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Kia Stevens |
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| Ring name(s) | Amazing Kong1 Awesome Kong2 (TNA) Margaret (HUSTLE)1 |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)3 |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)1 |
| Billed weight | 272 lb (123 kg/19.4 st) (TNA) "None of Your Damn Business" |
| Born | September 4, 1977 1 Carson, California1 |
| Billed from | Japan |
| Trained by | Inoki L.S. Dojo1 |
| Debut | October 20, 2002 |
Kia Stevens1 (born September 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by her ring names Amazing Kong and Awesome Kong,2 who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling2, SHIMMER, NWA, and various independent promotions in the United States and Japan. She is the current TNA Women's Champion and former NWA World Women's Champion. She has also been a World Champion in AWA Superstars of Wrestling and All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.
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Stevens trained in Japan in the veteran women's wrestling promotion, All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). Stevens debuted as the Amazing Kong (Robert Armstrong's term for King Kong in the 1933 movie) in AJW on October 20, 2002. Kong worked for multiple women's promotions in Japan, holding AJW's highest honor, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship in late 2004. She also formed a tag team, named Double Kong, with Japanese legend Aja Kong feuding with Crush 2000. The two held the tag team championships with several Japanese promotions.1
In January 2007, Amazing Kong defeated Nanae Takahashi for the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Women's Champion in Tokyo, Japan. On May 5, 2007, she defeated MsChif in Streamwood, Illinois, for the NWA World Women's Championship. She is the second wrestler to hold both titles simultaneously.1 Kong lost the NWA World Women's title to MsChif at a NWA Central States event in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on April 27. Kong lost the title via count-out, as par pre-match stipulations stated the title could change hands on a count-out.
In June 2007, Amazing Kong made her first appearances in the UK, where she wrestled for three different promotions in successive days. On June 15, she competed in Wales for Celtic Wrestling, beating compatriot Cheerleader Melissa. The next day, she competed for Real Quality Wrestling in Colchester, Essex, in a four way match for the RQW Women's Championship, losing via disqualification. The final of the UK dates had Kong competing at IPW:UK produced Chickfight 9 at Orpington Halls, Kent, winning an eight-woman tournament.1 Throughout 2006 and 2007, Amazing Kong competed in nine out of the fifteen SHIMMER Women Athletes events released on DVD, defeating such wrestlers as Nikki Roxx, MsChif, Cheerleader Melissa and Daizee Haze. On October 13, 2007, Kong got her first SHIMMER Championship title shot against Sara Del Rey, losing when she did not answer the referee's ten-count against MsChif. Not long after appearing in Ring of Honor.
Stevens signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling,4 to become a part of their burgeoning Knockout division. On the October 11 edition of Impact!, Kong made her TNA debut, defeating Gail Kim. At Bound for Glory, she participated in a ten knockout gauntlet to crown the first TNA Women's Champion, where she was billed as Awesome Kong. She was eliminated by the combined effort of Angelina Love, O.D.B. and Kim. In the following weeks, she squashed Knockouts such as Talia Madison, Angelina Love and Christy Hemme. At Turning Point, she lost a Women's Championship match to Kim via disqualification, breaking her undefeated streak.
At Final Resolution 2008 Kong suffered her first pinfall loss in a No Disqualification match for the Women's Championship against Kim, who pinned her with a School-girl. However, later that week on the January 10 episode of Impact!, Kong defeated Kim to win the Women's Championship with an unknown woman wearing a burkha accompanying her to the ring.5 The woman, who was later named Raisha Saeed, has been by her side ever since. Kong went on to defeat every challenger over the next few months, including Kim, O.D.B, and Roxxi Laveaux. At Lockdown, Kong and Saeed teamed up for the first time, losing a tag team match to Gail Kim and O.D.B. when Saeed was pinned by O.D.B.
On the May 1 edition of Impact!, Kong was announced as the surprise wildcard in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament, as one of the singles competitors (dubbed The Egotistical Eight) to be teamed up with a random partner to compete for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. At Sacrifice Kong's partner was B.G. James, but they lost to A.J. Styles and Super Eric in the opening round when Styles rolled James up. The following Thursday on Impact!, Kong issued a $25,000 dollar challenge to any females age 18 or older in the Impact! audience. The challenge was accepted by a young girl named Melissa Wolfram from Erie, Pennsylvania. She defeated the young lady after a devastating Awesome Bomb. Over the next several weeks, several professional women's wrestlers began showing up at TNA events in order to accept Kong's challenge, including Amber O'Neal, Becky Bayless, Daffney, Serena Deeb and Josie Robinson. Kong was then challenged by Taylor Wilde on Impact!. Kong chose to wrestle Wilde and defeated her, but Wilde took her to the limit during the match, using a steel chair that Raisha Saeed introduced. On the June 26 edition of Impact! Kong defeated Danielle. Wilde was once again in attendance and was called out to the ring by Kong, Wilde immediately jumped into the ring and brawled with Kong until security came to break it up. On July 10, Wilde defeated Kong to win the $25,000 Challenge and the Women's Knockout Championship. Kong then failed to regain the championship from Wilde at Victory Road.
On the live October 23 edition of Impact Kong defeated Taylor Wilde with her Awesome Bomb finisher to become a 2-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion. On the November 6 edition of Impact Rhaka Khan turned on her tag team partner Taylor Wilde and aligned herself with Kong and Saeed. At Turning Point, Kong and Saeed were defeated in a tag team match by Roxxi and Wilde. A rematch of the Kong & Rhaka Khan vs. Roxxi and Wilde occurred on the November 13 edition of IMPACT!, which Awesome Kong and Rhaka Khan won.
Kia appeared on the Discovery Health Body Challenge in 2002 as a contestant trying to lose weight.6
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| NAME | Stevens, Kia |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carson, California |
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