Kris Wolf
Kris Wolf | |
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Birth name | Kristina Hernandez |
Born |
Chicago, U.S. | August 12, 1984
Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
Professional wrestling career | |
Billed height | 5 ft (150 cm) |
Billed weight | 110 lb (50 kg) |
Trained by |
Fuka Kakimoto Nanae Takahashi Io Shirai |
Debut | 2014 |
Kris Hernandez[1] (born August 12, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, photographer, voiceover talent, and YouTube personality better known by the ring name Kris Wolf. She currently wrestles for World Wonder Ring Stardom as a founding member of the Oedo Tai stable. She is the first foreigner to train from scratch within a Japanese company and enter women's professional wrestling in Japan.
Originally she worked as a freelance photographer in San Francisco, California, USA. She wanted to become a wrestler after living a year and a half in Japan and seeing a Stardom match on YouTube.
She was trained by Fuka Kakimoto and debuted August 10, 2014, in a 3-way match with Reo Hazuki and Koguma.
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2014-present)
On 10 August, 2014, Wolf made her debut match at World Wonder Ring Stardom in a losing effort against Reo Hazuki and Koguma in a triple threat match.
References
- http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/kris-wolf-funny-promo-stardom/
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-wrestling-idUSKCN0X40PK
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/japan-s-female-pro-wrestlers-blur-the-lines-between-decorum-and-brutality-1.3525184
- http://www.businessinsider.sg/images-of-womens-wrestling-in-japan-2016-4/
- http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/04/professional-womens-wrestling-in-japan/477357/
- http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gaijinpot/gpod/e/gpod-27-professional-female-wrestling-with-kris-wolf-39507085
- http://totallycoolpix.com/magazine/2016/04/the-world-of-japanese-female-wrestling
- http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2016/04/08/The-flying-samurai-sisters
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/multimedia/women-wrestlers-take-centre-ring-in-japan/article29556888/