History Wrestling / KiaStevens

She was also known for playing Tamme "Welfare Queen" Dawson on ''Series/GLOW2017'', and her last wrestling role was with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. She announced her retirement in 2021. However, Stevens has been announced as returning for what is likely a one-off appearance, working a 10-woman tag match as Awesome Kong on September 9, 2023 at Impact 1000, the 1000th episode of ''Impact!''

She was also known for playing Tamme "Welfare Queen" Dawson on ''Series/GLOW2017'', and her last wrestling role was with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. She announced her retirement in 2021. However, she has been announced as returning for what is likely a one-off appearance, working a 10-woman tag match on September 9, 2023 at Impact 1000, the 1000th episode of ''Impact!''

She was also known for playing Tamme "Welfare Queen" Dawson on ''Series/GLOW2017'', and her last wrestling role was with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. She announced her retirement in 2021.

She was also known for playing Tamme "Welfare Queen" Dawson on Series/GLOW2017, and her last wrestling role was with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. She announced her retirement in 2021.

** When she made her WWE debut, seemed to be focusing on the {{Heel}} Divas. In other words, Kharma's [[LaserGuidedKarma biting them in the ass]] '''HARD'''. WWE has been criticized in the past for giving some of its talent roster names that are goofy, strange, or just plain ''bad,'' with the notorious "Braden Walker" being considered a lowlight. Many people were pleasantly surprised when word got out that WWE had trademarked the name "Kharma," which was generally agreed to be [[AwesomeMcCoolName pretty damn cool]].

* ActionMom: {{Subverted|Trope}}. She left WWE due to an overdue pregnancy and made her return less than one month after giving birth, becoming the third woman ever to participate in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble. However, she later revealed the baby [[TearJerker didn't survive the birth]].

* IHaveTheHighGround: Used a diving senton to win the AWA World Women's title after several amazing presses failed to put away then champion Nanae Takahashi.

* NiceHat: Standard issue All-Star Squad tiny top hat, tilted.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Her "sleeper giant swing" (spinning around while holding someone in a sleeper hold, then letting go)

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent
** Awesome Kong arrived out of nowhere and {{squash| match}}ed TNA knockout champion Gail Kim, {{no sell}}ing all of her offense and terrifying all the other knockouts who had either lost to or had to cheat to beat Gail.
** Wrestling/{{WSU}}'s "Boy Diva" Rick Cataldo and Roxxie Cotton had gotten together backstage and announced their intentions to avenge their losses suffered at the hands of Amy Lee, then came out into the ring to prove how formidable they could be against a "mystery" opponent. Cue Awesome Kong squashing them both and becoming Amy Lee's next challenge.
** In WWE, the main feud saw the "Divas Of Doom" Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Wrestling/{{Natalya| Neidhart}} against the rest of the roster for allegedly being effeminate Barbie Dolls, divas champion Kelly Kelly in particular. The secondary feud saw former champions Wrestling/{{Laycool}} at each other's throats. At the end of the secondary feud, Kharma arrived, sent Michelle [=McCool=] off with authority, and displaced Beth and Natalya as Kelly's biggest concern.

* MulticoloredHair: Most of her braids are black, but several of them are yellow and some of them are white. On her 2015 return to TNA, she sported red braids similar in shade to Havok's red strands.

Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977), better known under her ring names, Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma, is an American professional wrestler and actress. She was trained by Jesse Hernandez in the states and had her first match in the Empire Wrestling Federation before making her debut in Japan under the name Amazing Kong after further training from Kumiko Maekawa in the AJWP dojo. She has wrestled for various promotions such as Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{WWE}} and Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. Among her MANY achievements, she is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wm.html TNA Knockouts Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wt.html TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion]] with (Ayako) Hamada, a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wm.html NWA World Women's Champion]], a 1x (women's) WORLD-1 North American Champion and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/hustle/hustle-t.html HUSTLE Super Tag Team Champion]] as Margarete with Erica (Wrestling/AjaKong.)

Last seen playing Tamme "Welfare Queen" Dawson on Series/GLOW2017, as well as initially appearing with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/GailKim in TNA, their feud eventually becoming the focal point of the company's "knockout" division. Wrestling/TaylorWilde after Gail Kim departed for WWE.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Stevens The Other Wiki]] has a good writeup about her career.

Currently playing Tamme "Welfare Queen" Dawson on Series/GLOW2017.

** Via TNA, D'Angelo Dinero calling her the Tenth Wonder of the World is a reference to Wrestling/AndreTheGiant and Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, two other wrestlers known for being physical titans relative to their competition, being dubbed the Eighth and Ninth Wonders respectively over the course of their careers. Also a bit of an unintentional snub of Wrestling/ZackRyder, who was already once called the Tenth Wonder by Wrestling/JohnCena, but [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers that was in reference to him getting himself over against all odds]] and never caught on as a RedBaron.

* FunnyAfro: Has been seen in Afro puffs. [[AfroAssKicker They didn't seem to adversely affect her anymore than her usual choice.]]

Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977 in Carson, UsefulNotes/{{California}}), better known under her ring names, Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma, is an American professional wrestler and actress. She was trained by Jesse Hernandez in the states and had her first match in the Empire Wrestling Federation before making her debut in Japan under the name Amazing Kong after further training from Kumiko Maekawa in the AJWP dojo. She has wrestled for various promotions such as Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{WWE}} and Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. Among her MANY achievements, she is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wm.html TNA Knockouts Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wt.html TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion]] with (Ayako) Hamada, a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wm.html NWA World Women's Champion]], a 1x (women's) WORLD-1 North American Champion and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/hustle/hustle-t.html HUSTLE Super Tag Team Champion]] as Margarete with Erica (Wrestling/AjaKong.)

** Amy Lee often passed out in matches with Awesome Kong. The second time this happened in WSU, Kong was going to hit Lee with a chair but she fell over, causing the chair to bounce on the ropes the chair back on Kong's own head, leaving them both down.

** Amazing Kong was to be featured in Japanese game show but was politely asked to leave the set after busting open a contestant. She was supposed to backhand him (a la Masahiro Chono) but hit a little too hard.

* EnemyMine: With Wrestling/AngelinaLove in SHINE due to Valkyrie. The second thing she did was upon returning to TNA was lay out the Beautiful People and DJ Z of the [=BroMans=](back to business as usual) Then with Gail Kim in TNA after Marti Belle and Jade prevented Awesome Kong from becoming Knockout champion again, though Kim tried to reason with "Dollhouse" first.

* KickTheDog: She's beaten up [=LuFisto=] quite a few times, but possibly the biggest and definitely most unnecessary insult Amazing Kong gave "The Super Hardcore Anime" was using [[CompanionCube Peegaboo]] to scratch her butt. Incidentally, that was one of the few matches [=LuFisto=] didn't lose(they broke even) and lead to a triple threat match where Kong would suffer her first pin fall loss in SHIMMER (to [=MsChif=] but she had been worn down by [=LuFisto=] first.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong enough to slam people larger than herself, and can [[DeathFromAbove do splashes and dropkicks from the second rope!]] Also running high cross bodies, as Roxxi Laveaux found out.

Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977 in Carson, UsefulNotes/{{California}}), better known under her ring names, Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma, is an American professional wrestler and actress. She was trained by Jesse Hernandez in the states and had her first match in the Empire Wrestling Federation before making her debut in Japan under the name Amazing Kong after further training from Kumiko Maekawa in the AJWP dojo. She has wrestled for various promotions such as Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}} and Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. Among her MANY achievements, she is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wm.html TNA Knockouts Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wt.html TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion]] with (Ayako) Hamada, a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wm.html NWA World Women's Champion]], a 1x (women's) WORLD-1 North American Champion and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/hustle/hustle-t.html HUSTLE Super Tag Team Champion]] as Margarete with Erica (Wrestling/AjaKong.)

* FinishingMove: A modified King Kong Buster, not officially named on WWE television but known in Wrestling/{{TNA}} as the [[MeaningfulName Implant Buster]]. Also the Awesome/Amazing Bomb, a sit-out powerbomb (similar to the one used by Wrestling/MikeAwesome). Though if WWE '12 and WWE '13 are to be believed, they fully intended to keep the Implant Buster's name during her run with the company.

** (in Wrestling/{{TNA}}): The Kongtourage, with Rhaka Khan, [[Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa Raisha Saeed]] and Sojourner Bolt.

** However, her most frequent and successful team was Double(or W) Kong, with Aja Kong. They also teamed up in Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}} as Erica[[note]]Aja Kong's real name is Erika Shishido[[/note]] and Margarete, doing a comedy gimmick as girly-girl babyfaces.

* FriendOrIdolDecision: Decided to save Solo Darling from Valkyrie rather than continue to fight Radiant Rain for the SHINE title (though at the time, [[MisplacedRetribution Solo was more the friend of a friend out of Valkyrie's reach]]).