Masha Slamovich
Quick Facts
Biography
Ann Khozine (Russian: Анна Хозина, Anna Khozina; born 18 June 1998) is a Russian-American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Masha Slamovich. She is currently signed to Impact Wrestling where she is one half of the current Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champions with Killer Kelly in their first reign and the current wXw Women's Champion in her first reign.
Early life
Ann Khozine was born in Moscow, Russia, and has dual U.S. and Russian citizenship. Khozine began training as a professional wrestler at age 16, training under Johnny Rodz. In 2021, she earned a degree in criminal justice.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2016–present)
In 2016, Khozine made her in-ring debut in Japan, wrestling on an independent women's professional wrestling show under the ring name Skinripper. In February 2020, she returned to Japan and trained in the Marvelous Dojo under Chigusa Nagayo.
In 2019, Slamovich debuted for the Russian Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF), later returning to the promotion in 2022. She lost to Ivan Markov in an intergender match at IWF Strike 119, which aired on 10 February 2022.
On 3 December 2021, Slamovich made her debut for Expect The Unexpected Wrestling (ETU), being defeated by Billie Starkz. On 9 September 2022, she competed in a one night, ten wrestler tournament to crown the first ever ETU Keys To The East Champion. The tournament also included Mike Bailey, Akira, Alec Price, Gabriel Skye, Brandon Kirk, Scoot Andrews, Danny Demanto, Marcus Mathers, and Matt Tremont. Masha defeated Brandon Kirk in the first round, followed by a victory over Mike Bailey in the semi-finals. Slamovich defeated Marcus Mathers in the tournament final to be crowned the inaugural champion.
On 2 January 2023 at Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)'s 56 Nights, Slamovich defeated Cole Radrick, later that night she won a "Do or Die" battle royal match to become the No. 1 contender for the GCW World Championship. On 17 March, Slamovich defeated Nick Gage at Eye for an Eye to win the title, becoming the first female in the company's history to do so. On 4 June, Slamovich successfully defended the GCW World Championship against Rina Yamashita at Cage of Survival 2, but then lost it to Blake Christian on the same night.
Impact Wrestling
Championship pursuits (2019–2023)
Slamovich made her first appearance for Impact Wrestling during the 14 June 2019 episode of Impact! where she lost to Havok. She also appeared on the 29 June episode of Xplosion where she was defeated by Jordynne Grace. Slamovich made her return to Impact Wrestling on 17 September 2021, during the Knockouts Knockdown event, where she unsuccessfully challenged Deonna Purrazzo, who was the AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and Impact Knockouts World Champion at the time, in a non-title match. After impressing Impact Wrestling officials, Hall of Famer Gail Kim came out after the match in an unaired segment and offered Slamovich a contract with the promotion.
Throughout the first half of 2022, Slamovich went on an undefeated streak as she defeated various jobbers as well as contracted Knockouts such as Alisha and Havok. On the 1 September episode of Impact!, in the main event match, Slamovich defeated Deonna Purrazzo to become the No. 1 contender for the Impact Knockouts World Championship, which was held by Jordynne Grace. Slamovich challenged Grace for the title on 7 October at Bound for Glory, but was unsuccessful, thus ending her winning streak.
On 13 January 2023, at Hard To Kill, Slamovich defeated Deonna Purrazzo, Killer Kelly, and Taylor Wilde in a four-way match to become the #1 contender for the Impact Knockouts World Championship. On 24 February, at No Surrender, Slamovich challenged Mickie James for the Knockouts World Championship, but was unsuccessful. On 16 April at Rebellion, Slamovich fought for Team Bully and lost a 10-wrestler Hardcore War against Team Dreamer.
MK Ultra (2023–present)
On the May 11 episode of Impact!, Slamovich pinned Killer Kelly in a match while trapped in the latter's Killer Clutch submission, though Kelly refused to release the hold afterwards. Some weeks later on May 25 and into Under Siege, the two were found to be brawling throughout the crowd, with a chain being used as a weapon by both women. On June 9 at Against All Odds, Slamovich defeated Kelly in a dog collar match. Slamovich turned face and joined forces with Kelly on June 22 episode of Impact!.
On July 15 at Slammiversary, Slamovich and Kelly who are now known as MK Ultra, defeated The Coven (KiLynn King Taylor Wilde) for the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.
Championships and accomplishments
- AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined
- AAW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Combat Fights Unlimited
- CFU Undisputed Championship (1 time, current)
- ESPN
- Ranked No. 27 of the 30 best Pro Wrestlers Under 30 in 2023
- Expect The Unexpected Wrestling
- ETU Keys To The East Championship (1 time, current)
- ETU Keys To The East Championship Tournament (2022)
- Fight Life Pro Wrestling
- Fight Life World Championship (1 time, current)
- Game Changer Wrestling
- GCW World Championship (1 time)
- Do or Die Battle Royal (2023)
- Global Syndicate Wrestling
- GSW Women's World Championship (1 time, current)
- GSW Soul of Syndicate Championship (1 time)
- Impact Wrestling
- Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Killer Kelly
- Impact Year End Awards (1 time)
- Knockouts Tag Team of the Year (2023) with Killer Kelly
- Lucha Memes
- Battle of Coacalco (2022)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 14 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2022
- Ranked No. 15 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2023
- Sports Illustrated
- Ranked No. 10 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2022
- Top Talent Wrestling
- TTW Championship (1 time)
- Victory Pro Wrestling
- VPW Women's Championship (1 time)
- West Coast Pro Wrestling
- West Coast Pro Women's Championship (1 time)
- Queen of Indies (2023)
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- wXw Women's Championship (1 time, final)