A Chaotic Theory: What Will The Future Hold For Awesome Kong?

by Chad

For awhile now Awesome Kong has been a pillar in the TNA Knockouts division. She is one main reason why the Knockout division gained so much popularity.  She has dominated the division like no other Knockout has.  And she has also opened the doors for a change in women’s wrestling. She broke the Vince McMahon ‘Diva’ mold, and became a very popular superstar through sheer strength and talent.  But now that TNA and Awesome Kong has had a fallen out, what will happen next for her?

Awesome Kong debuted on TNA’s October 11, 2007 edition of  iMPACT! and defeated Gail Kim. And for years to come she would play an influential role in the growth and development of TNA’s Knockout division.  Awesome Kong’s appearance on iMPACT! marked a huge event for women’s professional wrestling. The hype that was built around her was not because of her talent unfortunately, because she is very good at what she does, but because of her, well, awesome size.  The wrestling world was used to seeing what Vince McMahon and the WWE Universe brought to the table. Images of dainty, cute, prissy female “wrestlers” would plaster our televisions whenever the WWE would mention the word ‘Diva’. A bouncy, blonde, female “wrestler” would “fight” another bouncy, blonde, female “wrestler” and they would call that a match. A couple slaps here, a kick here and 1…2…3! ‘Ladies and Gentlemen we have a winner!’ What!?  Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think all of the women in WWE’s Diva division are talentless, but that’s for a different column.

The smartest thing that TNA has done for their Knockout division was debut a wrestler like Awesome Kong.  By revolutionizing the way the world looked at female wrestlers, it opened our eyes to a whole new experience.  For the first time we got to see ‘real’ women walk to the ring, with the pure intent to maim and hurt someone.  Not fluttering down like a butterfly, with cameras flashing in their face.  We would get to see them get into the ring and square off with another ‘real’ wrestler and actually expect to see a good match.  As a fan of female wrestling, my only hopes before TNA’s Knockout division, to see an outstanding match between two women, was surfing on the web or YouTube.com for some indie shows.  But now with the help of Awesome Kong and many other talented female stars like, ODB, Sarita, Hamada and now Tara, we all get to experience it at least once a week.

But what happens now? In case you have missed what has been going on behind the scenes at TNA, please allow me to fill you in.  Awesome Kong and Hulk Hogan’s right-hand man, Bubba the “Lovesponge”, got into some sort of altercation. The rumors go back and forth about what it was they were fighting over. Apparently, Bubba had some rather unpleasant things to say about the Haitian relief efforts, and Kong, a big supporter and fundraiser for the relief effort, took strong offense to what he had to say. Words were said, someone got hit (Bubba) and the drama began. Since Bubba and Hogan are two peas in a pod, it obviously didn’t sit well with him that his friend was just punched in the face by a wrestler, let alone a female wrestler. And since Awesome Kong has been there building up the Knockout’s division way before Bubba and his ‘Lovesponge’, it didn’t sit well with her either.

Awesome Kong has asked for her release from TNA.  Again there are conflicting reports as to say whether they will release her from her contract or not.  A couple of weeks ago, many top rated online wrestling magazines, reported that TNA has released her from her contract. And now reports are coming back that TNA may not have released her, as a matter of fact Tara, reported to an article than Awesome Kong has not been released from her contract. As of today, Awesome Kong, remains on the TNA roster and they have not released any statements as to her departure from the company.

It is only a matter of time before TNA doesn’t have a choice but to release Awesome Kong. Rumors have already reported that she has refused to go across seas and wrestle for the company, hence the reason why she is no longer one half of the TNA Knockout Tag-Team Champions.  So if and when TNA release’s Kong from her contract, where will she go? I think if the WWE has any interest in her and if she does make the jump, then Vince McMahon wouldn’t know what to do with her. I see a lot of her matches in the WWE will be matches against men. I see a lot of Awesome Kong escorting male wrestlers to the ring. It would be a whole new ‘Chyna’ syndrome. He just wouldn’t take advantage of her star potential and she would get lost in the WWE crowd. So, if not the WWE, then where? The best bet, in my opinion, would be for Awesome Kong to go back to Japan and continue to make a legitimate name for her. Maybe she could team back up with her old partner, Aja Kong, and bring back the Double Kongs. While I am a huge fan of Awesome Kong, and would love to see her back on my TV every week. I don’t think it would be a wise move for her to head to the WWE.

But who knows what will happen in this crazy wrestling world that we all love.  Maybe we all might be surprised and TNA and Awesome Kong will come to an agreement.  But the most likely scenario, is that we say goodbye to one of the best Knockouts ever, at least for now.  But then again, that’s just my chaotic theory!