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| Personal information | |
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| Born | Deborah Killian (1971-03-10)March 10, 1971 (age 54)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
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| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 143 lb (65 kg)[1] |
| Trained by | Boris Malenko |
| Debut | 1990[1] |
Deborah Killian[1] (born March 10, 1971), known under the ring nameDebbie Malenko, is an Americanprofessional wrestler. She is best known for her work injoshi puroresu organizations such asAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.[1]
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Malenko was trained byBoris Malenko in her home state of Florida. In 1990 she made her debut in Florida working for Professional Wrestling Federation.
Malenko signed with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling in 1991. She feuded withKyoko Inoue. On August 31, 1991 Malenko lost to Inoue for the vacatedIWA World Women's Championship.
On January 5, 1992, Malenko andSakie Hasegawa won theAJW Tag Team Championship defeatingMariko Yoshida andTakako Inoue. They dropped the titles back to Yoshida and Inoue. Also in 1992 they worked in various Japanese promotions and in Mexico forConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.[1]
Malenko won theAJW Championship defeatingKaoru Ito on February 10, 1993. During her title regain she feuded withAja Kong andTerri Powers. Her active wrestling career ended suddenly when she injured her right ankle in a tag with Sakie Hasegawa againstManami Toyota andToshiyo Yamada on March 11, 1993. During the match Toyota did a plancha (dive) from the top rope to the outside landing on them. Malenko fell awkwardly backwards and her knee and ankle twisted snapping her leg right above the ankle. She vacated the AJW Championship and retired.[3][4]
Originally in 1999, Malenko was supposed to make a in-ring return whenNational Wrestling Alliance was supposed to have a women's pay-per-view event. However, it never happened.[3]
On November 25, 2001, Malenko had her first match in 8 years facing against Bionic J atARSION Carinval ARSION 2001. The match ended in a draw.[1]
On November 19, 2017, Malenko wrestled at Mariko Yoshida's retirement show in Tokyo, teaming with Kaoru Ito andJaguar Yokota and losing to Yoshida, Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue.[5]
On August 9, 2021 it was announced that Malenko will participant in the NWA Women's Invitational Cup AtNWA EmPowerrr.[6] Her first match back was in the battle royal at NWA EmPowerrr which was won byChelsea Green.[7] On October 9, Malenko won a battle royal at 50 years old at Twisted Wrestling in Port Charlotte, Florida.
On April 15, 2022, Malenko wrestled againstMasha Slamovich at West Coast Pro Wrestling's Pro Game Related event in San Francisco, California. Slamovich won the match.[8]
