Leilani Kai

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Leilani Kai
Birth namePatty Seymour[1]
Born (1957-01-23) January 23, 1957 (age 67)[2]
Tampa, Florida, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Leilani Kai
Patty Stone Grinder
Billed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Billed weight162 lb (73 kg)
Billed fromHawaii
Trained byThe Fabulous Moolah[4]
Debut1975[3]

Patty Seymour

LPWA Tag Team Championship
once.

In her later career, Kai returned briefly to the WWF in 1994, challenging for the Women's Championship at WrestleMania X. She also wrestled for World Championship Wrestling under the name Patty Stonegrinder and held the NWA World Women's Championship.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1975–1985)

Seymour was trained by The Fabulous Moolah in 1975 right after she finished high school.[3] She was originally from Florida, but because Moolah thought she looked a little bit Hawaiian, Seymour was given the ring name Leilani Kai,[5] as in the Hawaiian language Leilani translates to "heavenly flowers" and Kai to "ocean water".[2] Her fellow wrestlers also bestowed upon her the nickname "The Hawaiian Princess" during her early career.[3] Four weeks after beginning her training, Moolah sent her on a two-week tour of Alaska.[1] Over the next few years she worked for promotions throughout the United States, including in Oklahoma, Minnesota, California, and New York.[1] It was in 1979 in North Carolina, that Kai first began working with Judy Martin, who would be her future tag team partner.[1][6]

World Wrestling Federation (1985–1989)

Women's Champion (1985)

See also:
Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection

On July 23, 1984,

WrestleMania one month later.[9] These matches were part of the WWF's "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection", an era that combined both music and professional wrestling.[7][9]

The Glamour Girls (1985–1989)

Main article: The Glamour Girls

Kai was then paired with Judy Martin, and the duo won the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship from the champions Velvet McIntyre and Desiree Petersen in Egypt in August 1985, although this match's existence has been disputed.[6][10][11] Meanwhile, in August 1986, Kai traveled to Japan where she won All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's All Pacific Championship from Chigusa Nagayo, whom she also lost the title to in April 1987.[11]

In November 1987, Kai and Martin became known as

two out of three falls match at the first Royal Rumble event in 1988, with the Jumping Bomb Angels capturing the gold.[6] Kai and Martin recaptured the title months later in June 1988 before the belts were once again abandoned in 1989 when the company lost interest in the women's division.[6]

Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (1990–1991)

The Glamour Girls then surfaced in the newly formed

Superladies Showdown in 1992.[14] The title was abandoned when the promotion closed.[13]

Late career (1991–present)

Kai returned to the WWF on March 20, 1994, at

Madusa.[17]

Kai traded the NWA Mid-Atlantic Women's Championship with Strawberry Fields in 2000, holding the belt a total of three times.[13] In the summer of 2002, Kai challenged Lexie Fyfe for the Professional Girl Wrestling Association's (PGWA) championship in Branson, Missouri and won the belt.[18] In 2002, however, Pippa L'Vinn defeated her for the title.[19]

On March 12, 2003, she defeated Madison to win the NWA World Women's Championship in a dark match on a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view.[13][18] She defended the belt at the NWA 55th Anniversary Show against AJ Sparx in October 2003.[20] She was later stripped of the title by NWA President Bill Behrens on June 19, 2004, after Kai no-showed several events.[21]

After becoming less active in the ring, she also began training female wrestlers, including Amber O'Neal.[22] She also served as a trainer for the California-based Women of Wrestling.[1]

On September 5, 2013, it was announced that Kai will debut at Pro Wrestling Syndicate Bombshells against Sumie Sakai on September 28 in Iselin, NJ.

On May 31, 2014, Kai appeared on West Coast Wrestling Connection, slapping Kylie Sutton for allegedly implying that she was old. The following week, Kai was scheduled to face Sutton in a match. After refusing to participate, she forced her manager Jonny Fairplay to take her place. Sutton won the match by DQ after Kai entered the ring and attacked her, before referees pulled her off.

Personal life

In addition to wrestling, Seymour has trained with nunchucks for at least two years.[3] She also rides motorcycles, deep sea fishes, and hunts wild boar.[3] Seymour previously owned an apartment in Hawaii.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Monneyham, Mike (July 7, 2013). "'Moolah's Girls' made mark on wrestling world". The Post and Courier. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9781773050140
    – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Leilani Kai". GLORY Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  4. ^ Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.111.
  5. ^ Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.145.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Johnson, Steven (August 8, 2007). "Return of a "Glamour Girl"". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ a b c Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s, p.105
  8. ^ Corliss, Richard (April 15, 1985). "Hype! Hell Raising! Hulk Hogan!". Time. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  9. ^ a b Banks, Bill (February 1999). "Fantasy Warefare [sic]: Sable vs. Wendi Richter". Raw Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2008-12-21. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Nevada, Vance (June 30, 2005). "Results for Velvet McIntyre". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2008-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^
    ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. Information also available at Solie's Title Histories
    .
  12. ^ a b Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s, p.164
  13. ^ a b c d e "Title History". LeilaniKai.com. 2003. Archived from the original on December 6, 2003. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  14. ^ Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (2000). Super Ladies Showdown: 1 (DVD).
  15. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  16. ^ "WCW Worldwide: October 20, 1996". Blog of Doom. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  17. ^ "Nitro results 1999". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Explosion in Nashville!". LadySports. 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  19. ^ "Pippa L'Vinn to Face Nikki Roxx in England". GLORY Wrestling. April 12, 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  20. ^ Schramm, Chris (October 15, 2003). "NWA 55th anniversary show shines". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original
    on January 18, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  22. ^ "Amber O'Neal". Lethal Women of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  23. ^ "World Women's Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com.
  24. ^ "PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME MOVING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO TEXAS". PWInsider. November 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  25. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
    .

References

External links

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