Alicia Fox
Alicia Fox at a WWE live event in 2011
Ring name(s)	Alicia Fox[1] Tori[1] Victoria Crawford[1]
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Billed weight	129 lb (59 kg)[2]
Born	(1986-06-30) June 30, 1986 (age 25)[3] Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida[1]
Billed from	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida[2]
Trained by	OVW Staff[1] FCW Staff[1]
Debut	July 1, 2006[1][4]

Victoria Elizabeth Crawford^[1] (born June 30, 1986)^[3] is an American model and professional wrestler best known by her ring name Alicia Fox. She is signed to WWE where she performs on the SmackDown brand.

Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, Crawford was a model. She signed a contract with WWE in 2006, and debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a WWE developmental territory in July. That same year, on October 20, she won the OVW Women's Championship, but lost it the following day. Her reign is not officially recognized by OVW. The following year, she moved to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), another WWE developmental territory, where she competed regularly until 2009.

Crawford debuted on SmackDown in June 2008, using the name 'Alicia Fox' and the gimmick of a wedding planner. In November, she moved to the ECW brand, where she managed DJ Gabriel. As part of the Supplemental Draft, she moved back to SmackDown in April 2009, before being traded to the Raw brand two months later. Throughout the rest of 2009, Fox began unsuccessfully challenging for the WWE Divas Championship. She briefly managed Zack Ryder in May 2010, and the following month she won the Divas Championship for the first time. Fox held the championship until August 15. In late 2010, Fox appeared as a 'Pro' on the third season of NXT. She returned to the SmackDown brand in April 2011, as part of the 2011 supplemental draft.

Professional wrestling career[link]

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2006-present)[link]

Developmental territories (2006–2009)[link]

In 2006 Crawford signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to WWE’s developmental territory.^[1] She debuted on July 1, 2006, as a special guest referee in a match between Shelly Martinez and ODB.^[4] It was not until September 6 that she made her in-ring debut, under the new ring name Tori, in a OVW Ladies Battle Royal which she ultimately lost when she was thrown over the top rope by ODB.^[4] She spent the next month competing regularly in both singles and tag team matches, against opponents including Mickie James, ODB, and Katie Lea.^[4] In late September, she began managing Elijah Burke, accompanying him to the ring for matches against Chet The Jet.^[4] At the OVW television tapings on October 18, having reverted back to her real name, Crawford challenged Beth Phoenix for the OVW Women's Championship but lost following interference from Serena Deeb.^[4] Two days later, on October 20, Crawford won a gauntlet match at a house show to win the OVW Women's Championship.^[1][4] The following night, however, Crawford lost the championship to Phoenix, who won an eight-woman elimination match.^[1][4] Crawford's championship win is unrecognised by OVW, and the promotion considers Phoenix's two reigns as champion as a single, uninterrupted reign.^[1][5] Crawford continued to feud with Phoenix in early 2007, facing her in several tag team matches, in which Phoenix teamed with ODB and Crawford teamed with Lea or Deeb.^[6] Simultaneously, Crawford participated in the "Miss OVW" contest, which was won by ODB.^[6] Crawford had a series of matches with Milena Roucka in April, before moving onto a feud with Maryse Ouellet.^[6] Her final appearance in OVW was on July 21, when she participated in a three-way match for the OVW Women's Championship which was won by ODB.^[1][6]

Crawford debuted for Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) on September 2, 2007, participating in a best body contest.^[7] Her FCW in-ring debut came on September 25, where she and Nattie Neidhart defeated The Bella Twins (Brianna and Nicole) in a tag team match.^[7] She quickly began feuding with The Bella Twins, while allying herself with Neidhart. The Bella Twins defeated the team of Crawford and Neidhart on two consecutive occasions, and on October 23, Crawford lost to Nicole in a singles match.^[7] A week later, she and Sheamus O'Shaunessy were defeated by Brianna and Kofi Kingston in a mixed tag team match.^[7] In December, Crawford teamed with Tommy Taylor in a loss to Brianna and Robert Anthony.^[7] The feud continued into 2008, with the Bellas defeating Crawford and Maryse Ouellet on January 8, and Crawford and Neidhart on January 19 and January 29.^[8] Following the completion of this feud, she began competing regularly against her former tag team partner, Neidhart. Neidhart won their first singles encounter on February 5 and was on the winning side of a tag team match on February 23, before Crawford won a singles match on February 26.^[8] Following her debut on SmackDown, Crawford changed her ring name to 'Alicia Fox'.^[8] She started managing Jack Gabriel in September, and teamed with Gabriel in mixed tag team matches against Mike Kruel and Wesley Holiday and Gabe Tuft and Melina, while continuing to compete in singles competition as well.^[8] Fox competed in the Queen of FCW tournament between December 2008 and February 2009, defeating Jenny Cash and Tiffany en route to the final, where she lost to Angela Fong.^[8][9]

Brand switches (2008–2010)[link]

Crawford debuted on the June 13, 2008 episode of SmackDown in a backstage segment with Vickie Guerrero, which saw her introduced as Guerrero and Edge's wedding planner, Alicia Fox.^[10] During their wedding reception on the July 18 episode of SmackDown, Triple H revealed Edge kissing Fox the day before the wedding on camera.^[11] Fox involved herself in the WWE Championship match at The Great American Bash when she attempted to help Edge, but she was stopped by Guerrero.^[12] The confusion surrounding her interference caused Edge to accidentally spear Guerrero.^[12]

After a three-month hiatus from WWE television, Fox resurfaced on the November 18 episode of ECW managing English wrestler DJ Gabriel, in a fan favorite role.^[13] Their on-screen association was explained by WWE claiming that Fox had moved her wedding planner business to England during her hiatus from WWE television, and that she had met Gabriel there, in storyline.^[2] Gabriel and Fox began feuding with the Burchill siblings (Paul and Katie Lea) in late December 2008. Fox made her in-ring debut on the January 6, 2009 episode of ECW, in a loss to Katie Lea Burchill.^[14] The following week, on the January 13 episode of ECW, Gabriel and Fox defeated the Burchill siblings in a mixed tag team match, giving Fox her first win as part of the brand.^[15] In March, Fox and Gabriel feuded with Tyson Kidd and Natalya, with Natalya defeating Fox on March 3 on ECW.^[16] Fox competed in the 25 Divas battle royal at WrestleMania XXV, which was won by Santina Marella.^[3][17]

Fox (center) with Natalya (left) and Maryse (right) in 2010.

Fox was drafted to the SmackDown brand as a part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft on April 15.^[18] She made her in-ring debut as a SmackDown diva as a heel on the April 30 episode of WWE Superstars, teaming with Michelle McCool to defeat Maria and Gail Kim.^[19] After winning her debut match, Fox became aligned with Michelle McCool, with the pair teaming together in tag team matches as well as accompanying each other to the ring for singles matches.^[20][21] She was in the corner of McCool when McCool won the WWE Women's Championship at The Bash.^[22]

On June 29 it was revealed that Fox had been traded to the Raw brand.^[23] The following week, she made her Raw debut in a tag team match teaming with Maryse against Gail Kim and Mickie James in a losing effort when Kim pinned Maryse.^[22] She gained her first victory on Raw on July 13, when Fox, Maryse, and Rosa Mendes won a six-Diva tag team match when Maryse pinned Mickie James.^[24] Fox picked up her first pinfall victory by pinning Kelly Kelly during a tag team match on the July 20 episode of Raw.^[25] On the August 10 episode of Raw, Fox was involved in a fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender for the WWE Divas Championship, but was unsuccessful.^[26] The following month, on the September 14 episode of Raw, she defeated Gail Kim to become the number one contender to the Divas Championship.^[27] She received a match for the championship at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view against Mickie James on October 4, but was unsuccessful.^[28] Fox became the number one contender to the Divas Championship again on the November 2 episode of Raw, by winning a battle royal which involved The Bella Twins, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly.^[29] She challenged Melina two weeks later for the championship, but was unsuccessful.^[30] Melina vacated the Divas Championship due to injury, and a tournament was set up to determine the new champion in early January 2010.^[31] On the January 11, 2010 episode of Raw, Fox defeated Kelly Kelly in the first round of the tournament, but lost to Gail Kim in the semi-finals two weeks later.^[32][33] Fox was on the winning team in a 10-Diva tag team match at WrestleMania XXVI, but on the losing side the following night in a rematch on Raw.^[34][35] On the April 5 episode of Raw, Fox was involved in a "Dress to Impress" battle royal to determine the number one contender to the WWE Divas Championship, but was unsuccessful, and the match was won by Eve Torres.^[36]

Divas Champion and various feuds (2010–2011)[link]

Fox at the Tribute to the Troops event in December 2010.

Fox began a storyline with Zack Ryder in May 2010, after he requested that she and Gail Kim be ringside on several occasions to watch his matches, so he could impress them and find a new valet.^[37] During his match with Evan Bourne on the May 10 episode of Raw, Fox interfered on Ryder's behalf, but was stopped by Gail Kim.^[38] The following week, Bourne and Kim defeated Ryder and Fox in a mixed tag team match.^[39] She later turned on Ryder, attacking him in order to collect a "bounty" from the Raw guest host, Ashton Kutcher. Despite this however she remained a heel. ^[40]

At the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view on June 20, Fox competed in a fatal four-way match for the WWE Divas Championship, which also involved Gail Kim, Eve, and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win both the match and the championship for the first time.^[41][42] She successfully defended the championship for the first time on the July 5 episode of Raw, defeating Eve after feigning an ankle injury.^[43] As she faked an injury to retain the championship, Eve was granted a rematch at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view by Raw's anonymous General Manager, where Fox was again able to successfully retain the championship.^[44][45] Fox was part of the victorious team in a six-Diva tag team match on August 2, and declared herself to be undefeatable and the greatest Divas Champion in history. The former Divas Champion Melina made her return from injury to attack Fox.^[46] The following week Melina pinned Fox in a non-title match.^[47] On August 15, Fox lost the Divas Championship to Melina at SummerSlam.^[48]

Fox announced that she would be mentoring Maxine on season three of NXT on August 31.^[49] Maxine failed to win the competition, and was the second rookie Diva eliminated on the November 2 episode of NXT.^[50] On the September 6 episode of Raw, Fox faced Melina in a rematch for the Divas Championship, but was unsuccessful.^[51] Fox was involved in a battle royal to determine the winner of the Diva of the Year Slammy Award on the December 13 episode of Raw, but was eliminated by Natalya.^[52] The following week, Fox was part of a triple threat number one contenders match, which was won by Melina.^[53]

On April 26, 2011, Fox was drafted back to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2011 supplemental draft.^[54] At the May 3 SmackDown tapings, Fox suffered a shoulder injury after her first match back for the brand, in which she was defeated by Layla.^[55][56] Fox returned on the May 27 episode of SmackDown teaming with Tamina to defeat the team of Kaitlyn and AJ. This began a feud between the two sets of Divas, with Fox and Tamina regularly winning tag team matches and six-Diva tag team matches also including Rosa Mendes and Natalya. During this time, Fox won six straight matches against Natalya, Kaitlyn and AJ. ^[57][58][59] The alliance between Fox and Tamina ended on the August 11 episode of Superstars, when Fox defeated Tamina in a singles match.^[60]

SmackDown and NXT (2011–present)[link]

On the August 19 episode of SmackDown, after losing in a tag team match, Natalya attacked Fox and put her in the Sharpshooter, provoking a feud between the two divas.^[61] She began wrestling alongside several different Divas to face Natalya and Beth Phoenix, known as The Divas of Doom in tag team matches, and also regularly competing against them in singles matches.^[62][63][64] She started an alliance with divas Eve and Kelly Kelly and the three would begin feuding with the Divas of Doom.^[65][66] At the 2012 Royal Rumble, Fox, Kelly Kelly, Eve, and Tamina were defeated by The Divas of Doom and The Bella Twins in an eight diva tag team match.^[67] On May 2 edition of NXT Redemption, Alicia offered JTG that she could help him become a future champion if he would let her, he accepted the offer.^[68]

Personal life[link]

Crawford has a younger sister named Christina.^[69] Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, Crawford was a model, and signed with WWE after being seen in a fashion catalogue by John Laurinaitis.^[1][3].

In wrestling[link]

Fox performing her Scissors Kick on Eve Torres at WrestleMania 26.

• Finishing moves
  • Watch Yo Face (Scissors kick)^[70] – 2009–present
  • Officer Nasty (Somersault leg drop)^[71][72] – 2011-present
• Signature moves
  • Bridging Northern Lights suplex^[73][74]
  • Corner slingshot back elbow
  • Corner sunset flip
  • Full nelson^[75]
  • Monkey flip^[76]
  • Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker^[77]

• Wrestlers managed
  • Elijah Burke^[4]
  • DJ Gabriel^[2]
  • Michelle McCool^[22]
  • Zack Ryder^[1]
  • Tamina
  • JTG

• Entrance themes
  • "Shake yo Tail" by Jim Johnston
  • "Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Party" by Jim Johnston^[78]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Women's Championship (1 time)^[a][1][5]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked her #17 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2010^[79]

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Divas Championship (1 time)^[42]

Footnotes[link]

^a Crawford's reign is not officially recognized by OVW.^[1][5]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alicia Fox

• WWE profile
• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Victoria Crawford at the Internet Movie Database
• CageMatch profile (German)

Gail Kim
Kim at an autograph signing in 2008.
Ring name(s)	Gail Kim La Felina[1]
Billed height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Billed weight	125 lb (57 kg)[2]
Born	(1977-02-20) February 20, 1977 (age 35)[1] Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Resides	Tampa, Florida[2]
Billed from	Tampa, Florida Toronto, Ontario, Canada Korea[2]
Trained by	Ron Hutchinson[1] Rob Etcheverria[1] Fit Finlay[2]
Debut	December 2000[2]
Website	http://www.thegailkim.com/

Gail Kim (born February 20, 1977)^[1] is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the current and longest reigning TNA Women's Knockout Champion. She is also known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she won the WWE Women's Championship in her first match.

She began her career wrestling as La Felina on the Canadian independent circuit, before joining WWE in 2002 as Gail Kim. In her WWE debut match, she won the WWE Women's Championship. 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 going on to become the inaugural TNA Women's Knockout Champion in October 2007. She later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, making her televised return in March 2009. She announced on August 5, 2011 that she had quit WWE via her Twitter account. The following October she returned to TNA.

Personal life[link]

Gail Kim was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on February 20, 1977. Kim majored in kinesiology at the University of Toronto before transferring to Ryerson University and changing her major to nutrition.^[1] Prior to signing with WWE, Kim undertook breast augmentation surgery. After signing, she had her implants enlarged. While performing for WWE, one of her implants ruptured, which resulted in her being sidelined for two weeks.^[3]

Kim married celebrity chef Robert Irvine May 10, 2012.^[4][5] The couple met on the set of Dinner: Impossible.^[6]

Professional wrestling career[link]

Canadian independent circuit (2000–2002)[link]

After obtaining her degree from Ryerson University, Kim decided to become a professional wrestler and joined Ron Hutchinson's "School of Pro Wrestling" in Toronto.^[7] She received supplementary training from Rob Etchevarria at the "Squared Circle Pro Wrestling Gym".^[1] She debuted in December 2000, wearing a mask and wrestling as "The Queen of the Cats" La Felina in the Southern Ontario-based Apocalypse Wrestling Federation. She, however, was eventually unmasked by Tracy Brooks in a "Mask versus Hair" match.^[7][8] Kim worked on the Canadian independent circuit for two years, wrestling for promotions such as Border City Wrestling.^[9]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2004)[link]

Kim was introduced to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) employee Nora Greenwald (known on-screen as Molly Holly) by Jason Sensation in 2001; Greenwald encouraged Kim to send her videos and tapes to WWF officials, which eventually led to her contract.^[3] In October 2002, she was hired by the WWF, now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).^[10] She spent eight months training in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and appearing in house shows and dark matches before being called up to the main roster.^[9] After several weeks of vignettes showcasing Matrix-like effects aired on Raw, Kim debuted on June 30 as a fan favorite, with a Matrix-inspired outfit.^[9]

Her first televised WWE match was a seven-woman battle royal in Buffalo, New York on the June 30, 2003 episode of Raw with the WWE Women's Championship, then held by an injured Jazz, on the line.^[9] Kim won the match by lastly eliminating Victoria.^[9] Kim held the title for four weeks, before losing it to Molly Holly on the July 28, 2003 episode of Raw.^[11] Subsequently, Kim formed an alliance with Holly to take on Trish Stratus, who was later assisted by Lita. At WWE's Unforgiven PPV event on September 21, 2003, Stratus and Lita defeated Kim and Holly in a tag match.^[12] The four women continued to feud until November, when Kim was sidelined with a broken right collarbone.^[3][10] Kim returned to Raw in April 2004 and immediately reforged her alliance with Holly.^[10] At WWE's Bad Blood PPV event on June 13, 2004, she faced Lita, Stratus, and Victoria in a Fatal Four-Way for the WWE Women's Championship, which was won by Stratus.^[13]

Kim participated in a battle royal on October 19, 2004 at WWE's Taboo Tuesday PPV event, which was won by Stratus.^[10] She, however, was released by WWE on November 3, 2004 as a result of cost cutting.^[10][14] Kim was caught off guard by her release and was told that management wanted to take the women's division in a new direction.^[3]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling[link]

America's Most Wanted (2005–2007)[link]

Kim during her time managing America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris [top] and James Storm [bottom])

Following her release and the expiration of her 90-day no-compete clause,^[3] Kim made sporadic appearances on the independent circuit, including at Michigan's All World Wrestling League and in Japan.^[15] She also competed in Korea and Mexico before being signed by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion on September 6, 2005.^[10][16] She made her TNA debut on the October 8, 2005 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact!, aligning herself with Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted (AMW) (Chris Harris and James Storm) and taking on the role of AMW's and Jarrett's manager.^[17] Kim made her in-ring debut on July 16, 2006 at TNA's Victory Road PPV event in a Six Man Mixed Tag Team match with AMW against A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Sirelda. However, her team ended up on the losing end of the contest.^[18] At TNA's Hard Justice PPV event on August 13, 2006, Kim defeated Sirelda in a standard wrestling match.^[19]

In early 2007 after the dissolution of AMW, Kim began a more active role as an in-ring competitor in TNA. This began with an on-screen feud with her former alliance, Storm, and his new manager Jacqueline. The first encounter between the group was on February 11, 2007 at TNA's Against All Odds PPV event in a Mixed Tag Team match, which Kim and her partner, Petey Williams, lost.^[20] On March 11, 2007 at TNA's Destination X PPV event, Storm and Jacqueline won a rematch against Williams and Kim in a Double Bullrope match.^[21] Kim went on to defeat Jacqueline in a Six Sides of Steel cage match on April 15, 2007 at TNA's Lockdown PPV event.^[22] Their feud came to an end on the May 3, 2007 episode of TNA Impact!, when Kim defeated Moore under street fight rules.^[23]

Singles competition (2007–2008)[link]

Kim during her time as a singles competitor in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

After the conclusion to her feud with Moore, Kim made two minor TNA PPV appearances before outlasting nine other competitors in a ten-woman gauntlet match to crown the first TNA Women's World Champion on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event.^[24][25][26] She made her first title defense on November 11 at TNA's Genesis PPV event; there she successfully retained the now renamed TNA Women's Knockout Championship by defeating Roxxi Laveaux, ODB, and Angel Williams.^[27] Kim then began a feud with Awesome Kong over the championship. Their first encounter occurred on December 2 at TNA's Turning Point PPV event, which resulted in Kim retaining due to a disqualification by Kong.^[28] On January 6, 2008 at TNA's Final Resolution PPV event, Kim defeated Kong in their second encounter to retain the championship under no disqualification rules.^[29] In their third and final encounter in the main event of the January 10 episode of TNA Impact!, Kong defeated Kim to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship.^[30]

During the January 24 episode of TNA Impact!, Kim was awarded the 2007 TNA Knockout of the Year award.^[31] Kim competed in a three way match on March 9 at TNA's Destination X PPV event against Kong and ODB, which Kong won.^[32] On April 13 at TNA's Lockdown PPV event, she teamed with ODB to defeat the team of Raisha Saeed and Kong in a tag team match.^[33] On May 11 at TNA's Sacrifice PPV event, Kim won a TNA Knockouts Makeover Battle Royal, which involved a battle royal and then a ladder match, to become new one contender TNA Women's Knockout Championship.^[34] Kim competed for the championship on the May 15 episode of TNA Impact!, however failed to win the title.^[35] At TNA's Slammiversary PPV event on June 8 Kim teamed with ODB and Roxxi to defeat The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) and Moose in a six woman tag team match.^[36] Kim defeated Love on July 13 at TNA's Victory Road PPV event.^[37] Kim then teamed with ODB and Taylor Wilde to defeat the team of Kong and The Beautiful People on August 10 at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event in her last TNA PPV match.^[38] Kim's final TNA match aired on the August 21 episode of TNA Impact! in a losing effort to Kong under street fight rules.^[39] Kim left TNA in mid-August 2008 after the terms of her contract expired.^[40]

Return to World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2008–2011)[link]

After her contract expired with TNA, Kim re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in late-2008.^[41] She made her return on the March 27 episode of SmackDown, when she interrupted a WWE Divas Championship match between Michelle McCool and Maryse by attacking both competitors.^[42] Kim made her in-ring return on the March 30 episode of Raw on the winning team of an 18-Diva tag team match.^[43] She made her first WrestleMania appearance when she 25-Diva Miss WrestleMania battle royal on April 5, 2009 at WWE's WrestleMania XXV.^[44] On the April 17 episode of SmackDown, Kim defeated then-Divas Champion Maryse.^[45] This earned her a championship match the following week, which she failed to win.^[46]

Kim at an autograph signing in Indianapolis, Indiana.

On the June 29 episode of Raw, Kim was traded to the Raw brand as part of a 15 wrestler tri-branded trade between Raw, SmackDown, and ECW.^[47] A few weeks later on the August 10 episode of Raw, she gained another Divas title shot by winning a Fatal 4-Way match, that also involved Beth Phoenix, Kelly Kelly, and Alicia Fox, to become number one contender.^[48] She was unsuccessful in winning the championship on the August 17 episode of Raw, when she faced then-champion Mickie James.^[49] At the Bragging Rights pay per-view on October 25, Kim, with Melina and Kelly Kelly, represented Raw in a losing effort to Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya, representing SmackDown.^[50] Kim was on the winning side of a five-on-five Survivor Series Elimination match on November 22 at the Survivor Series pay per-view.^[51]

In early 2010, a tournament was held for the newly vacated Divas Championship.^[52] Kim defeated Jillian Hall and Fox to make it to the finals, where she faced Maryse for the vacant title.^[53][54] The finals were held on the February 22 episode of Raw, which Maryse won to become the new champion.^[55] The finals were originally to be held on February 21 at the Elimination Chamber pay per-view,^[56] but the match was changed to the team of Maryse and Kim versus Team Lay-Cool (McCool and Layla), which was won by the latter thanks to Maryse abandoning Kim during the match.^[57] Kim was a part of the losing side of a 10-Diva tag team match at WWE's WrestleMania XXVI PPV event on March 28.^[58] At the Fatal 4-Way pay per-view on June 20 Kim challenged for the Divas Championship in a Fatal 4-Way match that also involved then-champion Eve, Maryse, and Fox; however, Fox won the contest.^[59]

In early 2011, Gail Kim became the on-screen girlfriend of Daniel Bryan and began accompanying him to the ring.^[60] At that time Bryan was managed by The Bella Twins and after they discovered Daniel Bryan kissing his new girlfriend, Gail Kim backstage, they assaulted her.^[61] On January 30 at the Royal Rumble, the Bella Twins once again assaulted Kim.^[62] On the following night on Raw, Gail was at ring side during Daniel Bryan's match against Tyson Kidd. After the match, the Bellas entered the ring, Nikki slapped Bryan and Gail attacked her.^[63]

On the August 1 episode of Raw, Kim participated in a Battle Royal to determine the number one contender for the Divas Championship, however, shortly after the match began, she eliminated herself. She later explained that WWE had instructed her to get herself eliminated from the match within the first minute, so she decided to take the easy way out and just eliminate herself.^[64] On August 5, Gail Kim announced on her Twitter page that she had quit the WWE following the incident.^[65] Kim later indicated that WWE did not grant her release, but would instead force her to stay with the promotion for the remainder of her contract.^[66] Kim's WWE.com profile was removed on September 30, indicating that she had officially left the company.^[67] Kim later stated in an interview with The Sun that she was not happy with her time in WWE due to feeling that she was being held back, while also vowing never to re-sign with the promotion.^[68]

Return to TNA Wrestling (2011–present)[link]

Kim returned to TNA on the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, attacking TNA Women's Knockout Champion Velvet Sky and aligning herself with Karen Jarrett and Madison Rayne, thus establishing herself as a villain.^[69][70] On the October 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Jarrett named Kim the number one contender to Sky's title, before she went on to defeat Tara in her first match back with the promotion.^[71] On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim and Rayne defeated TnT (Brooke Tessmacher and Tara) to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship.^[72] The following week they made their first title defense, defeating Mickie James and Velvet Sky.^[73] On November 13 at TNA's Turning Point PPV event, Kim defeated Velvet Sky to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship for the second time, making her a double champion.^[74] She made her first title defense on December 11 at TNA's Final Resolution PPV event, defeating Mickie James, following interference from Madison Rayne.^[75] On the December 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim retained her title against James following another interference from Rayne.^[76] On the January 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim and Rayne retained their tag team title against James and Traci Brooks.^[77] Three days later at Genesis, Kim defeated James via disqualification to retain the Women's Knockout Championship.^[78] On February 12 at Against All Odds, Kim successfully defended the Women's Knockout Championship against Tara in a match, during which Madison Rayne walked out on her Knockouts Tag Team Championship partner.^[79] On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Rayne won a battle royal to became the number one contender to Kim's TNA Women's Knockout Championship.^[80] In the following weeks, tension between Kim and Rayne began to be teased with the two negatively interfering in each other's matches.^[81][82] On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim and Rayne lost the Knockouts Tag Team Championship to Eric Young and ODB.^[83] On March 18 at Victory Road, Kim successfully defended the Women's Knockout Championship against Rayne.^[84] On the March 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim and Rayne reconciled and remained together as a team.^[85] On April 15 at Lockdown, Kim defeated Velvet Sky in a steel cage match, following a distraction from Rayne, to retain her title.^[86] On May 13 at Sacrifice, Kim defeated Brooke Tessmacher, pinning her with her feet on the ropes, for another successful title defense.^[87] On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim successfully defended her title against Tessmacher and Velvet Sky in a three-way match.^[88] On May 20, Kim became the longest reigning TNA Women's Knockout Champion in history by breaking Madison Rayne's previous record of 188 days.

Other media[link]

Kim posed topless for a cell phone ad campaign in South Korea.^[89] In 2007, Kim was listed on Forbes' top 40 list of "America's Most Eligible Bachelorettes".^[90] In 2009, Kim was a part of the cast of the independent psychological thriller entitled Royal Kill.^[1] On October 13, 2011, Gail Kim, along with The Miz, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, and Eve Torres appeared on a special WWE edition of Family BrainSurge.^[91]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Christo / Flying Dragon (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors armbar)^[2][92]
  • Eat Defeat (Inverted stomp facebreaker)^[93] – 2009–present
  • Happy Ending (Straight jacket neckbreaker)^[2] – TNA; used as a signature move in WWE
  • Hurricanrana pin^[2] – WWE; 2002–2004
  • Over the shoulder back to belly piledriver^[26][94] – TNA

• Signature moves
  • Diving leg drop^[2]
  • Dragon sleeper^[2]
  • Front missile dropkick^[2]
  • Over the shoulder single leg boston crab^[2]
  • Springboard arm drag^[2]
  • Toronto Slam (Double leg slam)^[2]

• Managers
  • Karen Jarrett^[72]
  • Madison Rayne^[86]

• Wrestlers managed
  • America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)^[10]
  • Molly Holly
  • Jeff Jarrett^[15]
  • Eve Torres^[15]
  • Daniel Bryan^[2]

• Entrance themes
  • "International Woman" by Dara Shindler (WWE; 2002–2004)^[95]
  • "Unstoppable" by Dale Oliver (TNA; 2005–2008, 2011)^[96]
  • "Strong and Sexy" by Jim Johnston (WWE; 2009–2011)^[97]
  • "Puppet on a String" by Dale Oliver^[98]