{"id":10925,"date":"2017-12-16T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T02:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2018-09-26T00:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T04:36:49","slug":"nzs-candy-lee-becomes-first-transgender-womens-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/12\/16\/nzs-candy-lee-becomes-first-transgender-womens-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NZ&#8217;s Candy Lee Becomes First Transgender Women&#8217;s Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>History was made in the pro wrestling world today at <strong>Impact Pro Wrestling: New Zealand<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>Nightmare Before Christmas<\/strong><\/em> show, when transgender wrestler<strong> Candy Lee<\/strong> defeated IPW:NZ Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Britenay<\/strong> to become the company&#8217;s new Women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2017\/11\/30\/the-championship-report-december-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Champion<\/a>. Candy Lee becomes the first transgender woman to win a major indie women&#8217;s title.<\/p>\n<h1>Candy Lee Becomes First Transgender Women&#8217;s Champion<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;&#8230;.&amp; your new Candylicious <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPW_NZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IPW_NZ<\/a> Women\u2019s Champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ANDNEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ANDNEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllSweetEverything?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AllSweetEverything<\/a> ????\u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDDwe9rlTH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cDDwe9rlTH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?Christmas Candy ?? (@CandidlyCandy_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CandidlyCandy_\/status\/942005328199131136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Candy Lee (real name Leilani Tominiko) is a 22-year old Samoan wrestler who trained at the IPW Training Academy, making her debut with Impact Pro Wrestling last October. While not the first transgender pro wrestler &#8211; American wrestler <strong>Amanda &#8220;The Blood Thirsty Vixen&#8221;<\/strong> debuted first in 2011 with <strong>American Wrestling Alliance (AWA)<\/strong> and in the UK, <strong>Harley Ryder<\/strong> made her debut in 2013. Amanda also won a title, winning the WILD Women&#8217;s Championship from Lucky O&#8217;Shea in 2011, in the now defunct <strong>World Independent Ladies Division (WILD)<\/strong> Wrestling promotion in California.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10929\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10929\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/12\/TG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/12\/TG.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/12\/TG-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: Amanda (Photo: Missouri Wrestling Revival); Harley Ryder (Photo: Harvey Hook\/Hot Spot Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nzherald.co.nz\/videos\/vb.34497296301\/10154763247536302<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Candy Lee: First transgender pro-wrestler in New Zealand\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piJJczedQTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History was made in the pro wrestling world today at Impact Pro Wrestling: New Zealand&#8216;s Nightmare Before Christmas show, when transgender wrestler Candy Lee defeated IPW:NZ Women&#8217;s Champion Britenay to become the company&#8217;s new Women&#8217;s Champion. 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