finisher on
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but before she could be pinned, Kong dragged Martinez to the floor and the two battled it out while Ariel stole the win to receive a championship match. This incident led to a grudge match between Martinez and Kong on ''Volume 23'', which Kong won. On the following show, instead of a Shimmer Championship match, Kong was put in a contendership match for the
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, forming a brief alliance of convenience with Del Rey, who herself was having issues with their opponents MelissChif (Cheerleader Melissa and Shimmer Champion
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). After winning the match, they faced the reigning champions Ashley Lane and Nevaeh in the following match, and once again Kong was disqualified after using chairs on her opponents. An assault continued until Martinez and
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, who was feuding with Del Rey, appeared to help out the Tag Team Champions. This occurrence led to another tag team match with Kong and Del Rey picking up a victory over Martinez and Deeb. Wanting to focus on her singles career again, Kong wrestled
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on ''Volume 27'' in a match to take on the Shimmer Champion. It ended in a double count-out, with the two brawling outside the ring through the building and even during the next match in the show. This meant the championship match on ''Volume 28'', in November 2009, would be a three-way elimination match including the champion MsChif. Kong eliminated LuFisto early on with an Amazing Bomb, essentially leading to a rematch of Kong and MsChif's critically respected ''Volume 9'' match. In this match, however, MsChif took a return win after kicking out of the Amazing Bomb and delivering all of her signature finishing moves on Kong to become the first woman to pin Kong in Shimmer. She appeared for one more appearance in September 2010 for the ''Volume 35'' event, answering an open challenge by
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with an emphatic victory.


Ring of Honor (2007, 2010)

Owing to Shimmer being a promotional partner of
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(ROH), Kong was noticed by ROH and scouted to appear on both products. On 15 September 2007 she made her debut for ROH at their Man Up pay-per-view (PPV). Teaming with
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in a tag team match, they defeated Sara Del Rey and Lacey. Kong returned to ROH on May 8, 2010, to take part in the promotion's annual ''Supercard of Honor V''. Once more she wrestled Del Rey, this time in a singles match which she lost after Del Rey used a weighted elbow pad thrown to her by
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stablemate
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, sparking a rivalry between the two. Kong returned to settle the score with Del Rey two months later at ''Hate: Chapter II'' on July 23. The Kings of Wrestling were in the midst of a rivalry with
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(Jay and Mark), and so Kong teamed with them in a six-person tag team match, where they defeated Del Rey, Hero and their stablemate
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, though Kong did not secure the pin. Consequently, they had a singles rematch the following night, with Kong finally defeating Del Rey one-on-one. At the end of the year, ROH held their live PPV
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, which saw Del Rey challenge Daizee Haze to bring more competition to ROH. Haze responded by bringing Kong back for the December 18 match against Del Rey and her partner Serena Deeb. In the match Del Rey pinned Haze, while Deeb successfully neutralized Kong with a
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.


Independent circuit (2007–2010)

After growing success in Shimmer, Kong began appearing on the American independent circuit bringing with her the
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from Japan. She put it on the line in a champion versus champion match against
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's
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on May 5, 2007, becoming a joint champion with her win. A rematch between the two in September, exclusively for the NWA belt after Kong lost the AWA title in May, headlined the NWA No Limits ''3rd Anniversary Show'' which saw Kong retain the title. Kong defended the belt in a number of promotions throughout the year but 11 months later, in April 2008, MsChif won back the title via countout under a special stipulation to retain Kong's stature. The following year, Kong once again challenged for the NWA World Championship at NWA Charlotte's
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themed inaugural show, ''Thorns & Roses'', in the penultimate match of the evening. With
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in her corner, MsChif and saved herself from the Awesome Bomb by using her
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, disqualifying herself to retain the belt in the process. In June 2007, Kong toured Great Britain under the
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promotion, wrestling guest matches under that banner for other promotions. The tour started on June 15 in
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for Celtic Wrestling, where she picked up a victory over ChickFight stalwart
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. The following day Kong debuted for Real Quality Wrestling (RQW) and took part in a Four-Way RQW Women's Championship match, that saw Wesna win the belt from reigning champion
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, with Jetta also coming up winless. The following day Kong competed in Chickfight IX, the ninth and final all-women knockout tournament under the ChickFight banner. She received a bye via forfeit, owing to a severe injury Cheerleader Melissa had given her opponent
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at RQW the night before, which allowed her to be fresh against Blue Nikita. After defeating Nikita in the semi-final, she faced dethroned RQW Champion Eden Black and won the trophy. After achieving notoriety on national television, Kong received more bookings including for the all-female company
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in March 2008. She appeared at their ''First Anniversary Show'' answering an open challenge made by Rick Cataldo and Roxxie Cotton, defeating them both in a handicap match within a minute. Later in the same event she teamed with Amy Lee and defeated
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and Shimmer rival Mercedes Martinez. Despite picking up the victory, Kong felt that Lee stole the glory of a win from her and went to attack Lee; this led to an Amy Lee's Rules match in the main event of ''Dawn of a New Day'' which Kong won after Lee passed out, refusing to submit. The two had a rematch at ''Army of One'' which Kong lost by disqualification after hitting a referee leading to a deciding rubber match contested under Last Man Standing rules. At the ''Second Anniversary Show'', Kong narrowly beat Amy Lee after charging at Lee with a chair only for Lee to pass out to the ground and Kong to hit the ropes and knock the chair back into herself. Judging Lee to have been down one count before Kong, Kong won the match but bowed to Lee afterwards out of respect. After winning this match, Kong was given a match against Martinez for the
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in December 2009 at a WSU and National Wrestling Superstars co-hosted event. Kong received another chance at the title at ''Evolve 5: Danielson v Sawa'' for the Evolve promotion but still could not bring an end to Martinez's two-year reign.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling


Knockout Champion (2007–2009)

Stevens debuted on the October 11, 2007 episode of
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(TNA)'s flagship show '' Impact!'' under her original name "Amazing Kong" which would be later tweaked to "Awesome Kong" as part of TNA's attempt to bolster their Knockout division. After defeating
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, Kong participated at the Bound for Glory PPV. There she took part in a 10-Knockout Gauntlet match to crown the first TNA Women's Knockout Champion but she was eliminated by the combined effort of
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,
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and eventual winner Gail Kim. Two months later at
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, she lost a Women's Knockout Championship match to Kim via disqualification after shoving the referee and Awesome Bombing him. This incident led to a
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for the Women's Knockout Championship at
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in January 2008, which Kong also lost. On the next episode of ''Impact!'', airing 10 January, Kong debuted an anonymous manager wearing a
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, later named
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; with her help Kong finally won the Women's Knockout Championship. At
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, Kong and Saeed teamed up for the first time, losing a Tag Team Cage match to Kim and ODB. On the 8 May episode of ''Impact!'' Kong began a regular $25,000 challenge to females in the audience who wanted to challenge her for the Women's Knockout Championship. The audience members, played by planted wrestlers, failed to defeat her but one challenger,
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, kept returning and on 10 July she won both the $25,000 and Women's Knockout Championship on her third attempt. Kong then failed to regain the championship from Wilde during a rematch at ''Victory Road''. On October 23, during a live episode of ''Impact!'' Kong defeated Wilde to become a two-time Knockout Champion. Two weeks later Wilde's tag team partner Rhaka Khan turned on her and aligned herself with Kong and Saeed. The alliance of Kong, Saeed and Khan became known as The Kongtourage, with a fourth wrestler named Sojourner Bolt joining later. Wilde then found a new partner in Roxxi, who helped her defeat Kong and Saeed in a tag team match at ''Turning Point''. Going into 2009, Bolt became the contender for Kong's championship and left the Kongtourage with Khan. Kong retained her title against Bolt at ''Destination X'' in April. On the March 26 episode of ''Impact!'', Kong and Saeed were defeated by villainous tag team The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and
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), and after the match The Beautiful People tried to cut Kong's hair as part of their makeover
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. They continued to target Kong's hair and eventually accomplished the task on the April 16 episode of ''Impact!'' which transitioned Kong into a
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by attempting to retaliate. The tension built to a Three-Way Cage match at ''Lockdown'' for the Women's Knockout Championship with Kong defending against Angelina Love and continual rival Wilde. In the match, Kong lost the championship after Velvet Sky, on the outside, tied Kong's hair to the cage preventing her from breaking up Love's pin on Wilde. After losing the title, Kong defeated Love's allies Sky,
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and Cute Kip in separate Stretcher matches ahead of their rematch. Love, however, retained the title against Kong at ''Sacrifice''.


Knockouts Tag Team Champion (2009–2010)

In August 2009 Kong and Saeed entered the tournament to crown the inaugural TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions. In the first round of the tournament, the team was able to defeat
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(
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and
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) after Saeed blind tagged Kong and pinned Brooks, much to Kong's dismay. Three weeks later they were eliminated from the tournament by their long term rival Taylor Wilde and her partner Sarita when Wilde pinned Saeed. Subsequently, Kong began rivalries with Tara and Knockout Champion ODB. At ''Bound for Glory'', Kong had her last match for the Knockout Championship against Tara and ODB, but Saeed inadvertently cost Kong the match while interfering. On the following episode of ''Impact!'' Kong faced Saeed in a grudge match and powerbombed her through the entrance stage, signalling the end of both their partnership and the Saeed character. After interfering in two of Tara's matches, Kong and Tara wrestled at ''Turning Point'' in a
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, which Tara won. On the December 17 episode of ''Impact!'' Kong formed a tag team with
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as they won a three-way non-title match against The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) and the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde and Sarita, when Kong pinned Rayne. On the first ''Impact!'' episode of 2010, Kong and Hamada defeated Sarita and Wilde to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship. In a non-storyline incident
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claimed on his January 19 radio show that Stevens had attacked him while backstage for the tapings of ''Impact!'' the previous day due to his negative comments concerning the
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relief project. Kong, who had been a driving force in the wrestling community in raising funds for Haiti, was reportedly sent home from the tapings following the altercation. It was later reported that the same day as Bubba's radio show, Stevens asked for her release from TNA, but it was not granted. After she refused to take part in TNA's January 2010 tour of the United Kingdom, the company suspended her. The following month, Stevens filed a lawsuit against Bubba for an alleged threatening phone call. She was reportedly released from TNA on March 1. On the March 8 episode of ''Impact!'' it was announced that Kong and Hamada were stripped of the Knockouts Tag Team title after allegedly failing to defend them in 30 days, even though their previous defense had taken place just 21 days prior, against Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky. On March 22, TNA confirmed Stevens' release, while also claiming that she had requested her release for personal reasons, but she later said it was due to monetary issues and recent changes to TNA management. In March 2013, Stevens turned down an offer to take part in a special all Knockouts pay-per-view held by TNA.


World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2010–2012)

On December 29, 2010, it was reported that Stevens had signed a contract with WWE. From April 11, 2011, onwards, vignettes aired during WWE television with Stevens, whose face was concealed by shadows and her signature braids, dismembering female dolls while cackling maniacally. During the April 25 episode of ''Raw'', Stevens' face was shown for the first time in the vignettes, and her new ring name was revealed as Kharma. Kharma made her debut on May 1 at Extreme Rules, attacking
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after a match, and she continued to attack former WWE Divas Champions on both ''Raw'' and ''
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'' in the following weeks. On the May 23 episode of ''Raw'', Kharma interrupted a tag team match but rather than attack everyone, she uncharacteristically broke down crying. The following week, Kharma spoke for the first time to reveal she was pregnant and thus forced to take a leave of absence from WWE. During her absence, she was included as a
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playable character in the ''
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'' video game. Kharma made a surprise return in the 2012 Royal Rumble match as the twenty-first entrant. She intimidated Michael Cole into eliminating himself before eliminating
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only to be thrown out by
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. With her entrance, she became the third female, after
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and
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, to participate in a men's Royal Rumble match. This also marked her first and only official WWE match. In July 2012, Stevens confirmed that she had been released by WWE. On August 19, she was added to the list of the playable characters on the main roster in the ''
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'' video game. In September 2013, Stevens revealed that she had been released because she was not ready to return in the time allotted to her. She also confirmed her interest in returning to the company, stating she was ready.


Return to the independent circuit and Japan (2012–2016)

In early November, it was reported that Stevens (again under the "Amazing Kong" gimmick) would be appearing at a '' Shine'' event on November 16, 2012, as the mystery partner of
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in a tag team match against
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and
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. At the event, Kong and Jazz defeated Martinez and Rain after Kong pinned Rain. On January 18, 2013, Kong defeated D'Arcy Dixon, Nikki St. John and Thunderkitty in a four-way match to win the vacant Resistance Pro Wrestling Women's Championship. On March 8, Kong returned to ''Chikara'', losing to
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in an intergender main event. Stevens has also wrestled for PWS Bombshells (as Amazing Kong) in early to mid-2013, defeating Amy Lee in consecutive matches. On April 6, 2013, Kong returned to Shimmer at the Volume 53 internet pay-per-view, defeating
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in the opening match. The Amazing Kong returned to '' Shine'' event on July 12, 2013, in a losing effort to Ivelisse in a four way to qualify for
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tournament among the participants were Angelina Love and Kimberly. Then at '' Shine'' 12 on August 23, 2013, she defeated
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in a singles match. On September 27, 2013, Kong and
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were in a losing effort against
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and Ivelisse. On October 25, 2013, she defeated
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in a singles match and later in the night she was announced the next challenger for the
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. On December 13, 2013, she was defeated by
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for the Shine Championship by count-out. On January 24, 2014, she defeated Taylor Made and on '' Shine'' 18 Kong defeated Nikki Storm and '' Shine'' 19 she defeated
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. On August 22, 2014, Kong was part of a #1 contender four corner survival match to challenge Ivelisse for the Shine Championship the other participants in the match were Leah Von Dutch, Su Yung, and Nevaeh. Nevaeh would emerge victorious in the #1 contender match but was unsuccessful on capturing the Shine Championship. On September 21, 2014, Stevens was part of Smash CANUSA Classic where she was captain of Team USA, Stevens would lose in her tournament match against
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who was team captain of team Canada which lead Team Canada victorious. On August 26, 2015, Kong returned to Japan to work the first ever event of Nanae Takahashi's new
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promotion, which saw her and
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lose to Takahashi and Ayako Hamada in a main event tag team match. At the end of the show, Kong reformed the W Kong tag team with Aja Kong. Stevens was supposed to return to take part in Seadlinnng's November 25 event, but on November 22 Takahashi announced that she had pulled out of the match due to "poor health" and claimed she had decided to retire from professional wrestling. Stevens later stated that she had wrestled her final match in Japan and retired the Amazing Kong name, but was for the time being still working as Awesome Kong. Despite her previous announcement that she had wrestled her final match in Japan, Stevens, again working under the name Amazing Kong, returned to the country on July 18, 2016, to work Aja Kong's 30th anniversary event, promoted by
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. In the main event of the show, Kong teamed with Aja Kong and Ayako Hamada to defeat
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,
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and Rina Yamashita.


Return to TNA (2015–2016)

On January 7, 2015, during ''
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s debut on
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, Awesome Kong returned after a
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, had an altercation in the ring with Havok and attacked referee Brian Stiffler. Over the following weeks, tension would build between Kong and Havok, with their feud culminating in a
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on the ''Lockdown'' edition of ''Impact Wrestling'' on February 6, which Kong won. On the March 6 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kong failed to capture the
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in her match against
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after she got herself disqualified. She received a no disqualification rematch against Terrell on the ''TKO: Night of Knockouts'' edition of ''Impact Wrestling'' on April 24, which she lost after The Dollhouse (
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and
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) attacked Kong. On the May 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kong turned
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and allied herself with
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to feud with The Dollhouse. The following week, Kong and Kim were defeated by The Dollhouse in a 3–on–2 handicap match. On the June 17 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kong teamed up with Brooke to defeat The Dollhouse in a "Double or Nothing" tag team match, meaning that Kong and Brooke would face Taryn Terrell for the TNA Knockouts Championship in a three-way match. At ''
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'', Kong once again teamed with Brooke to defeat The Dollhouse in a 3-on-2 handicap match. Kong and Brooke received their three-way championship match on the July 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', in which Terrell retained the title. In mid–August, Kong, representing TNA, started a brief feud with
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, who represented
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's
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. The two faced off on August 12 in a match, that ended in a double count-out. On the September 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kong competed in a fatal–four-way match against Brooke, Gail Kim and Tapa for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship, which Kim would win. At ''Bound for Glory'', Kong received a match against Kim for but was unsuccessful in regaining the championship. During October and November (taped in July), she participated in the
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, where she ended first of her block, tied with Gail Kim, advancing to the finals where she lost to
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. On January 5, 2016, during ''
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s debut on
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, Kong allied with The Dollhouse (
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,
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and
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) and became their new leader after she attacked The Beautiful People (
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and
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) and
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, once again turning
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in the process. On February 5, TNA announced that Stevens had been released from her contract following a backstage real-life physical altercation with Rebecca (Reby) Hardy just a week before TNA's tour in the
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. Kong returned for one night only at Bound for Glory along with
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,
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and
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to induct
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into the
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.


All Elite Wrestling (2019–2021)

On May 25, 2019, Awesome Kong debuted in
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(AEW) as a surprise entrant in the women's triple threat match at ''AEW Double or Nothing'', making it a Fatal 4-way match, which she failed to win. On July 13, 2019, she accompanied
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to the ring at
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, being face to face with
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after Rhodes won her match. She began appearing in vignettes showing her alliance with Brandi. During the ''Full Gear'' pre-show, after
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defeated
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, Kong and Rhodes made their way to the ring, assaulting Priestley and cutting a lock of her hair with a
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. Kong then tied it to her gear where other locks of hair were already seen. In the following months, Stevens and Brandi Rhodes formed a stable known as The Nightmare Collective. The group was later joined by
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and Dr. Luther. Being poorly received by the fans, the angle was dropped in February 2020 after Stevens went on hiatus to film '' GLOW''. After not appearing on AEW since February 2020, AEW decided not to renew her contract on June 1, 2021.


Retirement and sporadic appearances (2021–2023)

On August 28, 2021, she announced her retirement from in-ring competition at '' NWA EmPowerrr'', thus concluding her nearly 20-year career. On October 9 at
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, it was announced that Kong will be inducted into the
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at Bound for Glory. At Bound for Glory on October 23,
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inducted Kong into the Impact Hall of Fame. Seven years after her last match in
Impact Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...
, Kong made her in ring return to Impact Wrestling during the celebrations of Impact 1000. Taking part in a 10 Knockout Tag Team match where she sealed the victory for her team after pinning
Gisele Shaw Gisele Mayordo (born 30 October 1989), known professionally as Gisele Shaw, is a Filipino-Canadian professional wrestler. She is known for her work in England with various promotions including Progress Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling, hav ...
.


Other media

Stevens is a playable character as Kharma in ''
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'' DLC and ''
WWE '13 ''WWE '13'' is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. It was released on October 30, 2012, in North America and November 2, 2012, in United Kingdom. It is the fourteent ...
''. Stevens plays Tammé "The Welfare Queen" Dawson in the Netflix original comedy series '' GLOW'' from producer
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(creator of ''
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''), which was inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling league
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. She also appeared in the third episode of the first season of 2020 Netflix sketch comedy series ''
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun ''Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun'' is a sketch comedy television series on Netflix, created by and starring members of the Australian comedy group Aunty Donna. It premiered on 11 November 2020. The series' music was composed almost entirely ...
''. Stevens also made an appearance in
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's "
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" music video.


Personal life

Stevens grew up in
Carson, California Carson is a city in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay and the Los Angeles Harbor Region, Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International ...
. Her mother, Phyllis Durant, was an actress and contestant coordinator for ''
Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. Two families compete on each episode to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, the ...
''. She has a younger brother. Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, she was a
social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...
er and owned a business which put vending machines in high schools. Stevens' family and friends helped her fund her career in wrestling when she went to train in Japan. She has also sold
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, a
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company for skin and nutritional products. On May 30, 2011, Stevens revealed that she was pregnant with her first child. On December 31, 2011, she suffered a miscarriage. After competing in the 2012 Royal Rumble, false reports claimed that she had given birth to a baby boy named Jamie. Stevens revealed the truth about her miscarriage in March. On August 6, 2012, weeks after she confirmed her WWE release, Stevens stated that she was on a mission to lose weight. She recruited a team of fitness experts and a therapist so she could get back into wrestling shape. She also showed interest into turning the experience into a reality show. Photos from August 2012 revealed a much slimmer Stevens.


Championships and accomplishments

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All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held the ...
**
WWWA World Single Championship The was the top singles women's professional wrestling championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) from 1970 until it closed in 2006. It was also known in ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' and other London Publishing wrestling magazines as ...
( 1 time) **
WWWA World Tag Team Championship The World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA) World Tag Team Championship was the top doubles championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) from 1971 until it closed in 2005. During those years the title was held by many of the most famo ...
( 1 time) – with
Aja Kong is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name . She currently makes appearances on the Japanese independent circuit and for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestli ...
** MMC Cup New Year Tournament (2003) **
Japan Grand Prix The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotion's highest achievement, the WWWA World Single Championship. T ...
(2003) * AWA Superstars of Wrestling **
AWA World Women's Championship The AWA World Women's Championship was the women's professional wrestling title in the American Wrestling Association The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ...
( 1 time) * ''
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'' ** Woman of the Year (2008) *
Cauliflower Alley Club The Cauliflower Alley Club is a non-profit fraternal organization, which includes a newsletter and website, comprising both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America. Established in 1965 by Mike Mazurki and Art Ab ...
** Women's Wrestling (Active) Award (2011) *
ChickFight ChickFight was a women's professional wrestling promotion based in San Francisco, California. History ChickFight originally began as an eight-woman tournament with the first one taking place on October 29, 2004, in Hayward, California as part of ...
** ChickFight IX * Continental Championship Wrestling ** CCW Alabama Women's Championship (1 time) ** CCW Alabama Women's Championship Tournament (2016) * Gaea Japan **
AAAW Tag Team Championship The AAAW Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion Gaea Japan. The title which was originally known as the AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team C ...
( 1 time) – with Aja Kong *
Empire Wrestling Federation The Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) is an professional wrestling promotion, independent wrestling promotion based in Covina, California. It is owned and operated by Jesse Hernandez. The EWF is also tied to Hernandez's wrestling school, ''The Scho ...
** EWF Hall Of Fame (class of 2017) * Funkin' Conservatory ** BANG Women's Championship (2 times) * Hustle **
Hustle Super Tag Team Championship was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada. Hustle can be described as an industry experiment to market the sports entertainment style of professional wrestling in Japan. History Booked primarily by Nobuhiko Taka ...
( 1 time) – with Erika *
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling, also known as LLPW and currently as LLPW-X, is a Japanese independent women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 1992 by Rumi Kazama and Shinobu Kandori. History Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling split in 19 ...
** LLPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Aja Kong *
National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA be ...
**
NWA World Women's Championship The NWA Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title was first held by Mildred Burke in 195 ...
( 1 time) * NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling ** NEO Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Haruka Matsuo (1), and
Kyoko Kimura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Throughout her 14-year career, she competed in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Ibuki, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom, a ...
(1) *
Oz Academy is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion founded by Mayumi Ozaki. The promotion's full official name is . In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top f ...
** Iron Woman Tag Tournament (2004) – with
Chikayo Nagashima is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. She started her career in 1995, working for the Gaea Japan promotion, where she became a one-time AAAW Single Championship, AAAW Single Champion and a record five-time ...
* ''
Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The maga ...
'' ** Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the '' PWI Female 50'' in 2008 **
PWI Woman of the Year This is a list of both active and inactive ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' awards which are voted on by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') readers every year from 1972 onwards, expanding to more categories in later years. Unlike other wrestling ...
(2008) * Pro Wrestling World-1 ** World-1 Women's Championship (1 time) ** Zero-1 Mac Women's Championship (1 time) *
Resistance Pro Wrestling Resistance Pro Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by musician Billy Corgan, alongside brothers Jacques and Gabe Baron. The promotion held monthly events around Chicago, attracting "between 300 and 600 people per eve ...
** RPW Women's Championship ( 1 time) *
TNA Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...
**
TNA Knockouts Championship The TNA Knockouts World Championship is a women's professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#World championships, world championship owned by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The championship debuted on October 14, 2007, at t ...
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) **
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship The TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It is contested for mainly by teams consisting of two fema ...
( 1 time) – with
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** Queen of the Knockouts (2015) **
Gauntlet for the Gold A Gauntlet for the Gold match is a professional wrestling match used in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA - though from 2017-2024 it was known as Impact Wrestling). Match format Different from the other gauntlet matches, in which one competito ...
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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
– Knockouts) **
TNA Hall of Fame The TNA Hall of Fame is a hall of fame that honors professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities who contributed to the history of the American based professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It was established i ...
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)


Mixed martial arts record

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Filmography

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References


External links

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