Kimberly Ann Frankele (born June 27, 1990), better known by her ring name Kimber Lee, is an American

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. She is known for her work on both the American and international

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s, most notably as part of The Kimber Bombs alongside

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. Collectively, they have concurrently held both the

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and the

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. She has also formerly held the

WSU Tag Team Championship The WSU Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Women Superstars United (WSU). It is competed for in Women Superstars United, and has been defended on shows of sister promotion National Wrestling Superstars. Ch ...

along with Annie Social, and the

Chikara Grand Championship The Chikara Grand Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Chikara promotion. The first champion was crowned on November 13, 2011, at the High Noon pay-per-view, when Eddie Kingston defeated Mike Quackenbush at the conc ...

as Princess KimberLee. She also wrestled for

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...

between 2016 and 2018 as Abbey Laith and for

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 ...

between 2020 and 2022.

Early life

Frankele was born and raised in

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. Originally aspiring to be a dancer, she trained in dance from an early age. She first became interested in

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as a teenager, and cites

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as her inspiration.

Professional wrestling career

Combat Zone Wrestling (2011–2014)

After moving to

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to attend college, Frankele began training at the Combat Zone Wrestling Academy. The first woman to graduate from the school, she debuted as a wrestler in 2011 using the

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Kimber Lee. Her first match for

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(CZW) was on October 9, 2011, in which she defeated Austin Uzzie in an

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. In February 2012, she defeated

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, before losing to

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. In June 2012, Lee joined

Drew Gulak Drew Gulak (born April 28, 1987) is an American professional wrestler currently performing on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he was a former one-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion and eight-time WWE 24/7 Ch ...

's faction, A Campaign for a Better Combat Zone. As part of the faction, Lee and Gulak feuded with Greg Excellent, defeating him and

Mia Yim Stephanie Hym Lee (née Bell; born April 16, 1989), better known by the ring name Mia Yim, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Michin ( , ). Bell is also kno ...

in a

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in September. Two months later, Lee defeated Excellent in a singles match, before Excellent and Momma Excellent defeated Lee and Gulak. Throughout 2013 and 2014, Lee continued to compete in CZW, participating in both women's and intergender matches. She faced wrestlers including Neveah,

Christina Von Eerie Christina Maria Kardooni (born August 28, 1989) is an American professional wrestler, known professionally as Christina Von Eerie. She has worked for various promotions, including the American Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ...

Candice LeRae Candice LeRae Dawson (born September 29, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Candice LeRae. She was the inaugural WWE Women's Speed Champion and a fo ...

Alexxis Nevaeh Alisha Maher (née Inacio; born January 7, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under the ring name Alisha Edwards. She is a member of The System (professional wrestling), The System a ...

, and

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 ...

in women's singles and tag team matches.

Women Superstars Uncensored (2012–2016)

Lee first began competing for

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(WSU) in April 2012; as part of the promotion's

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, she lost to

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. That same month, she formed a

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establis ...

with Annie Social, with the pair losing their first match together to Rick Cataldo and Ezave Suena. At ''Full Steam Ahead'' in October, they lost to The Midwest Militia (

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and

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 ...

). In May 2013, Lee entered the WSU Queen and King of the Ring tournament alongside Drew Gulak. They defeated Devon Moore and

Mickie Knuckles Mickie Lee Knuckles (born May 16, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for work on the independent circuit, particularly Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Chikara, H2O - Hardcore Hustle Organisation, ICW No ...

and Ohio is for Killers (

and

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) en route to the final, where they lost to A. R. Fox and Athena. Beginning to use the tag team name Chicks Using Nasty Tactics, Lee and Social defeated Jessie Brooks and

Veda Scott Veda Scott is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and color commentator. They have wrestled for various American promotions, including Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Shimmer Women Athletes, and Ab ...

to become the number one contenders to the

in August. On February 8, 2014, they defeated The Midwest Militia to win the WSU Tag Team Championship, and successfully defended the title against Christina Von Eerie and Nevaeh the same night. In May 2014, Lee and Gulak entered the Queen and King of the Ring tournament for the second time, but were eliminated by the

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(Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan) in the semi-finals. After retaining the championship against Rick Cataldo and Veda Scott, they lost it to The Juicy Product (David Starr and J. T. Dunn) in July 2014, and failed to regain the title in a rematch in September. On February 21, 2015, Chicks Using Nasty Tactics defeated The Juicy Product to win the WSU Tag Team Championship for the second time. on February 13, 2016, they lost the titles to The Fella Twins at the 9th Anniversary Show.

Shine Wrestling (2013–2015, 2018)

Lee 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 sixth show in January 2013, where she lost to

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. At ''Shine 12'', she lost to Kimberly. Lee formed a tag team with

, briefly called Team Combat Zone before being renamed The Kimber Bombs. She returned in February 2014 at ''Shine 17''; The Kimber Bombs participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural Shine Tag Team Champions, but were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners The Lucha Sisters (

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and Mia Yim). The Kimber Bombs continued to compete in tag team competition, defeating the S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie and

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) at ''Shine 21'', and unsuccessfully challenged Legendary (

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and Brandi Wine) for the Shine Tag Team Championship at ''Shine 23''. In a rematch at ''Shine 25'' on March 6, 2015, The Kimber Bombs won the championship. At ''Shine 30'' on October 2, 2015, the pair had to vacate the title due to Cherry Bomb's shoulder injury.

Shimmer Women Athletes (2013–2021)

In April 2013, Lee 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 ...

at ''Shimmer 53''. In October 2013, The Kimber Bombs unsuccessfully challenged 3G (

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and

Tomoka Nakagawa is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. After being trained by Taka Michinoku, she started her career in his Kaientai Dojo promotion in September 2004. After leaving Kaientai Dojo in 2007, Nakagawa briefly joined Ibuki, where she underw ...

) for the

. Throughout 2014, The Kimber Bombs continued to compete in Shimmer's tag team division against teams including Leva Bates and Veda Scott,

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and

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, Bambi Hall and KC Cassidy, and The Buddy System (

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and Solo Darling). On April 11, 2015, The Kimber Bombs defeated 3G to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Evie and Heidi Lovelace on June 26, 2016. On November 3, 2019, Lee won the Shimmer Championship in a

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, where she defeated the champion Nicole Savoy as well as

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and

Shotzi Blackheart Ashley Louise Alfaro (née Urbanski; born March 14, 1992), better known by the ring name Shotzi Blackheart, is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Shotzi and is a fo ...

Chikara (2014–2016, 2018–2020)

Lee made her Chikara debut at ''

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2014: Night 1'' in September 2014 as Princess KimberLee. She had previously made several appearances in Chikara's "Wrestling Is" sister promotions in 2013 and into 2014, both as a wrestler and temporarily as a valet for "Knight Eye for the Pirate Guy", the team of Jolly Roger & Lance Steel, with whom she would eventually team at the King of Trios tournament, losing in the first round to Gekido. She later wrestled her first Chikara singles match, against Missile Assault Ant, in a losing effort. In 2015, Lee was named one of the ten team captains for the "Challenge of the Immortals" double

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and drafted Jervis Cottonbelly and Los Ice Creams to her team. Initially spending multiple months without a win, they started picking up wins mid-way through the tournament, and when points-leader "Dasher's Dugout" had to forfeit their points, KimberLee's "Crown and Court" team was in the finals. On December 5, 2015, at the season finale ''Top Banana'', "Crown & Court" won the Challenge of the Immortals tournament, defeating "Wrecking Crew". Later in the night, she then cashed in her "Golden Opportunity" after the main event, going on to defeat

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to win the

. With the win, she became the first female wrestler to hold the top title in a major non-female promotion. She lost the title back to Hallowicked on May 30, 2016. Lee made her return to Chikara after leaving WWE. She performed with The Whisper as a Tag Team, winning La Loteria Letal in 2018. On December 8, 2018, Kimber Lee and The Whisper won the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas.

WWE (2016–2018)

On the December 7, 2016 episode of '' NXT'', Lee lost to

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. Later that month, it was reported that she had signed with WWE and would start with the company in January 2017. Using her real name, on January 14, she competed in a tag team match with Dori Prange losing to

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and

Liv Morgan Gionna Jene Daddio (born June 8, 1994) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Liv Morgan. She is one-half of the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions wi ...

. On the May 3 episode of ''NXT'', Frankele participated in a number one contender's battle royal for Asuka's

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, where she was eliminated by

Ruby Riott Dori Elizabeth Prange ( ; born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Ruby Soho, and is a former member of The Outcasts stable. She is also known ...

. In June, Frankele was given the new ring name Abbey Laith. On June 22, Laith was announced as one of the 32 participants competing in the

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. She defeated

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and Rachel Evers en route to the quarterfinals, where she was eliminated by

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on September 4. On the October 25 episode of ''NXT'', Laith participated in a battle royal to gain a spot at the

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for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, but was unsuccessful. In March 2018, WWE released Frankele from her contract.

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2018)

In August 2018, Lee made her debut for the

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promotion by entering the 2018 5 Star Grand Prix. During the tournament, Lee scored six points in her block, however, it was not enough to advance to the finals.

Impact Wrestling (2020–2022)

Lee made her

debut on the May 5, 2020 episode of '' Impact!'' during

Madison Rayne Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also a coach for the women's division. She is best known for her t ...

's "Locker Room Talk" segment where she confronted Havok. The following week, Lee defeated Havok in her debut match by knocking her out with

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, establishing herself as a heel. At

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, she competed in a Gauntlet for the Gold match to determine the number one contender for the Knockouts Championship, which was won by

Kylie Rae Briana Rae Sparrey (born August 25, 1992), better known by the ring name Kylie Rae, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she is a part of WWE ID and performs on the Evolve brand. She also makes appearances on the in ...

. On August 4, Lee officially signed with the company. On September 1, she aligned herself with the Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo. On the January 19, 2021 episode of ''Impact!'', Lee teamed with Susan in a Knockouts tag team match against

Jordynne Grace Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best ...

and

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, with Susan pinning the latter after a distraction from Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo. At No Surrender, she teamed with Susan and Purrazzo for a six-Knockout tag team match against Grace, Jazz and

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, with the latter making Susan submit and lose for her team. On the February 23 episode of ''Impact!'', Lee and Susan lost to Grace and Jazz in a number one contenders match for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship. On April 25, she teamed with Susan and fought

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and Havok in a losing effort on the

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pre-show. On May 15, at

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, Lee and Susan lost a tag team bout against

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and

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. On June 12, at Against All Odds, she and Susan fought against

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(

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and

Tasha Steelz Latasha Harris (born April 3, 1988), better known by her ring name Tasha Steelz, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former one-time Knockouts World Champion, and a former t ...

) for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. Five days later, she and Susan were told by Purrazzo that they were no longer needed at her side. After losing against Rosemary and Havok on the July 8 episode of ''Impact!'', Lee took Susan to see

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in order to change her back to

Su Yung Vannarah Riggs (born June 30, 1989) is an American professional wrestler best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Su Yung, with the character also having the alter egos of Susan and Susie. Riggs is a f ...

, but on the following week, she revealed that she knew about her and drags Lee into a room before slamming the door. On the July 29 episode of ''Impact!'', Yung returned and revealed a transformed Lee under her control. The following weeks saw both her and Yung confront Brandi Lauren and convert her into an undead zombie. On October 9, at

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, she competed in the

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Memorial

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, which was won by Savannah Evans. On the December 30 episode of ''Impact!'', Lee and Lauren were dismissed as a result of Su Yung's legitimate pregnancy. It was then reported by PWInsider that both had left the company, though Lee denied this. In early 2022, her profile was removed from Impact's official website, signaling the end of her run with the company. On May 6, 2023, Frankele announced her retirement from wrestling.

Personal life

Frankele graduated from the University of the Arts in

in 2013, with a fine arts degree in dance. Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler, Zachary Green. On August 20, 2019, the couple confirmed their engagement, and married the following year, in May 2020. They separated in 2022 following allegations that Green had domestically assaulted Frankele over a period of time. In April 2019, Frankele admitted that she had battled

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but had been sober for two months. In August 2023, it was announced Frankele was facing charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer stemming from her arrest in May in

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. Frankele has been a vegan since February 2018, and has publicly advocated for veganism throughout her social media.

Championships and accomplishments

* AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined **

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( 1 time) * Beyond Wrestling ** Tournament for Today Women (2016) * Chikara **

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(1 time) – with The Whisper **

( 1 time) ** Challenge of the Immortals (2015) – with El Hijo del Ice Cream, Ice Cream Jr. and Jervis Cottonbelly **King of Trios (2019) - with Ophidian and Lance Steel **

La Lotería Letal La Lotería Letal (''English: The Lethal Lottery'') is a tag team tournament that was held in 2008 and 2018 by professional wrestling promotion Chikara. It consisted of eight teams, who competed in a single-elimination tournament. Background To d ...

(2018) – with The Whisper * Dynamite Championship Wrestling ** DCW Women's Championship (1 time) *

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 Women's Championship (1 time) * Legacy Wrestling ** Legacy Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time) *

Maryland Championship Wrestling MCW Pro Wrestling (formerly known as Maryland Championship Wrestling) is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Joppa, Maryland. It has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s. History Maryland Champions ...

** MCW Women's Championship (1 time) *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 15 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the ''

PWI Women's 100 ''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 ...

'' in 2020 *

** Shimmer Championship ( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with

(

2 times "2 Times" is the debut single of English singer Ann Lee. It was released in Italy in December 1998 by X-Energy as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999), and was issued worldwide the following year. The single peaked at number tw ...

) – with Cherry Bomb (1) and Stormie Lee (1) *

(

) – with Annie Social *Without A Cause **Verified Championship (1 time)

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