Aja Kong
That Wrestling Wench
English - March 03, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWrestling Sports History wrestling womenswrestling professionalwrestling aew wwe impact Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Aja Kong is a Japanese wrestler who's career spans almost four decades. Alexa discusses her childhood and family, and how wrestling became important to her at such an early age. To look at the career of Aja Kong is to look at the evolution of women's wrestling. She along with some of her comrades, changed wrestling for the better. Still wrestling today, she continues to stir people out of their seats, and make them scream her name.
Sources:
An Encyclopedia of Women’s Wrestling by LaToya Ferguson
[https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2021/02/03/aja-kong-racism/]
https://prowrestlingpost.com/aja-kong-japans-female-vader/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TygtDOkTyw
Sisterhood the Squared Circle by Pat Laprade
Way of the Blade by Phil Schneider