Kimberly Benson (born May 13, 1991) is a Scottish professional wrestler best known under the ring name Viper. She is the current Artist of Stardom Champion with Io Shirai and HZK. Benson has also competed in WWE's Mae Young Classic as Piper Niven.
Video Viper (wrestler)
Personal life
Benson was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Maps Viper (wrestler)
Professional wrestling career
Benson made her professional wrestling debut in 2009 at the age of 16 with the Scottish Wrestling Alliance. She the moved to Japan wrestle in the Japanese Wonder Ring Stardom. In 2015 Benson became the first Women's ICW World Champion
Benson under the name Piper Niven, competed in WWE's Mae Young Classic. She defeated Santana Garrett in the first round and Serena Deeb in the second round, before being defeated by Toni Storm in the third round.
In 2017 she returned to Scotland and trains at Glasgow Pro Wrestling Asylum, whilst being part of the Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) promotion.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Piper-Driver / Viper-Driver (Michinoku Driver II)
- Signature moves
- Big splash
- Cannonball
- Running crossbody, sometimes to a seated opponent
- Snakebite (Electric chair facebuster)
- Viper Bomb (Corner slingshot splash)
- Nicknames
- "The Vixen of Violence"
- "The Babe of Brutality/The Babe of Battery"
- "Megaton Barbie"
- "Mrs. DCT"
Championships and accomplishments
- Alpha Omega Wrestling
- AOW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW Women's Title Tournament (2015)
- Scottish Women's Championship (1 time)
- ICW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 37 of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017
- Scottish Wrestling Entertainment
- SWE Future Division Championship (1 time)
- Showcase Pro Wrestling
- Caledonian Cup (2014)
- World Wide Wrestling League
- W3L Women's Championship (1 time)
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- Artist of Stardom Championship (1 time, current) - with HZK and Io Shirai
References
External links
- Viper on WWE.com
- Viper on Twitter
- Viper on Facebook
- Viper on Instagram
- Viper's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
Source of the article : Wikipedia