Updated Jan.25,2006 19:48 KST

Ethnic Korea Pro-Wrestler to Slink into Old Country
La Felina, the cat, is how the Korean-Canadian pro wrestler Gail Kim is known to fans of the knockabout entertainment. Kim, who holds the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Women's Championship title, is scheduled to ˇ°competeˇ± in a World Professional Wrestling Championship match sponsored by the New Korea Professional Wrestling Association (NKPWA) on Feb. 10, in celebration of the opening of the Gwangmyeong Dome Stadium in Gyeonggi Province.

Gail Kim is now active as a member of the Total Nonstop Action (TNA) that purports to be a real-action professional wrestling promotion. With her outstanding technique and powerful skills, Kim is also remarkably voluptuous for a pro wrestler, hence earning her nickname. One of only a handful of Asian women now active in U.S. pro wrestling, she is constantly being pestered to bare all for the camera, and she has indeed produced a nude collection for mobile phones.

Kim is among a squadron of world-famous pro wrestlers who will descend on Korea for the match, including TNA champion A.J. Styles, and 2-m tall and 130 kg heavy Lance Hoyt, nicknamed the Nuclear Bomb. Another noticeable contestant is Lee Soo-yeon who, as a former fighter, participated in the K-1 Korea MAX as a ˇ°K-1 girl." Now active in Mexico, Lee is expected to show a new aspect of her charm in professional wrestling.

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