12 Wrestlers Who Did Their BEST Work In TNA & IMPACT
4. Gail Kim
If you only know Gail Kim from her numerous WWE runs, then you don’t really know Gail Kim. In fact, her time in WWE is arguably best remembered for a match she played no part in, a battle royal that she couldn’t care for and thus decided to immediately eliminate herself. It was one of the finest pieces of insubordination in modern WWE history. A few days later, Kim announced that she was done with the company.
If this is all you remember about Gail Kim then the time has come for reeducation. In TNA, Gail Kim was a trailblazer, the most important individual in the women’s wrestling revolution that went on to become such a vital aspect of today’s WWE. Kim was the inaugural TNA Knockouts Champion, and her series of title matches with Awesome Kong went a long way to changing the perception of women’s wrestling at a time when the form was all but dead.
Kim’s first TNA run was hugely influential but it was arguably topped by her second, a tenure that brought a further six Knockouts Championships and a place in the TNA Hall of Fame, the first female to be inducted. Hers is an influential and important career, one that amounts to much more than kissing Daniel Bryan and eliminating herself from the opportunity to face Kelly Kelly.