KiLynn King crosses the line.
KiLynn King announced that she has signed a contract with IMPACT Wrestling. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"There's been a lot of buzz on social media, 'is she going to sign anywhere? Who is she going to sign with?' The biggest thing I've been preaching is, guys, I already know what's going to happen, I've manifested it, it's just a matter of who is going to step up and offer that deal. IMPACT did, and I'm very excited. I'm in love with their product, I love the character work that goes on there, and I'm excited to be a part of that and see how KiLynn King grows through the IMPACT product. It's going to be a great time," King told Steve Fall of WrestlingNewsCo.
King competed at the December 2022 IMPACT tapings, facing Taylor Wilde and Gisele Shaw.
"I've been trying to get work there for awhile, and Tommy Dreamer and Gail Kim were big advocates for me there. In December, I had the opportunity to work with them for the first time. A week or two after, I got a call saying, 'Hey, we want to offer you something.' The moment I got there, the backstage atmosphere is amazing. Everyone is so uplifting and encouraging. They want the best product out there. That's the kind of locker room I want to be in. As soon as I got the phone call, my gut, immediately, was like, 'You're going to do this. This is the next step,'" she said.
When asked what made her want to sign with IMPACT, King said, "The moment I worked with them and the moment the contract was in the works and the talks, the idea of who I was, wasn't a question. Sometimes, you go places and the thing you've been building over the years on the independents and everything, people are like, 'that's great, but we want you to do this.' The moment they talked to me about 'We want to take the King franchise and want to figure out how to make it work in IMPACT.' That was the thing for me because I have been working for the last two years on how to make KiLynn King, the King, really standout in this generation. They were really on board with that. There is a lot of amazing character work that goes on there. For the longest time, I've just been 'wrestling, wrestling, wrestling,' and now I get to dive more into that character work and my acting skills. I'm very excited for that process."
Along with wrestling for IMPACT, King has been regularaly featured on AEW programming since 2020. She's also competed for the NWA and various independent companies.
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