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Gail Kim confirms Xia Zhao signed with TNA Wrestling

Posted: Oct 10th 2024 By: Andrew Thompson

As TNA producer Gail Kim was partaking in a virtual signing for K & S WrestleFest, she spoke about Xia Zhao a.k.a. Lei Ying Lee’s arrival to TNA Wrestling. Kim confirmed that Zhao is signed to TNA. She said Zhao’s debut for the promotion exceeded her expectations and while discussing Zhao’s release from WWE, Kim said everyone she’s spoken to at the company has spoken highly of Xia.

Xia’s great. She’s with us… Yes, yep (Xia Zhao signed with TNA). I’m really excited for her. She’s such a hard worker. She’s so passionate and just experiencing that first match with TNA with us because that’s all she’s had so far, was just really nice. She actually exceeded my expectations. What a presence… I think a lot of people were surprised that she was let go (by WWE). That’s just kind of the conversations I’ve had and everyone, everyone I’ve talked to in WWE speaks so highly — from office to talent — everyone speaks highly of her… Yeah, she can (kick your ass). She’s doing an MMA thing, she’s doing wrestling. I mean, just, what a woman.

Elsewhere in the signing, Kim expressed that it’d be a ‘dream come true’ for A.J. Styles to make his return to TNA. She feels it’d be fitting for him to do something with the promotion. Kim stated that they still love him and hold him on a pedestal there.

That would be, honestly, a dream come true (for A.J. Styles to return to TNA) and it doesn’t even sound like an impossible thing because we do have a relationship right now so, you know what? I think it would only be fitting if he got to do something…I hope that he does something because he’s just such a special part of TNA’s history. Like, literally, was the face of TNA for so long and we all still love him and put him on a pedestal and just adore him.