Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, model and celebrity of Korean ancestry, who’s now signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where she’s the present TNA Knockouts Champ. She’s also famous for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she won the WWE Women’s Championship in her first match.
In her WWE debut match, she won the WWE Women’s Championship, becoming the very first WWE Diva ever to win a tournament in her first 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. Following the dissolution of the group, Kim performed as a singles wrestler, eventually happening to become the initiative TNA Women’s Knockout Winner in October 2007. She afterwards left TNA in August 2008, to come back to WWE three months after, making her televised return in March 2009. She declared on August 5, 2011 that she’d quit WWE via her Twitter account. The following October she returned to TNA. In the year 2012, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Kim the number one female wrestler on the planet.
Kim was introduced to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) worker Nora Greenwald (understood onscreen as Molly Holly) by Jason Sensation in 2001; Greenwald motivated Kim to send her videos and cassettes to WWF officials, which finally resulted in her contract.
Impact Wrestling; WWE Superstars; Royal Kill; Against All Odds 2008 (TV); WXW Rage TV; Turning Point 2007 (TV); Lockdown 2007 (TV); TNA Wrestling: Hard Justice 2008
TV Shows
Impact Wrestling, WWE Superstars, WXW Rage TV
Star Sign
Pisces
#
Trademark
1
Diving Hurracanrana
2
Toronto Slam (Double Leg Spinebuster)
3
Christo (Orbital/Satellite Tilt-a-Whirl Headscissors into an Armbar)
As of April 2004, WWE started announcing her as being from Korea instead of Canada. This change came with a number of other WWE stars' changes in hometown away from Canada.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
TNA Impact! Wrestling
2006-2016
TV Series
Gail Kim
WWE Superstars
2009-2011
TV Series
Gail Kim
WWE NXT
2011
TV Series
Gail Kim
Royal Kill
2009
Assassin
UWF: Capital Punishment II
2007
Video
Gail Kim
Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling, Vol. 1
2006
Video
Gail Kim
Swing Charms
2006
Video short
Woman in Shades
WXW Rage TV
1996
TV Series
Felina
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vixens Who Rule
2015
TV Series
Herself
Restaurant: Impossible
2012
TV Series
Herself - Bride
The Best Thing I Ever Made
2012
TV Series
Herself
WWE Raw
2003-2011
TV Series
Gail Kim / Herself
WWE Night of Champions
2010
TV Special
Gail Kim
Behind the Scenes with Interviews of Ninja's Creed
2010
Video short
Herself
WWE Fatal 4-Way
2010
TV Special
Gail Kim
WrestleMania XXVI
2010
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Smackdown!
2009-2010
TV Series
Gail Kim
WWE Elimination Chamber
2010
TV Special
Gail Kim
Survivor Series
2009
TV Special
Gail Kim
Dinner: Impossible
2009
TV Series
Herself - WWE Diva
WWE Bragging Rights
2009
TV Special
Gail Kim
The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania
2009
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Hall of Fame 2009
2009
TV Special
Herself
TNA Wrestling: Hard Justice
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Victory Road
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Slammiversary
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Sacrifice
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Lockdown
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Destination X
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Final Resolution
2008
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Turning Point
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Genesis
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Victory Road
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Lockdown
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles, Volume 2
2007
Video documentary
Herself
TNA Wrestling: Destination X
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Against All Odds
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Final Resolution
2007
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Turning Point
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Hard Justice
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Victory Road
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Slammiversary
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Sacrifice
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Lockdown
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Hall of Fame 2006
2006
TV Special
Herself
TNA Wrestling: Destination X
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Against All Odds
2006
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Genesis
2005
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
2005
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE $250,000 Raw Diva Search
2005
Video
Herself
WWE Taboo Tuesday
2004
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Sunday Night Heat
2004
TV Series
Gail Kim
Summerslam
2004
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Bad Blood
2004
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Backlash
2004
TV Special
Gail Kim
WWE Divas: South of the Border
2004
Video documentary
Herself
WWE Unforgiven
2003
TV Special
Gail Kim
TNA Xplosion
2002
TV Series
Herself
Ballerina I'm Not
2016
Documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
TNA Impact! Wrestling
2016
TV Series
Gail Kim
Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart
2011
Video
Gail Kim
Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon
2010
Video
Gail Kim
WWE: The Best of RAW 2009
2010
Video
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Knocked Out - Pro Wrestling's Best Women's Division
2008
Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Instant Classic - The Best of Christian Cage
2007
Video documentary
Gail Kim
The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
2006
Video documentary
Gail Kim
Known for movies
WWE Raw (2003-2011) as Gail Kim / Herself
WWE Backlash (2004) as Gail Kim
Summerslam (2004) as Gail Kim
TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles, Volume 2 (2007) as Herself