1. Stephanie Hym Lee, better known by the ring name Mia Yim, is an American professional wrestler.
43 Facts About Mia Yim
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Mia Yim has performed for Combat Zone Wrestling, Shine Wrestling, and Shimmer Women Athletes.
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Mia Yim joined the main roster in 2020 and became a part of Retribution under the ring name Reckoning.
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Mia Yim was released in 2021, and briefly returned to Impact Wrestling and the independent circuit in 2022.
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Mia Yim's father is African American and her mother Sunhong Bell born on July 25,1949 is Korean.
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Mia Yim served in the military before a career as an FBI special agent, working in units for gangs, then missing and exploited children and cyber operations.
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Mia Yim then attended Virginia Union University on a volleyball scholarship, where she studied information technology.
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Mia Yim trained for eighteen months before making her debut on August 22,2009, adopting the ring name Mia Yim, and initially working primarily for independent promotions in Virginia.
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Hyde at the Combat Zone Wrestling training school, Mia Yim began working for CZW as a manager for Adam Cole.
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Mia Yim made only two more appearances for CZW that year before leaving the promotion.
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Mia Yim debuted for Shine Wrestling at their second show in August 2012, defeating Sassy Stephie.
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Mia Yim defeated Mercedes Martinez at Shine 10 in May 2013, and at Shine 11, she defeated Leva Bates and Ivelisse Velez en route to the final, where she lost to Rain.
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On February 28,2014, at Shine 17, Mia Yim teamed with Leva Bates during the Shine Tag Team Championship tournament, forming the tag team The Lucha Sisters.
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On November 16,2014, during the WWNLive tour in China, Mia Yim defeated Ivelisse Velez to win the Shine Championship, making her the first woman to have held both the Shine Championship and Shine Tag Team Championship.
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At Shine 26 on April 3,2015, Mia Yim lost the championship to NWA World Women's Champion Santana Garrett in a title vs title match.
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At Shine 28, Mia Yim was defeated by Allysin Kay, and began showing signs of a heel turn when she blamed Leva Bates for the loss.
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Mia 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.
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Mia Yim made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes on April 6,2013, at Volume 53 with a loss to Amazing Kong.
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Mia Yim earned her first victory at Volume 56 later that month against Evie, before a series of losses to Jessicka Havok, Hikaru Shida, and Madison Eagles.
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Mia Yim finished out 2014 facing wrestlers including Ray, Akino, and Tsukasa Fujimoto.
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Mia Yim spent the next several months managing Dos Ben Dejos, along with Leva Bates, while wrestling in Shine showcase matches against Jessicka Havok and Ivelisse Velez.
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In January 2015, Mia Yim lost to Santana in a Shine showcase match.
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Mia Yim wrestled a dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in mid-2010, while on vacation in Florida with her family.
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In March 2013, Mia Yim competed at TNA's Knockouts Knockdown pay-per-view, where she was defeated by Tara.
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Mia Yim returned to the promotion in May 2014 for Knockouts Knockdown 2, where she defeated Brittany to qualify for the gauntlet match later that night, in which she was eliminated by Taryn Terrell.
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Mia Yim made a third appearance in 2015 at Knockouts Knockdown 3, losing to Brooke.
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In 2014 and 2015, Mia Yim appeared in the WWE a number of times as one of Adam Rose's rose buds.
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Mia Yim worked as enhancement talent for WWE's developmental territory NXT at the October 2014 television tapings, losing to Charlotte.
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On July 13,2017, Mia Yim returned to WWE by entering the Mae Young Classic tournament, representing her mother's country of South Korea.
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Mia Yim defeated Sarah Logan in her first round match, but lost to Shayna Baszler in the second round match the following day.
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Shortly after Belair's undefeated streak was ended, Mia Yim was able to defeat her in two different matches to end their feud.
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Mia Yim was chosen by Rhea Ripley to join her team for the first-ever women's WarGames match against Shayna Baszler's team.
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However, Mia Yim was replaced by Dakota Kai on Team Ripley, who eventually turned on Team Ripley and attacked Tegan Nox.
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On June 7,2020, at TakeOver: In Your House, Mia Yim teamed up with Nox and Shotzi Blackheart against and defeated Kai, Raquel Gonzalez and Candice LeRae in a six-woman tag team match.
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Two months later, Mia Yim was assigned to the SmackDown brand.
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On November 4,2021, Mia Yim was released from her WWE contract without ever reappearing on television.
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On March 31,2022, Mia Yim made her in-ring return during the WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show, where she defeated Athena.
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Mia Yim was defeated by Mickie James at Bound for Glory and three days later, she left the company.
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Mia Yim learned to sign from her deaf former boyfriend.
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Mia Yim has worked as a captionist for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Mia Yim's advocacy led to her being named one of BBC's 100 Women in 2016.
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Mia Yim appears in WWE 2K22 as both Mia Yim and Reckoning.
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Mia Yim was added to WWE 2K23 in a post launch patch alongside Candice LeRae.