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Best of Diva Dirt Interviews Vol. 1: Awesome Kong, Lilian Garcia & Maria Kanellis

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Diva Dirt has had the chance to sit down with some of the most popular and most talented females in the wrestling industry over the past couple of years. Producing high quality, lengthy audio interviews with your favourite women of wrestling has been our forte and we’ve delivered some pretty darn great ones!

As both Allison Danger and Kristin Astara are taking a well deserved break this week from their audio shows, we thought we’d take a look back at some of our best audio interviews! Perhaps you haven’t heard them before or are just new to Diva Dirt? Even if you have heard them, it’s always fun to listen again.

Here’s Volume 1 of our best interviews…

Awesome Kong

Conducted in April 2010, we had the opportunity to chat with Kong in one of her first post-TNA interviews. This interview took place just a week before the former Knockouts Champion made her return to Ring of Honor in May against Sara Del Rey. As feared as a competitor she may be, we can attest that Kong is one of the most genuinely friendly and polite people in the industry, as you’ll be able to tell from our chat!

In fact, we had such a good time with Kong that we invited her back a few weeks later for the Women of Wrestling Podcast too.


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Lucha Libre USA (July 30, 2010): Enter Kong

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The wait is over! At last, the unstoppable force of nature known as Awesome Kong is back on our television screens. Tonight is her debut on MTV2’s Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors. Will the team of Chi Chi & Tigresa Caliente (former TNA Knockout Rhaka Khan) be able to overcome Mini Park and Kong? Watch and see…

Out first is the Fabulous Chi Chi (sporting a pink feather boa, pink tiger-striped pants, and pink stars on his chest as well as a pink wig) with his partner in crime Tigresa Caliente, who is dressed to kill in a tiger striped outfit and half a tiger mask. This woman is fierce and I don’t even care that Tyra Banks may’ve overused that word. Its the only word that describes how utterly awesome Tigresa looks. Not gonna lie, I was a fan of hers in TNA because of how exotic, beautiful and fit she was. She had presence and I’m thrilled to see her here. The two enter to Lady GaGa’s “Bad Romance” – you can never go wrong with GaGa. But apparently these two have no idea who Mini Park’s partner is. They’re in for a shock…

Out comes Mini Park to a rendition of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” in a black ensemble with a skeleton’s outline on the front and back. He grooves his way to the ring. After he takes off his jacket, Chi Chi and Tigresa decide not to wait for his partner. They grab hands and attempt a double clothesline. Park ducks and scrambles to the outside, ducking under the ring. Chi Chi follows while Tigresa positions herself on the outside, waiting eagerly for Park to emerge so she can get her claws in him. Chi Chi’s got someone’s leg under the ring and is pulling for all he’s worth!

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Results from Chikarasaurus Rex (July 25th, 2010): Kong & Saeed Reunite!

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Former TNA Knockouts, Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed reunited just moments ago at CHIKARA’s Chikarasaurus Rex event at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Diva Soup‘s Eric is in attendance and sent us these live results: Sara Del Rey & Daizee Haze def. Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed It is interesting to note that before the … Read more

Kong to Challenge WSU Champion Mercedes Martinez at EVOLVE

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WSU Champion, Mercedes Martinez has yet another high profile match on the horizon. As well as facing Mickie James in a couple of weeks, Martinez has now been booked against Awesome Kong on September 11th for the WSU Championship at EVOLVE. The longest reigning & defending champion in all of womens wrestling today, WSU World … Read more

ROH Results from Collinsville, IL (July 23rd, 2010): Kong & Del Rey Main Event

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Awesome Kong made her ROH return last night in Collinsville, IL main eventing the show with her recent rival, Sara Del Rey, in a six person tag team match. Results below: Jay Briscoe, teaming with Mark Briscoe and Amazing Kong, gets the pin on Chris Hero, who teamed with Claudio Castagnoli and Sara Del Ray. … Read more

Lucha Libre USA Starring Kong Premieres This Saturday

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Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors, MTV2’s new wrestling show, premieres this Saturday at 10pm ET. The show features Awesome Kong in her return to national television along with fellow former Knockout, Rhaka Khan. Our Twitter friend, Reby Sky is also on the show as host/ring announcer. Tune in on Saturday at 10pm ET on MTV2. … Read more

Kong Returning to SHIMMER in September

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Former TNA Knockout, Awesome Kong will be returning to SHIMMER in September, the company announced today. Read the press release below: SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to add Amazing Kong to the announced list of wrestlers who will be a part of our September DVD tapings at the Eagles Club in Berwyn, IL. Kong … Read more

Kong vs Danger Results from RWC Last Night

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Two friends of Diva Dirt did battle last night in Fayetteville, North Carolina for Ring Wars Carolina. Former Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong defeated ‘Untitled’ host and RWC FLOW Champion [that’s Women’s Champion to you and I], Allison Danger in a non-title bout. Kong pinned Danger after hitting the implant buster. Scandinavian Sweetheart, Mia Svensson was … Read more

Kong Speaks on Betsy Ruth Comparisons

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When TNA signed newcomer Betsy Ruth two weeks ago, many saw it as a move to replace the recently departured former Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong. Speaking on the Women of Wrestling Podcast, Kong speaks on the comparisons between the two: “She [Betsy] is a lovely person, lovely girl. She has great skill. Just because we … Read more

More Awesome Kong/ROH Dates Set

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Following her incredibly successful re-debut to Ring of Honor in New York earlier this month, Awesome Kong will be returning to action for the company in July this year, as first revealed on the Women of Wrestling Podcast. Kong will be in action on July 23rd in Colinsville, Illinois and on July 24th in Chicago … Read more

Women of Wrestling Podcast Episode 7 with Awesome Kong

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Yes, listeners, it’s not that long since Kong was here on Diva Dirt for an interview, but please join us now for “Amazing Kong 2: Electric Boogaloo”, as the Women of Wrestling Podcast delves further into the former multiple time women’s champion Amazing Kong. Yes, we said Amazing Kong. Hear for yourself Kong’s thoughts on … Read more

Guest Blog: ‘Why WWE Needs Awesome Kong’ by John Canton

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Having listened to the Awesome Kong interview here at Diva Dirt and read a recent radio recap from her, one thing is perfectly clear to me: Awesome Kong wants to work for World Wrestling Entertainment. She’s not outright campaigning for it, but if you listen to her, you can tell she’s interested. The question is, does WWE have the same interest? I have no idea. The thing is, they definitely should and I’ll be happy to tell you why.

By signing Awesome Kong, WWE would be breaking the mold of what they believe a WWE Diva should be. Look at the women they have under employment. More than half of them had little or no wrestling experience before they were signed by the company. Awesome Kong is not like that. Kong started wrestling eight years ago, she had a lot of success working in Japan and then made a name for herself in 2007 with TNA. Anybody that saw her work with Gail Kim in TNA could see immediately how much talent she had. I had never seen her before that feud and it took my breath away. They told an amazing story by simply having Kong dominate due to her size while Kim came back with her athleticism. A lot of people took notice of her after that feud and it turned out they were a ratings draws too. Kong was unlike anything we’ve seen in American women’s wrestling.

The majority of the WWE Divas are also thin. We all know how shallow the WWE writing team can be if they feel somebody isn’t thin enough. They call them fat. They insult. They act like a bunch of eight year old kids on the playground. Awesome Kong is not thin. She’s a physical force standing in at 5’11” and 270 pounds. When she walks into a room, you notice her.

How do you bring her in? Easy. As a heel monster. On either brand. The easiest story to tell in professional wrestling will always be the bigger wrestler versus the smaller wrestler. The backstory doesn’t even matter. Let the picture do the talking. Big person = mean, small person = heroic. Easy. Done. A five year old kid can understand just as well as a seventy-five year old senior could. Let’s look at the easy way to bring her in on both Raw and SmackDown.

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Bubba the Love Sponge Fired Following Kong Tirade

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Following a tirade against former TNA Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong on Wednesday during a radio appearance, TNA has terminated the services of Bubba the Love Sponge, real name Todd Clem. The announcement was made via the company’s Twitter page just moments ago. They wrote: “Effective immediately, TNA Wrestling has elected to terminate the services of … Read more

Exclusive: Awesome Kong on TNA Departure, ROH Return, Bubba, Praise from Stone Cold & More

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As one of the most prominent TNA Knockouts of the past several years, Awesome Kong‘s departure from TNA in March was saddening yet controversial. Following a well-documented backstage incident with Bubba the Love Sponge in January, Kong’s TNA future had been in doubt. With her release granted, Kong is looking forward to many new projects … Read more

Bubba the Love Sponge Ambushes Kong on Radio Show

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Former TNA Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong was ambushed yesterday during a radio appearance by Bubba the Love Sponge. Kong was doing an interview with The Cowhead Show when Bubba appeared out of nowhere, beginning a scathing attack on Kong. It became apparent that Bubba and the show’s host, Mike Calta, were in on the ruse … Read more

Two Hall of Famers Want Kong in WWE

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WWE Hall of Famers, Jim Ross and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin have tweeted their desire to see Awesome Kong in WWE. Kong met both the legends last week at the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion in Las Vegas. JR writes: “Met Awesome Kong @ CAC. What an opponent for Beth Phoenix or Nattie Neidhart, among other … Read more

No Kong at SHIMMER

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Former Knockouts Champion and SHIMMER mainstay, Awesome Kong will not be part of this weekend’s SHIMMER festivities for the first time in some years. There had been some speculation to that effect after SHIMMER began announcing talents with no sign of Kong, but there had been hope that she would be a last minute announcement … Read more

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