Gail Kim Net Worth

What Is Gail Kim's Net Worth?

Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler who has a net worth of $800 thousand.

Gail Kim is widely regarded as one of the most influential female performers of her generation. She first gained national attention in 2002 when she debuted in WWE and won the WWE Women's Championship in her very first televised match, a battle royal on "Monday Night Raw." Although her initial run with the company was relatively short, the victory immediately established her as a rising star in women's wrestling.

Kim later found her greatest success in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she became the centerpiece of the company's Knockouts division. Between 2007 and the mid-2010s, she won the TNA Knockouts Championship multiple times and was widely praised for helping elevate the level of women's wrestling in North America. Her matches against performers such as Awesome Kong, Tara, and Angelina Love were frequently highlighted as some of the best women's matches of the era.

Known for her athletic style, technical ability, and storytelling in the ring, Kim became one of the most respected female wrestlers in the industry. After retiring from active competition, she transitioned into a backstage role with Impact Wrestling, where she has served as a producer and executive helping develop the company's women's division.

Early Life

Gail Kim was born on February 20, 1977, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Kim attended York Memorial Collegiate Institute, then she studied kinesiology at the University of Toronto. She later transferred to Ryerson University, where she majored in nutrition.

Career

After graduating from college, Kim decided to pursue a career as a professional wrestler and began training at  Ron Hutchison's School of Pro Wrestling. She also trained at the Squared Circle Pro Wrestling Gym with Rob Etchevarria. She made her debut in December 2000, wrestling in a mask under the name La Felina, "The Queen of the Cats," with Apocalypse Wrestling Federation. Gail spent two years wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit, and in 2001, she sent videos to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) at the suggestion of WWF employee Nora Greenwald (aka Molly Holly). By the time she signed with the organization in October 2002, it had changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Kim trained with WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), for eight months before she was called up to the main roster. She debuted in June 2003 in a Matrix-inspired outfit, won the WWE Women's Championship, and quickly became a fan favorite. Kim broke her collarbone in November 2003 and returned to "WWE Raw" in April 2004. She was released from WWE in November 2004 due to cost-cutting, then she made appearances with Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Series Wrestling (WSW).

In September 2005, Gail signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (which was later renamed Impact Wrestling). She worked with the organization from 2005 to 2008 and from 2011 to 2025, winning seven TNA / Impact Knockouts Championships and one TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship. Kim returned to WWE from 2008 to 2011, and in 2021, they included her on the "WWE Top 50 Female Superstars" list. In 2018, she became a producer and agent for Impact Wrestling. She was fired from the organization in March 2025. Gail also appeared in the 2009 film "Royal Kill" and competed on the reality shows "The Amazing Race Canada" (2023) and "The Traitors Canada" (2024). On "The Amazing Race Canada," she paired up with fellow wrestler Gisele Shaw, and they were the first pair to be eliminated from the competition. On "The Traitors Canada," she was "murdered" in episode nine. Kim has been featured in the video games "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010" and "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011." Gail served as a producer on "NWA EmPowerrr" and "Impact! Plus: Knockouts Knockdown" in 2021, and she has appeared on television programs such as "Vixens Who Rule" (2015) and "Love" (2018).

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Personal Life

Gail met celebrity chef / Food Network personality Robert Irvine on the set of his show "Dinner: Impossible," and the couple married on May 11, 2012. The wedding was documented in an episode of "Restaurant: Impossible," and the couple appeared in an episode of the Food Network series "Guy's Family Road Trip." Kim is stepmother to Robert's two daughters from his previous marriage. Gail became an American citizen in October 2017, and she holds dual citizenship between the U.S. and Canada.

Accomplishments

With Apocalypse Wrestling Federation, Kim was named Diva of the Year in 2001 and won the ABC Women's Championship one time. She also won an IWR Diamond Championship with the Imperial Wrestling Revolution and one WWE Women's Championship. The Baltimore Sun named Gail its Woman of the Year in 2007, and she won a Women's Wrestling Award from the Cauliflower Alley Club in 2015. She received Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Stanley Weston Award in 2024, and in 2012, the publication ranked her #1 on its list of the "PWI Female 50." With Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling, Kim won seven TNA / Impact Knockouts Championships and one TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship (with Madison Rayne), and she was named Queen of the Knockouts in 2013. She won the award for Knockout of the Year in 2007, and she earned the TNA Year End Award one time. Gail was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025.

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