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15 Facts About Leilani Kai

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Leilani Kai is best known for her work in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation from the 1980s to the 1990s.

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Leilani Kai began training with The Fabulous Moolah right after finishing high school.

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Leilani Kai lost the title at the inaugural WrestleMania event.

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Leilani Kai was later paired with Judy Martin, in a tag team that would become known as The Glamour Girls.

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Leilani Kai was originally from Florida, but because Moolah thought she looked a little bit Hawaiian, Seymour was given the ring name Leilani Kai, as in the Hawaiian language Leilani translates to "heavenly flowers" and Kai to "ocean water".

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Leilani Kai was then paired with Judy Martin, and the duo won the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship from the champions Velvet McIntyre and Desiree Petersen in Egypt in August 1985, although this match's existence has been disputed.

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Meanwhile, in August 1986, Leilani Kai traveled to Japan where she won All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's All Pacific Championship from Chigusa Nagayo, whom she lost the title to in April 1987.

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Leilani Kai appeared on the November 10,1991 episode of WCW Main Event, losing to Madusa.

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Leilani Kai returned to the WWF on March 20,1994, at WrestleMania X to unsuccessfully challenge Alundra Blayze in a Women's Championship match.

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Leilani Kai traded the NWA Mid-Atlantic Women's Championship with Strawberry Fields in 2000, holding the belt a total of three times.

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Leilani Kai defended the belt at the NWA 55th Anniversary Show against AJ Sparx in October 2003.

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Leilani Kai was later stripped of the title by NWA President Bill Behrens on June 19,2004, after Kai no-showed several events.

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Leilani Kai served as a trainer for the California-based Women of Wrestling.

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On May 31,2014, Leilani Kai appeared on West Coast Wrestling Connection, slapping Kylie Sutton for allegedly implying that she was old.

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Sutton won the match by DQ after Leilani Kai entered the ring and attacked her, before referees pulled her off.