Gail Kim Reflects on Career and Teases New Project

Gail Kim, the TNA Hall of Famer and former WWE wrestler, shared reflections on her career and future plans in recent interviews, revealing a new wrestling-related project set for announcement in the new year while expressing no regrets about her path in the industry.

Kim, who last competed in the ring during a 10-woman Knockouts tag team match in TNA in 2023, has not wrestled regularly since retiring in 2017. She returned briefly for that match, her first since a 2019 singles bout against Tessa Blanchard, and served as a producer for TNA from 2018 until her departure earlier this year. In discussions with Jackpot City Casino and the Toronto Sun, Kim described the physical and emotional toll that led to her retirement. She recalled feeling invincible in her 20s and early 30s but noticing a shift in her final years active. "Right at the very end, in the last couple years, I would watch, say, the monitor of someone else wrestling and I go, 'Oh' grimaces and I'd react like I felt the pain," she said. "I was like, 'Why am I reacting like that? I never had that reaction before.'"

That empathy for others' pain became a red flag, signaling her body's limits after years of high-impact...