{"id":3899,"date":"2015-11-22T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=3899"},"modified":"2015-11-22T18:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:14:38","slug":"report-awesome-kong-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/22\/report-awesome-kong-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Report &#8211; Awesome Kong retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2227160993\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Japanese women&#8217;s promotion\u00a0SEAdLINNNG is reporting that Awesome Kong (Kia Stevens) is retiring from wrestling. Stevens has not confirmed independently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snapwidget.com\/v\/1123942324951934427\" target=\"_blank\">The promotion announced<\/a> that Kong pulled out of an upcoming show due to &#8220;poor health&#8221; and the decision to retire from active competition.<\/p>\n<p>SEAdLINNNG&#8217;s owner, Nanae Takahashi, said she was &#8220;very surprised because it was such a sudden thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both Takahashi and top women&#8217;s wrestler\u00a0Ayako Hamada\u00a0stated that they are sorry for situation, as this was a sudden announcement, but they wish the best for Stevens at this time.<\/p>\n<p>[ Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PuroresuSpirit.net\" target=\"_blank\">PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ARE YOU\u00a0VISITING OUR\u00a0SISTER WEBSITE, \u00a0<a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PWPODCASTS.COM<\/a>?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>Written summaries of pro wrestling\u2019s most popular celebrity-hosted podcasts. 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