Wwe Diva Gail
Kim Wrestling Career
Kim was
introduced to World Wrestling Federation employee Molly Holly by Jason
Sensation at WWF Fan Axxess in 2001, and gave Holly a videotape of
herself to show to WWF officials. In October 2002 she was hired by the
WWF, now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment. She spent eight months
training in Ohio Valley Wrestling and appearing on house shows and dark
matches before being called up to the main roster in June 2003. After
several weeks, during which vignettes showcasing Matrix-like effects
aired on WWE RAW, Kim debuted on the June 30, 2003 episode of RAW as a
face, with a Matrix-like gimmick including shades and a long trench
coat, using her real name.
Her first televised WWE match was a seven-woman battle royal in Buffalo,
NY, just an hour away from her home of Toronto, with the WWE Women's
Championship, then held by an injured Jazz, on the line. Kim won the
match, lastly eliminating Victoria, in the process making history for
the quickest acquisition of the title by any female. Kim held the title
for four weeks, feuding with Victoria and Molly Holly. Kim lost the
title to Molly Holly on the July 28, 2003 episode of RAW. On the August
4, 2003 episode of RAW, Molly Holly successfully defended her title in a
match with Trish Stratus. Following the bout, Stratus was double teamed
by Holly and Victoria until Kim ran to the ring. Kim helped Stratus up,
but then turned heel by levelling Stratus with a spinebuster.
Kim forged an alliance with Holly, and the duo defeated Stratus,
partnered with Ivory and Jacqueline, on two straight occasions. The
following week, on the September 15, 2003 episode of RAW, they defeated
Stratus in a handicap match. Following the match, Kim and Holly were
prevented from further assaulting Stratus by the returning Lita, who had
been absent since injuring her neck in 2002. At Unforgiven 2003 on
September 21, 2003 Stratus and Lita defeated Kim and Holly in a tag
match. The four women continued to feud until November 10, 2003, when
Kim was sidelined with a broken right collarbone, suffered after
tripping off the top rope during a Sunday Night Heat match against
Stratus.
Kim returned to RAW on April 5, 2004 and immediately reforged her
alliance with Holly. She dropped her high flying style (possibly to
avoid further injury) and adopted a new submission-based offensive
technique and dubbed herself "wrestling's submission specialist". At Bad
Blood on June 13, 2004 she faced Lita, Stratus and WWE Women's Champion
Victoria in a title match which was won by Stratus (the match was
supposed to have her take on Victoria until a last-minute change had
Stratus and Lita inserted into the match). Kim continued to compete in
the women's division, receiving several more shots at the title
(including a battle royal on October 19, 2004 at Taboo Tuesday) and
joining fellow heel divas Stratus and Holly in a feud with the
relatively inexperienced eye candy diva Stacy Keibler. On November 3,
2004 Kim was released by WWE (this came somewhat unexpectedly, given
that she had appeared on RAW just two days earlier, attacking Lita along
with Stratus following a confrontation between the two).
Following her release and the expiration of her ninety-day no-compete
clause, Kim made sporadic appearances on the independent circuit,
wrestling matches in Mexico, Japan and South Korea. She posed for
several magazines, and appeared topless in a mobile phone advertisement.
Wwe Diva
Gail Kim's Achievements
Kim attended the
York Memorial Collegiate Institute in Toronto, partaking in
numerous sports and twice being named "Athlete of the Year".
Upon her graduation, she began studying kinesiology at the
University of Toronto, but later switched to nutrition at
Ryerson University.
After obtaining her degree, Kim decided to become a
professional wrestler, and joined Ron Hutchison's "School of
Pro Wrestling" in Toronto, receiving supplementary training
from Rob Etchevarria at the "Squared Circle Pro Wrestling
Gym". She debuted in December 2000 under a mask as "The
Queen of the Cats" La Felina in the Southern Ontario-based
Apocalypse Wrestling Federation, and was eventually unmasked
by Tracy Brooks in a "mask versus hair" match. Kim worked on
the Canadian independent circuit for two years, wrestling
for promotions such as Border City Wrestling. On September
27, 2002, Kim reached the semi-finals of the WXW Women's
Elite 8 Tournament in Danbury, Connecticut, defeating Nikki
Roxx and April Hunter before losing to Tracy Brooks. |
