(1977-02-20) February 20, 1977 (age 47)[1] Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Alma mater
Ryerson University
Spouse(s)
Robert Irvine
(m. 2012)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Gail Kim La Felina[1]
Billed height
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Billed weight
120 lb (54 kg)[2]
Billed from
Tampa, Florida Toronto, Ontario, Canada[3] South Korea[2]
Trained by
Ron Hutchison[1] Rob Etcheverria[1] Dave Finlay[2]
Debut
December 2000[2]
Retired
April 28, 2019
Gail Kim (born February 20, 1977)[1] is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler, currently signed to TNA Wrestling, where she serves as a producer and occasional on-screen talent. In Impact Wrestling 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 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. 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.
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^"Gail Kim". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
GailKim (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler, currently signed to TNA Wrestling, where she serves as a producer and...
Kim revealed that Brooke Hogan put Terrell on probation for attacking Kim. In a tag team match between Mickie James and Velvet Sky against GailKim and...
against Velvet Sky for a title shot against GailKim. She participated in a three-way match against GailKim and Jade for the TNA Knockouts Championship...
Laveaux early in the show, Love and Sky assisted GailKim in her match against Awesome Kong. They assisted Kim again after another match against Kong on the...
Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) event and the inaugural champion was GailKim. The current champion is Jordynne Grace, who is in her third reign. TNA...
Molly earned her second Women's Championship by defeating GailKim on Raw on July 28, 2003. Kim later turned villainous and joined Molly in her feud with...
GailKim. on the February 15 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore lost to GailKim in an Arm Wrestling Match. Storm and Moore teamed up to defeat Kim and...
iMPACT! television program in 2005, TNA featured former WWE Divas such as GailKim, Jackie Gayda, and Christy Hemme, as well as independent female wrestler...
earn a championship match with the new champion, GailKim. On December 11 at Final Resolution, Gail defeated James to retain the championship, following...
tapings occurred, rather than the air date. The inaugural champion was GailKim who defeated Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Velvet...
episode of WWE Superstars, teaming with Michelle McCool to defeat Maria and GailKim. After winning her debut match, Fox aligned herself with Michelle McCool...
team match against Melina and GailKim, where Maryse pinned Melina. On the December 7 episode of Raw, Maryse defeated GailKim by dirty tactics, and following...
WORKING FULL-TIME IN PRO WRESTLING TODAY, JT SMITH & MORE - PWInsider.com "GailKim's Impact Profile". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved July 2, 2017. "Josh Mathews'...
regularly with Stacy Keibler and Victoria against heels Trish Stratus, GailKim, Molly Holly and Jazz. With the shift to Raw also came a change in character...
Brooke, GailKim and Tapa for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship, which Kim would win. At Bound for Glory, Kong received a match against Kim for but...
three–way match against ODB and GailKim for the championship, in which, Lei'D Tapa attacked both Brooke and ODB, helping Kim to win the championship. On...
careers, when they discovered Bryan kissing GailKim backstage and assaulted her. They continued to attack Kim, both at the Royal Rumble and on Raw, and...
WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus. Stratus, along with Molly Holly and GailKim, threw Hemme an initiation party, but, it soon turned into a 3-on-1 Bra...
during a Fatal Four-Way match at Bad Blood, that also included Lita and GailKim, and was unsuccessful in regaining it in a rematch a week later. After...
Championship), such as street fights and hardcore matches. The debuting GailKim would go on to become the first woman of Asian descent to have held the...
several employees re-signed with TNA, including Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, GailKim, Mr. Anderson, Abyss and Matt Hardy. Awesome Kong also re-joined the company...
Canada, and the Canadian Armed Forces. The cast includes Impact wrestlers GailKim and Gisele Shaw, Canada's Drag Race contestants Jermaine Aranha and Justin...
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