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Lauren Ireland | |
![]() Ireland at an autograph signing in 2008 | |
Ring name(s) | Lauren Ireland La Felina |
Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Billed weight | 125 lb (57 kg) |
Born | February 20, 1977 (age 34) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Resides | Tampa, Florida |
Billed from | Tampa, Florida Toronto, Ontario, Canada Korea |
Trained by | Ron Hutchinson Rob Etcheverria Finlay |
Debut | December 2000 |
Lauren Ireland (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian]] professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the currently one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Victoria Lehr. She is also known for working with International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE).
She began her career wrestling as La Felina on the Canadian independent circuit, before joining IWE in 2002 as Lauren Ireland. In her IWE debut match, she won the IWE Women's Championship. After being released by IWE in 2004, Ireland joined TNA in September 2005. There, she joined the tag team America's Most Wanted as their valet. After the dissolution of the group, Ireland performed as a singles wrestler, eventually going on to become the inaugural TNA Women's Knockout Champion in October 2007. She later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, making her televised return in March 2009. She announced on August 5, 2011 that she had quit IWE via her Twitter account. The following October she returned to TNA.
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Personal life
Professional wrestling career
Canadian independent circuit
International Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2004)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
America's Most Wanted (2005–2007)
- Main article: America's Most Wanted
Singles competition; Knockout Champion (2007–2008)
Return to International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE (2008–2011)
SmackDown (2009)
Raw (2009–2011)
Return to TNA Wrestling (2011–present)
Kim returned to TNA on the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, attacking new TNA Women's Knockout Champion Velvet Sky and aligning herself with Cassie Jarrett and Victoria Lehr, thus establishing herself as a heel. The following week, Jarrett named Ireland the number one contender to Sky's title, before she went on to defeat Courtney Savoie in her TNA return match. On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ireland and Lehr defeated [[Brooke Tessmacher|Tara Tessmacher and Courtney Savoie to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, following a distraction by Cassie Jarrett. On November 13 at Turning Point, Ireland defeated Velvet Sky--with help from Jarrett and Lehr--to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship, making her a double champion.
This marks Ireland's second Knockouts Title, and third major singles title overall. She is the second Knockout to hold both the Knockouts and Knockouts Tag Team Championships at the same time (the first being Victoria Lehr, who happens to be Ireland's partner)
Knockout Champion and Tag Team Champion (2011–2012)
Feud with Taryn Terrell and Velvet Sky (2013–present)
Other media
In wrestling
Championships and accomplishments
- Apocalypse Wrestling Federation
- Diva of the Year (2001)
- Funking Conservatory
- FC Women's Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #3 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008