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Longtime professional wrestling star Awesome Kong real name Kia Stevens, announced her retirement from professional wrestling on Saturday night During the all-women's NWA EmPowerrr pay-per-view event. Kong made a surprise appearance when she saved former TNA rival Gail Kim from being attacked.
Kong said she wanted her final act in wrestling to be an in-ring segment with Kim, announced her retirement and embraced her greatest opponent creating another memorable wrestling moment for 2021.
The 43-year-old Awesome Kong had a long and memorable run in TNA, which later became known as Impact Wrestling. She was part of TNA from 2007-10 and again from 2015-16.
During both stints, Awesome Kong had several memorable matches against Kim with the Knockout Championship on the line. Kong was a two-time Knockouts champion and one-time Knockouts Tag Team champion in TNA.
Awesome Kong also had a brief but memorable run in the WWE under the name Kharma. In May 2011, Kong wreaked havoc on the WWE Divas division, but her run was cut short when she announced she was pregnant.Her only official match as a WWE wrestler came in January 2012 when she made a surprise appearance in the Men’s Royal Rumble match.
Other major companies Kong has worked for include Ring of Honor, NWA, Shimmer and several promotions in Japan.
Kong also held the NWA Women's World Championship and she was named the No. 1 women's pro wrestler in the world by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 2008 as part of its Female 50 list.
Some also considered Kong one of the AEW OG’s:
she wrestled a handful of matches in 2019 and early 2020. At Double or Nothing 2019, Awesome Kong debuted in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a
surprise entrant in a four-way match against Britt Baker, Allie and Nyla Rose, which Baker won.
As an actress, she is best known for playing Tammé "The Welfare Queen" Dawson in the wrestling-themed Netflix original comedy series GLOW
One of the best interviews with Amazing Kong came out of the Kayfabe Commentaries camp with host Sean Olivier. she discusses dealing with racism in wrestling, her experiences in Japan, TNA and much more in the critically acclaimed interview
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Kia Stevens better known as Awesome Kong put in a lot of work in the business of professional wrestling and is a Pivotal player in the history of women’s wrestling. A fierce and memorable competitor, her body of work will be etched in stone forever. Thank You Awesome Kong!
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Kayfabe Commentaries – YouShoot: Amazing Kong – On Demand
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NWA EmPowerrr Official PPV Replay
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