Gail Kim was born on February 20,1977 and is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she serves as a producer.
46 Facts About Gail Kim
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Gail Kim is known for her two stints in World Wrestling Entertainment, where she won the WWE Women's Championship in her first match.
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Gail Kim became the first WWE Diva in history to win a championship in her debut match.
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Gail Kim later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, where she remained until 2011.
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Gail Kim received supplementary training from Rob Etchevarria at the Squared Circle Pro Wrestling Gym.
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Gail Kim debuted in December 2000, wearing a mask and wrestling as "The Queen of the Cats" La Felina in the Southern Ontario-based Apocalypse Wrestling Federation.
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Gail Kim worked on the Canadian independent circuit for two years, wrestling for promotions such as Border City Wrestling.
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Two days later at another WSW event in Sydney, Gail Kim defeated Nidia in a rematch.
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Gail Kim was introduced to World Wrestling Federation employee Nora Greenwald by Jason Sensation in 2001; Greenwald encouraged Gail Kim to send her videos and tapes to WWF officials.
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Gail Kim spent eight months training in their then-developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling and wrestled house shows and dark matches before being called up to their main roster.
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Gail Kim's first televised WWE match was a seven-woman battle royal on the June 30,2003, episode of Raw with the WWE Women's Championship, then held by an injured Jazz, on the line.
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Gail Kim returned to Raw in April 2004 and immediately reforged her alliance with Holly.
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In May 2004, Gail Kim submitted then-Women's Champion Victoria twice, in singles match and a six-woman tag match, earning herself a title shot at Bad Blood.
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Gail Kim was released by WWE on November 3,2004, as a result of cost cutting.
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Gail Kim was caught off guard by her release and was told that management wanted to take the women's division in a new direction.
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Gail Kim competed in Korea and Mexico before being signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on September 6,2005.
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In early 2007, after the dissolution of AMW, Gail Kim began a more active role as an in-ring competitor in TNA.
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Gail Kim then began a feud with Awesome Kong over the championship.
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On January 6,2008, at Final Resolution, Gail Kim defeated Kong in an acclaimed second encounter to retain the championship under no disqualification rules.
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Gail Kim left TNA in mid-August 2008 after her contract expired.
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Gail Kim made her return as a fan favorite on the March 27,2009, episode of SmackDown, interrupting a WWE Divas Championship match between the villainous Diva's Champion, Maryse and Michelle McCool by attacking both competitors.
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Gail Kim made her first WrestleMania appearance in the 25-Diva Miss WrestleMania battle royal on April 5,2009, at WrestleMania XXV.
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In early 2010, a tournament was held for the newly vacated Divas Championship, and Gail Kim defeated Jillian Hall and Alicia Fox en route to the finals.
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In early 2011, Gail Kim participated in fewer matches on television, as she became the on-screen girlfriend of Daniel Bryan.
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Gail Kim began accompanying him to the ring during his matches.
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The night after the Royal Rumble, Gail Kim accompanied Bryan to ringside for his match against Tyson Kidd.
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Gail Kim later explained that WWE had instructed her to get eliminated from the match within the first minute, so she decided to just eliminate herself.
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Gail Kim later indicated that WWE did not grant her release, but would instead force her to stay with the promotion for the remainder of her contract.
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Three days later at Genesis, Gail Kim defeated James by disqualification to retain the Knockouts Championship.
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On January 13,2013, at the Genesis pay-per-view, Gail Kim competed in a five-woman gauntlet match to determine the number one contender to the TNA Knockouts Championship.
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Gail Kim eliminated Miss Tessmacher, ODB and Mickie James but was eventually eliminated by Velvet Sky after referee Taryn Terrell failed to notice Gail Kim's foot under the ropes.
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At Lockdown, Gail Kim was unsuccessful in regaining the Knockouts Championship in a steel cage match.
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On January 19,2016, Gail Kim defended her title against Kong.
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On June 14,2016, Gail Kim was announced as the first female inductee into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Gail Kim wrestled what was announced to be the final match of her career on February 3,2018, for Southside Wrestling in Stevenage, United Kingdom, where she defeated Kasey Owens in the main event of the show.
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In December, in order to prevent any shenanigans from their upcoming match, Gail Kim was announced as the special guest referee for the next encounter between the two Knockouts, that was set for January 6,2019, at Impact Wrestling Homecoming.
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Gail Kim has been praised as one of the greatest female wrestlers ever.
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Gail Kim was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on February 20,1977.
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Gail Kim attended York Memorial Collegiate Institute and majored in kinesiology at the University of Toronto before transferring to Ryerson University and changing her major to nutrition.
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Gail Kim married celebrity chef Robert Irvine on May 11,2012.
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On October 10,2017, Gail Kim announced that she became an American citizen.
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Gail Kim posed topless for a cell phone ad campaign in South Korea.
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In 2007, Gail Kim was listed on Forbes' top 40 list of "America's Most Eligible Bachelorettes".
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In 2009, Gail Kim was a part of the cast of the independent psychological thriller entitled Royal Kill.
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Gail Kim appeared with her husband, Robert, on an episode of Guy's Family Road Trip.
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Gail Kim appeared in the video games WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010 and WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011 during her second and final run with WWE.