Gail kim irvine biography

Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian model, actress and retired professional wrestler. She is currently signed to the WWE as a producer. During her time in WWE she won a joint-record nine Women's Championships and four Global Championships. Her 13 world titles make her the most successful female wrestler in WWE, she is known for her feud with Melina with whom she also won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship four times. She retired in April 2018 a day after winning her ninth Women's Championship at WrestleMania 34.

In Wrestling[]

• Finishing moves
  • Air Raid Crash (Over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver)
  • Flying Dragon (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors armbar)
  • Eat Defeat (Inverted stomp facebreaker)
  • Happy Ending (Straight jacket neckbreaker slam)
  • Hurricanrana pin
• Signature moves
  • Dragon sleeper
  • Front missile dropkick
  • Over-the-shoulder single leg Boston crab
  • Ringpost figure-four leglock – adopted from Bret Hart
  • Roundhouse kick
  • Springboard arm drag
  • Still Life (Arm-trap Argentine leglock/neckscissors combination)
  • Toronto Slam (Double leg slam)
• Managers
• Wrestlers managed
• Nicknames
• Entrance themes
  • "Strong & Sexy" by Jim Johnston

Championships and Accomplishments[]

Canadian-American professional wrestler (born 1977)

Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. She is signed to TNA Wrestling, where she serves as a producer. In TNA she was the inaugural and record setting seven-time Knockouts Champion and she also was a one-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Madison Rayne. She is also known for her tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she won the WWE Women's Championship in her first match.

Kim began her career wrestling on the Canadian-American independent circuit, before joining WWE in 2002. She became the first WWE Diva in history to win a championship in her debut match. After being released by WWE in 2004, Kim joined TNA in September 2005. There, she joined the tag teamAmerica's Most Wanted as their valet. After the dissolution of the group, Kim performed as a singles wrestler, eventually becoming the inaugural TNA Knockouts Champion in October 2007. During her time in TNA, she had an acclaimed feud with Awesome Kong, which is generally considered one of the greatest women's wrestling feuds of the 2000s.

She later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, where she remained until 2011. The following October she returned to TNA. In 2012, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Kim the number one female wrestler in the world and in 2016 she was announced as the first female inductee into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2000–2002, 2005)

After obtaining her degree from Ryerson University, Kim decided to become a professional wrestler and joined Ron Hutchison's School of Pro Wrestling in Toronto. She received supplementary training from Rob Etchevarria at the Squared Circle Pro Wrestling Gym. She debuted in December 2000, wearing a mask and wrestling as "The Queen of the Cats" La Felina in the Southern Ontario-based Apocalypse Wr

Gail Kim

Class of 2016

Kim began her career wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit, before joining WWE in 2002. She became the first WWE Diva in history to win a championship in her debut match. After being released by WWE in 2004, Kim joined TNA in September 2005. There, she joined the tag teamAmerica's Most Wanted as their valet. After the dissolution of the group, Kim performed as a singles wrestler, eventually becoming the inaugural TNA Women's Knockout Championship in October 2007. She later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, where she remained until 2011. The following October she returned to TNA. In 2012, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Kim the number one female wrestler in the world and in 2016 she was announced as the first female inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame. She is regarded by fans and fellow professional wrestlers as one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time.

Professional wrestling career[]

Canadian independent circuit (2000–2002)[]

After obtaining her degree from Ryerson University, Kim decided to become a professional wrestler and joined Ron Hutchinson's "School of Pro Wrestling" in Toronto. She received supplementary training from Rob Etchevarria at the "Squared Circle Pro Wrestling Gym". She 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. She, however, was eventually unmasked by Tracy Br

Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian-American actress, model and retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she serves as a producer. In Impact Wrestling, she is also a record setting seven-time Knockouts Champion. She is also known for her two stints in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she won the WWE Women's Championship in her first match.

Kim began her career wrestling on the Canadian-American independent circuit, before joining WWE in 2002. She became the first WWE Diva in history to win a championship in her debut match. After being released by WWE in 2004, Kim joined TNA in September 2005. There, she joined the tag team America's Most Wanted as their valet. After the dissolution of the group, Kim performed as a singles wrestler, eventually becoming the inaugural TNA Knockouts Champion in October 2007. She later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, where she remained until 2011. The following October she returned to TNA. In 2012, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Kim the number one female wrestler in the world and in 2016 she was announced as the first female inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame.