The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from New Zealand
This page contains a list of the greatest New Zealander Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,027 Wrestlers, 2 of which were born in New Zealand. This makes New Zealand the birth place of the 49th most number of Wrestlers behind Tajikistan, and Lithuania.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary New Zealander Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous New Zealander Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Dakota Kai (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 38.53, Dakota Kai is the most famous New Zealander Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Cheree Georgina Crowley (born 6 May 1988) is a New Zealand professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Dakota Kai, and is a member of Damage CTRL. Crowley is a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Iyo Sky. She is also known for her time in NXT, where she won the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and is a former two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. Prior to her signing with WWE, Crowley wrestled under the ring name Evie, and appeared for Impact Pro Wrestling (IPW) in her native New Zealand, Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance (PWA) in Australia, American promotions Shimmer Women Athletes and Shine Wrestling, as well as Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Zero1 and World Wonder Ring Stardom.
2. Toni Storm (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 25.17, Toni Storm is the 2nd most famous New Zealander Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by the ring name Toni Storm, is a New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler. As of March 2022, she is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a record-tying three-time former AEW Women's World Champion. She also previously competed with the epithet "Timeless" Toni Storm. Prior to signing with AEW, Rossall worked for WWE, where she was an NXT UK Women's Champion. Rossall first gained attention in WWE from her 2017 and 2018 performances in the Mae Young Classic tournament. She progressed to the tournament's semi-finals in 2017 and won it in 2018 at Evolution, WWE's first all-female PPV. She then performed on the NXT UK, NXT, and SmackDown brands before her release in 2021. Beyond WWE, she has held various world championships from other promotions in other countries, such as the World of Stardom Championship and the SWA World Championship for a record-setting reign of 612 days, both in the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, the Progress Women's Championship in the British promotion Progress Wrestling, and the wXw Women's Championship twice in the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).
3. Yondonperenlein Baskhüü (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 0.00, Yondonperenlein Baskhüü is the 3rd most famous New Zealander Wrestler. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Yondonperenlein Baskhüü (Mongolian: Ёндонпэрэнлэйн Басхүү; born 1 October 1993) is a Mongolian judoka. Yondonperenlein won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Judo Championships. He competed in the men's 66 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, he won one of the bronze medals in his event. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as New Zealander wrestlers born between 1988 and 1995. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living New Zealander wrestlers include Dakota Kai, Toni Storm, and Yondonperenlein Baskhüü. As of April 2024, 1 new New Zealander wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Yondonperenlein Baskhüü.
Living New Zealander Wrestlers
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Dakota Kai
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.53
Toni Storm
1995 - Present
HPI: 25.17
Yondonperenlein Baskhüü
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
