The Most Famous

WRESTLERS from New Zealand

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This page contains a list of the greatest New Zealander Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,027 Wrestlers, 3 of which were born in New Zealand. This makes New Zealand the birth place of the 49th most number of Wrestlers behind Argentina, and Czechia.

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.

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1. Dakota Kai (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 49.08, Dakota Kai is the most famous New Zealander Wrestler.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.

Cheree Georgina "Charlie" Crowley (born 6 May 1988) is a New Zealand professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in the WWE, where she performed under the ring name Dakota Kai. Prior to her signing with WWE, Crowley performed 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. Crowley signed with WWE in 2015, began adopting the ring name Dakota Kai and participated in the Mae Young Classic. She was then assigned to the NXT brand, where she became the inaugural winner of the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and the inaugural and two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion alongside Raquel Gonzalez. Crowley was released from WWE in April 2022, but returned to the company in July of that year and joined the main roster, where she became part of the stable Damage CTRL. As part of the stable, she became a two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Iyo Sky. Crowley was once again released from WWE in May 2025.

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2. Toni Storm (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 36.58, Toni Storm is the 2nd most famous New Zealander Wrestler.  Her biography has been translated into 20 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 performs as "Timeless" Toni Storm and is the reigning AEW Women's World Champion in her record-setting fourth reign. Rossall first gained attention in WWE, winning the Mae Young Classic tournament in 2018 at WWE's first all-female pay-per-view, Evolution. She became a one-time NXT UK Women's Champion performed on the NXT UK, NXT, and SmackDown brands before requesting her release in 2021. Rossall has held various world championships from other promotions around the world, such as the World of Stardom Championship and 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).

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3. Yondonperenlein Baskhüü (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 30.77, Yondonperenlein Baskhüü is the 3rd most famous New Zealander Wrestler.  His biography has been translated into 9 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, 3 new New Zealander wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Dakota Kai, Toni Storm, and Yondonperenlein Baskhüü.

Living New Zealander Wrestlers

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