Kia Stevens
| Kia Stevens | |
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Stevens, as Amazing Kong, in September 2014
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| Birth name | Kia Michelle Stevens |
| Born |
September 4, 1977 Carson, California, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Amazing Kong Awesome Kong Kharma Margaret |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 272 lb (123 kg) |
| Billed from | Tokyo, Japan |
| Trained by | Noah Denker |
| Debut | October 20, 2002 |
Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She is also known by the ring name Amazing Kong and appeared in WWE as Kharma. She is a five-time Women's Champion, having won the TNA Knockouts Championship two times and the WWWA World Championship, NWA World Women's Championship, and AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Women's Championship once. Her success is not limited to singles wrestling, as she frequently teamed with Aja Kong to form the tag team W Kong who held tag team championships in four different promotions, along with winning the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship with Hamada. She was also ranked first in the inaugural list of Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 50 Females and is the third woman to enter the WWE Royal Rumble match.
She began her professional wrestling career in 2002 after appearing on a reality television show. She primarily wrestled in Japan for the first five years of her career, holding numerous championships there. In 2006 she began wrestling in her native United States again, appearing on the independent circuit before appearing on national television with TNA Wrestling where she was a driving force in the foundation of their Knockouts division.
Joanie Laurer, known during her WWF career as Chyna, and Trish Stratus served as Stevens' primary inspirations to become a professional wrestler. In 2002, Stevens appeared on the Discovery Health Body Challenge as a contestant trying to lose weight in hopes of becoming a professional wrestler. Afterward, Stevens trained at the School of Hard Knocks out of San Bernardino, California. Soon, she was able to have her first professional match in the Empire Wrestling Federation.
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