Awesome Kong

Kia Stevens
Kia Stevens
Born	September 4, 1977 (age 47); Carson, California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Amazing Kong; Awesome Kong (TNA); Margaret (HUSTLE)
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	300 lb (140 kg; 21 st)
Billed from	Japan
Trained by	Inoki L.S. Dojo
Debut	October 20 2002

Kia Stevens^[1] (born September 4 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by her ring names Amazing Kong and Awesome Kong, who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, SHIMMER, NWA, and various independent promotions in the United States and Japan. She is a former TNA Women's Champion and NWA World Women's Champion, . She is also been a World Champion in AWA Superstars of Wrestling and All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.

Career

Stevens trained in Japan in the veteran women's wrestling promotion, All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). Stevens debuted as the Amazing Kong 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.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007-Present)

Stevens signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling,^[2] 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 10 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 Gail 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 Gail Kim via disqualification, breaking her undefeated streak.

At Final Resolution Kong suffered her first pinfall loss in a No Disqualification match for the TNA Women's Championship against Kim, who pinned her with a School-girl. On the January 10 episode of Impact!, Awesome Kong defeated Kim to win the Women's Championship with an unknown woman wearing a burkha accompanying her to the ring.^[3] The woman, who was later named Raisha Saeed, has been by her side ever since. Kong defeated Kim, O.D.B and Roxxi to retain the title in subsesquent weeks. At Destination X 2008 Kong defeated O.D.B. and Gail Kim in a Triple Threat match to retain the TNA Women's Knockout Championship. At Lockdown 2008 Kong and Raisha Saeed lost at tag team match to Gail Kim and O.D.B. when Saeed was pinned by O.D.B.

On the May 1 2008 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 Awesome Kong teamed with B.G. James, but they lost to A.J. Styles and Super Eric when Styles rolled BG James up. The following Thursday on TNA 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 (aka Crazy Mimi from Team 3-D's wrestling school) from Erie, Pennsylvania. She defeated the young lady after a devastating Awesome Bomb. On the May 29th taping of TNA, Kong defeated Leva Bates, delivering the same fateful powerbomb that she delivered to the young woman the week before. The June 5th taping would see the challenge accepted by Women's Extreme Wrestling wrestlers, Amber O'Neal, Becky Bayless and Daffney. Daffney would eventually get into the ring, but fell victim to Kong's Awesome Bomb. At TNA Slammiversary, Kong was challenged by OVW regulars Serena Deeb and Josie Robinson, but subsequently defeated both in consecutive matches. Kong was also challenged by Taylor Wilde on Impact! and defeated her but Wylde took her to the limit during the match, using a steel chair that Raisha Saeed introduced. On the June 26 edition of Impact! 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, 2008 Wilde defeated Kong to win the $25,000 Challenge and the TNA Women's Champioship.