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Stephanie Hym Lee (
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Bell; born April 16, 1989), better known by the
ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...
Mia Yim, is an American
professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
. She is signed to
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, where she performs on the
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under the ring name Michin ( , ). Bell is also known for her time 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 ...
, where she is a former
Impact Knockouts Champion The TNA Knockouts World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The championship debuted on October 14, 2007, at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) event and the inau ...
, and during her first stint there, performed under the ring name Jade and was a member of The Dollhouse
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alongside
Taryn Terrell Taryn Nicole Dryden (née Terrell; born December 28, 1985) is an American model, actress, stuntwoman, ring announcer and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenures in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under her real nam ...
and
Marti Belle Martibel Payano (born August 7, 1988) is an American professional wrestler, best known working under the ring name Marti Belle. She is best known for her time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she was a former NWA World Women's ...
. She has also performed for
Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 1999 by John Zandig. Commonly associated with the 2000s hardcore wrestling genre, early CZW shows showcased a brand of wrestling dubbed by the p ...
(CZW),
Shine Wrestling Shine Wrestling (stylized as SHINE Wrestling and often referred to simply as SHINE) is an American, New York based independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It is the sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes and airs events on In ...
, and
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 ...
. In Shine, she has held both the
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and the
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(with
Leva Bates Leva Bates ( ,) born May 21, 1983, is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with All Elite Wrestling. She also had a successful tenure on the independent circuit, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also ...
). In addition, she has wrestled in Japan for Reina Joshi Puroresu. Bell signed with WWE in 2018 after an impressive performance in the
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, and was assigned to NXT. She joined the main roster in 2020 and became a part of
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under the ring name Reckoning. She was released in 2021, and briefly returned to Impact Wrestling and the
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in 2022. She returned to WWE in November of that same year and subsequently joined
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until the
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's disbandment in mid 2024.


Early life

Stephanie Hym Bell was born on April 16, 1989, in
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, California. Her father is
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and her mother Sunhong Bell born on July 25, 1949 is
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. According to Bell, her father was very strict during her childhood due to the sensitive nature of his career. He served in the
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before a career as an
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, working in units for gangs, then missing and exploited children and cyber operations. Bell played
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at James Madison High School in the
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, suburb of
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. She then attended
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on a volleyball scholarship, where she studied
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. She played volleyball until her senior year.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (2009-2011)

A fan of
professional wrestling Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...
since her childhood, Bell began training at a
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in
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, at the age of 18, while attending college. She trained for eighteen months before making her debut on August 22, 2009, adopting the
ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...
Mia Yim, and initially working primarily for
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promotions in Virginia. After taking bookings outside of Virginia, she wrestled for
Jersey All Pro Wrestling Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) was an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey, United States. History 1997 Jersey All Pro Wrestling was an independent wrestling promotion that was founded by "Fat" Frank Iadeavia and Angel Surit ...
(JAPW), facing wrestlers including Annie Social, Angeldust, and Brittany Force. During this time, she met
Daizee Haze Emily Sharp (born May 11, 1983) is an American former professional wrestler known under the ring name Daizee Haze. She is best known for her time on the independent circuit, where she performed for numerous promotions such as Chikara (professiona ...
, through whom she began training at the Ring of Honor (ROH) Wrestling Academy and working for ROH. In ROH, she performed
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duties for The Embassy, beginning in 2011. Yim also wrestled sporadically for ROH, taking on
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and
Sara Del Rey Sara Ann Amato (born November 13, 1980) is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler, best known by her ring name Sara Del Rey. She was a mainstay for Chikara, Ring of Honor (ROH) and Shimmer, but also appeare ...
. In addition, she worked for the International Wrestling Cartel, Real Championship Wrestling, Northeast Wrestling, and
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(MCW) during her early years in wrestling. After graduating from college, Yim received an invitation to train and wrestle in Japan with Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina in 2011. Through Reina's relationship with
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...
, Yim also learned Mexican
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.


Combat Zone Wrestling (2010–2012)

After training with
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at the
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(CZW) training school, Yim began working for CZW as a
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for
Adam Cole Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Paragon (professional wrestling), ...
. Debuting at ''Cage of Death II'' in December 2010, the two were presented as a storyline couple, and Yim regularly interfered in Cole's matches to help him win. After helping Cole gain a victory over Greg Excellent at ''Down With The Sickness 2011'' in September, Excellent began feuding with the pair. As part of the storyline, Yim faced Excellent in an
intergender match Intergender wrestling, also known as mixed wrestling, is a type of professional wrestling (staged and choreographed) match between a man and a woman and may also refer to tag team matches with both men and women on each team. History For most of ...
at ''Night Of Infamy 10: Ultimatum'' in November. After losing a rematch in January 2012, Yim challenged Excellent to a
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match A tables, ladders, and chairs match, often abbreviated as TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match that originated within the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The TLC match is a variation of a ladder match, which is modified to c ...
at ''Aerial Assault 2012'', which Yim won, to conclude the feud. She made only two more appearances for CZW that year before leaving the promotion.


Shine Wrestling (2012–2015)

Yim debuted for
Shine Wrestling Shine Wrestling (stylized as SHINE Wrestling and often referred to simply as SHINE) is an American, New York based independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It is the sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes and airs events on In ...
at their second show in August 2012, defeating
Sassy Stephie Stephanie Sager (born March 18, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring names Sassy Stephie and Sassy Stephanie. She regularly performs for several independent promotions including Shimmer Women Athletes and Wome ...
. Throughout 2012 and 2013, she faced wrestlers including
Jessicka Havok Jessica Cricks (born June 20, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jessicka Havok. She is signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under the ring name Jessicka, where she is a former three-time TNA Kn ...
and Tina San Antonio, before entering the tournament to determine the inaugural Shine Champion. She defeated
Mercedes Martinez Jazmin Benitez (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mercedes Martinez. She also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a former ROH W ...
at ''Shine 10'' in May 2013, and at ''Shine 11'', she defeated
Leva Bates Leva Bates ( ,) born May 21, 1983, is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with All Elite Wrestling. She also had a successful tenure on the independent circuit, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also ...
and
Ivelisse Vélez Ivelisse Milagro Vélez (born September 21, 1988), better known by her mononymous ring name Ivelisse, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Lucha Underground, where she twice held the Lucha Underground Tr ...
en route to the final, where she lost to
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. As part of Shine, she also appeared for Evolve, taking on Vélez and Su Yung in showcase matches. On February 28, 2014, at ''Shine 17'', Yim teamed with Leva Bates during the
Shine Tag Team Championship The Shine Tag Team Championship is the tag team championship (professional wrestling), championship contested in the professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Shine Wrestling. Inaugural Championship Tournament (2014) Th ...
tournament, forming the
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The Lucha Sisters. They defeated the teams of
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and
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, and Sassy Stephie and
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en route to the final, where they defeated Made In Sin (
Allysin Kay Allysin Kay (born November 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she was a former NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship, NWA World Women's Tag Team champ ...
and Taylor Made) to become the inaugural Shine Tag Team Champions. They successfully defended the championship against
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and Sassy Stephie, and against the team of Evie and
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at ''Shine 18'', but lost it to Legendary (
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and Brandi Wine) at ''Shine 20'' on June 27. The Lucha Sisters failed to regain the title in a rematch in August at ''Shine 21''. On November 16, 2014, during the
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tour in
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, Yim defeated Ivelisse Vélez to win the Shine Championship, making her the first woman to have held both the Shine Championship and Shine Tag Team Championship. At ''Shine 26'' on April 3, 2015, Yim lost the championship to
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in a title vs. title match. At ''Shine 28'', Yim was defeated by Allysin Kay, and began showing signs of a heel turn when she blamed Leva Bates for the loss. Yim turned villainous at ''Shine 31'' on December 11, 2015, when she attacked Leva Bates after the duo lost to Marti Belle and Jayme Jameson in a match for the vacant SHINE Tag Team Championship.


Shimmer Women Athletes (2013)

Yim made her debut for
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 ...
on April 6, 2013, at ''Volume 53'' with a loss to
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. She earned her first victory at ''Volume 56'' later that month against Evie, before a series of losses to
Jessicka Havok Jessica Cricks (born June 20, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jessicka Havok. She is signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under the ring name Jessicka, where she is a former three-time TNA Kn ...
,
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, and
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. After victories over
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, Angie Skye, and Hikaru Shida, Yim unsuccessfully challenged
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for the Shimmer Championship at ''Volume 65'' in April 2014. Yim finished out 2014 facing wrestlers including
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, Akino, and
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.


Full Impact Pro (2013)

In April 2013, Yim debuted for
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, defeating Larry Dallas in an intergender match. In August, Yim and Dos Ben Dejos (Jay Rios and Eddie Cruz) defeated Dallas and The Now (Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match when Yim pinned Dallas. Yim spent the next several months managing Dos Ben Dejos, along with Leva Bates, while also wrestling in Shine showcase matches against Jessicka Havok and Ivelisse Vélez. In June 2014, The Lucha Sisters successfully defended the Shine Tag Team Championship against Vélez and
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at an FIP event. In January 2015, Yim lost to
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in a Shine showcase match.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling


Early appearances (2010–2015)

Yim wrestled a
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for
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(TNA) in mid-2010, while on vacation in
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with her family. In March 2013, Yim competed at TNA's
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, where she was defeated by Tara. She returned to the promotion in May 2014 for Knockouts Knockdown 2, where she defeated
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to qualify for the
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later that night, in which she was eliminated by
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. Yim made a third appearance in 2015 at Knockouts Knockdown 3, losing to Brooke.


The Dollhouse (2015–2016)

In April 2015, TNA began airing vignettes promoting The Dollhouse (Yim and
Marti Bell Martibel Payano (born August 7, 1988) is an American professional wrestler, best known working under the ring name Marti Belle. She is best known for her time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she was a former NWA World Women's ...
)'s debut, in which Yim's ring name was changed to Jade. Jade and Bell debuted on the ''TKO: Night of Knockouts'' edition of ''
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'' on April 24, where Jade lost to Laura Dennis by disqualification after the two attacked referee Brian Stiffler as well as ring announcer
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, establishing themselves as
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in the process. Later that night, Jade and Marti helped Taryn Terrell retain her
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against
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, with Terrell joining The Dollhouse in the process. The Dollhouse wrestled their first match as a team on the May 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where they defeated Awesome Kong and
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in a 3–on–2 handicap match. Jade and Bell would regularly interfere in Terrell's championship matches and ensure the win for her. At
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, The Dollhouse lost to Awesome Kong and Brooke in another 3–on–2 handicap match. On the July 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Terrell lost the championship to Brooke, after Gail Kim returned and attacked Jade, causing a distraction. On the ''
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'' special episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' on August 19, Jade and Bell competed in a 2-on-1 handicap
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against Gail Kim, which Kim would win. On the September 23 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Jade unsuccessfully challenged Gail Kim for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship. On February 23, 2016, during the ''
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'' special episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Jade scored the pinfall over Kim in a six–Knockout
Lethal Lockdown match A Lethal Lockdown match is a professional wrestling match used in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). This match has become a staple of TNA's Lockdown pay-per-view event, but has also made appearances at other TNA pay-per-views, and during ''Im ...
, as a result, Jade received another shot at Kim's TNA Women's Knockout Championship, two weeks later, but failed to win the title.


TNA Knockouts Champion (2016–2017)

On April 5, Jade defeated Kim and
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in a three–way match to win the TNA Knockouts Championship for the first time. On the same day, during the tapings for '' Knockouts Knockdown 4'', Jade went on to defeat Leva Bates and the
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, with lastly eliminating Madison Rayne, to become the new "Queen of the Knockouts". In her first title defense, on the April 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Jade defeated Madison Rayne to retain her championship. In late April, Jade started a feud with Knockouts Commissioner
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which led to her first
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turn since signing with the company. Few weeks later, she was attacked by the debuting
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after she refused to lay down for Maria. On the May 10 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Jade successfully defended her title against Kim by DQ after Sienna attacked them. Jade was then scheduled to face Maria's bodyguard Sienna at
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with the title on the line. On the May 31 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Jade teamed up with her former rival Kim to defeat Sienna and
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in a tag-team match. At Slammiversary, Jade would lose the Knockouts Championship to Sienna after Marti Bell hit Jade in the back with a baton in a triple threat match that also featured Kim, ending her reign at 87 days. On August 25, 2016, at
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Jade competed in a Five–way match against the champion Sienna, Marti Bell, Madison Rayne and Allie for the
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, which was won by Allie. At Bound for Glory, Jade defeated Sienna. On the December 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, Jade lost to
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in a "Six Sides of Steel" cage match for the vacated TNA Knockouts Championship. In mid–January 2017, the feud between Rosemary and Jade re–emerged and this led to a
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, where Rosemary defeated Jade to retain her championship. Jade received a rematch against Rosemary on the March 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', in a Last Knockout Standing match, which she lost. This was Jade's last match in TNA, and it was officially announced earlier in the week that she was not signed to a new contract and confirming her departure from the company.


WWE


Early appearances (2014–2018)

In 2014 and 2015, Yim appeared in the
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a number of times as one of
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's rose buds. She also worked as enhancement talent for WWE's
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NXT at the October 2014 television tapings, losing to
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. On July 13, 2017, Yim returned to
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by entering the
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tournament, representing her mother's country of
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. She defeated
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in her first round match, but lost to
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in the second round match the following day. On August 9, 2018, Yim once again returned to the WWE by entering the
Mae Young Classic The Mae Young Classic was a women's professional wrestling tournament and WWE Network event produced by WWE, an American-based professional wrestling promotion. The event was named in honor of the late Mae Young, a WWE Hall of Famer who is consi ...
tournament for the second time, defeating
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in the first round and the returning Kaitlyn in the second before losing to
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in the quarterfinals.


NXT (2018–2020)

Thanks to her performance at the Mae Young Classic, on September 24, it was confirmed that Yim was signed to a contract with WWE and would begin working at NXT. Just a month later, on the October 24 episode of ''NXT'', Yim made her in–ring debut as part of the brand, defeating
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, thus establishing herself as a face. In November, after a backstage altercation between the two, Yim faced
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who would hand her first loss and that would also spark a feud between the two. Yim was able to bounce off the loss and defeat Reina Gonzalez to earn herself a spot for an upcoming fatal–four-way match to determine the number one contender for the
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, however, the match was won by Belair. Shortly after Belair's undefeated streak was ended, Yim was able to defeat her in two different matches to end their feud. On August 10 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, Yim lost to Shayna Baszler in an NXT Women's Championship match. In November, Yim made her main roster debut as part of the NXT talent that were placed in an invasion angle with Raw and
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as part of the
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pay-per-view. Yim was chosen by
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to join her team for the first-ever women's
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against Shayna Baszler's team. On November 23 at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, just before the match took place, Yim was attacked backstage and unable to compete in the women's WarGames match. However, Yim was replaced by
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on Team Ripley, who eventually turned on Team Ripley and attacked
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. 11 days later on the December 4 episode of ''NXT'', Yim revealed that Kai attacked her backstage and this led to a grudge match the following week, which Yim lost. On June 7, 2020, at TakeOver: In Your House, Yim teamed up with Nox and
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against and defeated Kai, Raquel Gonzalez and
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in a six-woman tag team match.


Retribution (2020–2021)

On the September 21, 2020, episode of '' Raw'', several weeks after her last appearance on ''NXT'', Mia Yim turned
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in her main roster debut by revealing herself as a member of the villainous stable
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under the ring name Reckoning. Yim made her ring-debut on the November 30, 2020, of ''Raw'', in a losing effort against
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Throughout February and March, tension was teased among the group as the group's leader,
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, would publicly berate the rest of the group whenever they lost a match. This culminated at Fastlane, when Reckoning walked out on Ali along with
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, while Mace and
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gave Ali a double chokeslam, effectively disbanding the group. Two months later, Yim was assigned to the SmackDown brand. In July, Yim was traded back to the Raw brand in exchange for
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. As part of the 2021 Draft, the Reckoning character was quietly dropped as Yim was officially drafted to the Raw brand. On November 4, 2021, Yim was released from her WWE contract without ever reappearing on television.


Return to the independent circuit (2022)

On March 31, 2022, Yim made her in-ring return during the WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show, where she defeated
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.


Return to Impact Wrestling (2022)

At
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, on May 7, 2022, Bell, using the Mia Yim name instead of Jade, made her return to
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, saving
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from an attack by
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. On the May 19 episode of '' Impact!'', Yim had her first match at Impact in five years, where she alongside
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and Valkyrie defeated the team of Purrazzo, Savannah Evans and the Knockouts World Champion
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. On June 19 at
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, she competed in the inaugural Queen of the Mountain match for the Knockouts World Championship, which was won by Grace. On July 1 at Against All Odds, Yim teamed with
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and fought Purrazzo and
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in a losing effort. On August 12 at
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, Yim challenged Grace for the Knockouts World Championship, but failed to win the title. On September 23 at Victory Road (2022), Victory Road, Yim competed in an Intergender Gauntlet match, Triple Threat Revolver to determine the number one contender for the X Division Championship, eliminating Laredo Kid and Alex Zayne but was eliminated by Kenny King (wrestler), Kenny King. She was defeated by Mickie James at Bound for Glory (2022), Bound for Glory and three days later, she left the company. On the October 20 episode of ''Impact!'', Yim wrestled her last match for the company by facing Taylor Wilde in a losing effort.


Return to WWE (2022–present)

On the November 7, 2022, episode of ''Raw'', Yim returned to WWE attacking
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of The Judgment Day and aligning with
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(AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows). Three weeks later at Survivor Series WarGames on 26 November, Yim's team defeated Ripley's team in a
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. In February, her ring name was changed to Michin (), which means crazy in Korean, and was her mother's childhood nickname for her. As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Michin was drafted to the
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. On the December 22, 2023, episode of ''SmackDown'', Michin pinned WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky in an Eight-woman Tag Team match, eight-women tag team Street fight match, holiday street fight match against Damage CTRL, granting her a title shot at New Year's Revolution (2024), ''SmackDown'': New Year's Revolution on January 5, 2024, where she failed to defeat Sky for the title. On the May 28 episode of ''NXT'', Michin defeated Tatum Paxley to qualify for a spot in the six-woman ladder match to crown the inaugural NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Battleground (2024), NXT Battleground but failed to win the title at the event. On the June 11th edition of ''NXT'', Michin reunited with Gallows & Anderson. On the October 4 episode of ''Smackdown'', she defeated
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in a Professional wrestling match types#Dumpster match, Dumpster Match. Michin went on to participate in the WWE Women's United States Championship#Inaugural Tournament, tournament to crown the inaugural WWE Women's United States Championship, Women's United States Champion, but lost to Green in the tournament final at ''Saturday Night's Main Event#Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII, Saturday Night's Main Event'' on December 14.


Personal life

Bell is proficient in sign language. She learned to sign from her deaf former boyfriend. She has worked as a captionist for the deaf and hard of hearing. Bell previously dated pro wrestler Jay Rios and moved to Florida in 2013 to live together. In 2016, Bell began publicly participating in awareness and advocacy after revealing that she is a survivor of domestic abuse. This includes painting her left ring fingernail purple for Safe Horizon, Safe Horizon's #PutTheNailinIt campaign. Her advocacy led to her being named one of BBC's 100 Women (BBC)#2016, 100 Women in 2016. Bell detailed the relationship in an hour-long interview with Lillian Garcia in 2019, including relocating to Florida before the abuse started, how it continued for two years, leaving the relationship after he cheated on her with a friend, and Shelton Benjamin's support. Though Bell did not identify Rios by name, details pointed to him and he identified himself on a deleted social media post. On February 11, 2021, Bell got engaged to fellow professional wrestler Keith Lee (wrestler), Keith Lee. The couple married on February 5, 2022.


Other media

As Mia Yim, she made her video game debut as a playable character in ''WWE 2K20''. She also appears in ''WWE 2K22'' as both Mia Yim and Reckoning. She was added to ''WWE 2K23'' in a post launch patch (Version 1.10) alongside Candice LeRae. She streams on Twitch (service), Twitch under the name "OfficialMiaYim".


Filmography


Championships and accomplishments

* BBC **100 Women (BBC), 100 Women (2016) * Big Time Wrestling ** BTW Women's Championship (1 time) * DDT Pro-Wrestling ** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (List of Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions (2010–2019)#Title history, 1 time) * Florida Underground Wrestling ** NWA FUW Women’s Championship (1 time, inaugural) * ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' ** Ranked No. 6 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI Women's 150, PWI Female 50'' in 2016 *
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**
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(Shine Championship, 1 time) **
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(Shine Tag Team Championship, 1 time) – with
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** Shine Tag Team Championship#Tournament, Shine Tag Team Title Tournament (2014) * Tidal Championship Wrestling ** TCW Women's Championship (1 time) *
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**
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 ...
(List of Impact Knockouts Champions, 1 time) ** TNA One Night Only (2016)#Knockouts Knockdown 2016, Queen of the Knockouts (2016) ** TNA One Night Only (2016)#World Cup 2016, TNA World Cup (2016) – with Jeff Hardy, Jessie Godderz, Eddie Edwards (wrestler), Eddie Edwards and Robbie E * Southside Wrestling ** Queen of Southside Championship (1 time) * ''WrestleCrap'' ** Gooker Award (2020) –


References


External links

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