WRESTLERS from New Zealand

Top 2

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 (1988 - )

With an HPI of 32.29, Dakota Kai is the most famous New Zealander Wrestler.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Cheree Georgina Crowley (born May 6, 1988) is a New Zealand professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Dakota Kai, where she is a member of Damage CTRL. She 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 (1995 - )

With an HPI of 23.29, Toni Storm is the 2nd most famous New Zealander Wrestler.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by the ring name Toni Storm, is a New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she currently performs with the epithet "Timeless" Toni Storm. She is the current AEW Women's World Champion in her record-tying third reign, and is a former member of The Outcasts. Rossall previously worked for WWE where she was a former one-time 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 performed in Japanese promotion Stardom, where she held the World of Stardom Championship. She also held Stardom's SWA World Championship for a record-setting reign of 612 days. In the British promotion Progress Wrestling, she held the Progress Women's Championship. In the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), she held the wXw Women's Championship twice.