Basic Info:
Age: 29
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Weight: 175 lb
Height: 5’8”
Alignment: Face
Nationality: American
Epithet: "The Super Kitty" / "The Paragon of Pro Wrestling" / Kat Hart
Entrance Music:
(She began to use this special version of her tag theme's theme song as solo entrance music after it was used during The SWAT Cat's entrance at We Are LAW 5)
Twitter: @RealSuperKitty
Appearances and Attires:
Previous Matches/Encounters with her many rivals (not all of these are canon):
Wrestling Career, and History:
Before Wrestling
Kat was born in the Americas in the midwest to a modest family and grew up an only child. She didn't become a wrestling fan until she was in her early teens. But prior to this, she had always gravitated towards physical hobbies: afterschool soccer, martial arts, basketball, swimming, and so on, much to the dismay of Mr. and Mrs. Hart, who preferred that she focus on school. Katherine simply didn't have the interest. Instead of growing up to be a lawyer or a nurse, she focused on fostering friendships with boys and girls at school and finding rivals on the track, field, mats, or wherever it was she was training at the time. In the 9th grade, she had begun going out with her first crush, a boy who was a huge wrestling buff. Diving into her collection of old DVDs and tapes of classic matches and wrestling events helped her develop a love for the sport of pro wrestling that she never knew she had. She went through what her parents hoped would be a phase, asking to go to wrestling shows, meet the athletes and folks behind the scenes, and learn what she could about the business as a fan, all the way up until she was old enough to go to college.
Early Wrestling Career
Kat began her career when she turned 18, juggling wrestling school and college courses to the best of her ability, and quitting school 2 years in, after getting her associate's degree in philosophy (with a concentration on Ethics and Social Philosophy). The entire time she studied the sport both inside and outside the ring. When she wasn't at wrestling school swapping slams and chops with the coaches and the other trainees, she could be found watching matches on youtube on her phone or laptop. She sought to follow in the footsteps of the greats that she looked up to. Legends like Bret Hart, El Santo, Tiger Mask, Manami Toyota, The Jumping Bomb Angels, and more. Like many of her favorite success stories in the biz, Katherine chose to bet on herself and made the decision to wrestle and train full-time. She put in 40 hours a week at wrestling school for the better part of a year and a half before being recognized there in her spars and chosen to wrestle in the local/neighboring territories on the independent scene.
Having sized Katherine up to be ahead of the pack when it came to wrestlers of similar age/experience at this point, the head coach intentionally let the managers/bookers at her first wrestling promotion pair her up against local talent and lower card names. These circumstances facilitated rousing success for the earliest legs of Kat's career, earning her convincing victories, a fan following, and allowing her the chance to work her way up the card to a mid-card title opportunity. Despite being underestimated in this small-time local promotion, Kat's outgoing, altruistic nature helped her hit it off with all but the most bitter of opponents. She showed up early and stayed late, every day, paying her dues wherever she could. Whether it was lending an ear, buying lunch for the interviewers or refs, or standing up for a fellow rookie, Kat's personality and hardworking attitude saw to it that within just a few months, she'd win tag and midcard titles there before taking on the task of traveling to other states to encounter similar success in other C-list promotions on the independent wrestling scene.
Kat would get her first big break at 20 years old when she joined a third wrestling company. It was a major national wrestling promotion, and a place that helped Kat really kickstart her career through televised matches and contact with bigger names in the States. It took her a little over a year to try to climb the mountaintop there. And along the way, Hart would find the support of a manager who would become her lifelong friend: Mina Diaz. Mina acted as a manager and an agent for Kat, overseeing her growth at this company while making sure she could still attend events and make dates at the two smaller/local wrestling federations. Mina's representation of Kat backstage enabled matches and opportunities that would eventually lead to Hart winning a world title at her first major international wrestling promotion while still holding titles at the smaller promotions closer to home. Having become a recognizable name, she looked towards her manager Mrs. Diaz to figure out her next career move. And following her advice, Kat would move further south, down to Northern Mexico to explore a style of wrestling she had always adored: lucha-libre.
Katherine would take the same approach in Mexico. She'd visit multiple schools to train and adjust before signing with two major wrestling promotions there. It was her time in Mexico that really helped her hone a wrestling style that she could call her own. She developed a technical powerhouse style, but could still fly around the ring when she needed to. Some knew her as the woman of a thousand moves and counters.
The nickname "Kat" saw her get pigeonholed into a cat wrestling gimmick when she decided to grow closer to the culture by donning a mask of her own. Luckily enough, this gimmick took off, particularly with children and young adults. Her storied matches and bouts at the height of her career in Mexico inspired several aspects of her wrestling career that Katherine maintains to this very day. Her never-say-die attitude, her persistence, and her credibility as a top face earned her the nickname "Super Kitty". A name that any stadium she walked into would cheer upon her arrival. Her theme song, "Back2Back" was specifically requested by a group of fans at an autograph signing, who felt it was fitting because of her "back to back" victories during her winning streak at the time. Once she was established at both lucha libre promotions, Kat would make every effort to engage and give back, wrestling charity matches, doing commercials, attending events at toy stores and libraries, and whatever she could to leave a positive impact and expose more people to the beauty of professional wrestling.
This positivity extended to coworkers. Kat worked tirelessly to learn from her predecessors, and to earn their respect. Listening to advice where she could find it and paying respects where she could. Whether it was carrying bags to lockers or to vehicles, making sure everyone was accounted for when people were ordering food, or even small things like being a spotter or offering company at the gym to swap stories and shoot the breeze, Kat assisted coworkers in whatever little way she could during her time wrestling in Mexico. And over time, these efforts bore fruit, earning her the respect of her fellow luchadors and luchadoras, and their approval as she rose through the ranks.
The seeds of her efforts as a luchadora would bear fruit after wrestling for a year and a half in Mexico, from the ages of 21-22. She'd win her first singles title then. Hart maintained a half-year-long reign before transitioning to the tag division with a fellow luchador who went by the name Mateo Pasion. The two managed to hang onto those titles for the better part of a year before Mateo turned on Katherine, costing them the titles and sparking a heated feud that ended in a "loser leaves town match" that Kat barely managed to win. From here, she'd transition back to being a singles wrestler and begin her world title hunt, winning it just before she turned 24.
At Mina's behest, Kathrine would juggle her responsibilities as world champion with tour dates and appearances Japan. The deal proved to be profitable for the lucha-libre company, Mina, the Japanese promotions, and of course Kat. She'd wrestle at major events in Japan sporadically while maintaining her world championship run in Mexico. She remained champion for just over a year. The championship run was highly arduous because she had announced her intention to sign with a Japanese wrestling company of and when she lost her world championship. All the while, Kat built her image and reputation in Japan on much the same way that she had in the States and Mexico, never losing her sense of humility or her moral compass. After finally losing her belt at the age of 25, she would begin making appearances in tournaments and major events in Japan, seeing strong successes as a finalist or a winner in each rumble and tournament, and remaining largely undefeated in singles competition. Kat kept at this for nearly a year before signing with AFW to try and cement her legacy there.
AFW (acknowledges AFW canon)
Kathrine was offered a contract and picked up as a highly promising prospect at AFW. Home to some big names that she'd come to know at LAW, later down the line. It was here that Kat forged many friendships and rivalries. Friendships with the likes of Erin Quinn, Tara Kwan, and a few others. Rivalries with Alaina Sanders, Navi Florges, Karen Starring, and others as well. Katherine exploded onto the scene with an impressive showing, winning her first several matches and rising through before running into trouble. Her success saw that she came into the conversation for championship contention, as well as sponsorships. But at the height of her success, a jealous competitor, Navi Florges, cheated her out of a win and avoided a rematch like the plague. Enlisting the help of Mina Diaz helped her pull strings for a huge "I Quit" match with the arrogant Frenchwoman. But after an extremely gritty and hard-fought battle, Navi showed she was too stubborn to verbally submit, suffering in Katherine's Queen of Harts finisher before finally passing out and sustaining a spine injury at the hands of The Super Kitty. While maintaining her signature finishing hold, Katherine demanded that the referee stop the contest before she had to inflict greater injury upon Navi to come away with a win. And instead of a referee stoppage victory, she was instead greeted personally by AFW owner and general manager Cassandra Sellers. Sellers did not hesitate to screw Kat out of her payback win. She ruled the match a draw in front of the live crowd and had her security detail attack and "escort" Katherine out and her manager (Mina was injured by Navi's friend Melody in the match) out of the building. Kat later accosted management about this BS ruling and her treatment at AFW. And when she did, she was handed a pink slip the morning after. The nepotism and corruption at AFW from the top down was more than any one wrestler could challenge. News of Kat's firing made waves online. Promotions raced to interview her and offer her contracts. And the most prestigious among them was LAW.
Building a legacy at LAW
LAW was the latest international wrestling promotion to prop up in Japan. The company was securing TV deals and streaming deals left and right, but it was still in its infancy. In the CEO's efforts to acquire cornerstones and mainstays, ladies who could serve as the face of the company and carry it going forward as the organization made its mark on the world of pro wrestling, scouts and executives reached out to Katherine personally, visiting her home with a blow-away deal to secure her position as a sure-to-be top star at LAW.
Thus far, Kat's signing has been a massive success. In addition to performing well in matches and getting over with crowds, she's paved the way for wrestlers like Tracy Canon and Aurora Estrella to join her in carrying the tag division and the company. Katherine has gone on to do several things of note, finishing as a finalist in the Last Woman Standing tourney, as well as successfully defending her mask in a mask versus mask match. The success of her career as a whole and her resume has many believing that she's a future world champion in the making.
Along with her success as one of LAW's first huge signings came many opportunities for publicity. Katherine is a top merch seller at LAW, and frequently attends autograph signings, picks up endorsements/sponsorships (mostly fitness/wellness related, as well as action figures and the like), and appears in commercials at LAW management's request. She also attends school functions, and community centers, and visits wrestling schools and gyms to help men and women train.
Kat's position as a LAW mainstay had earned her something of a target on her back. Before, during, and after her rise to success and championship contention at LAW, many wrestlers, usually heel women, have set their sights on her. Many have attacked or ambushed her, with varying success, while looking to make a name for themselves. Despite this, in true Super Kitty fashion, she always finds a way to take the high ground, bounce back, and continue her ascent towards cementing her place in not just LAW history, but the history of professional wrestling as a whole!
Wrestling Style
Katherine is a very accomplished wrestler in her own right. Over the course of about a decade, she has wrestled for independent promotions in various parts of the world including Mexico, the States, and Japan. She initially started off as an all-arounder when she was green and has since blossomed into a technical powerhouse wrestler. Katherine typically defaults to intricate submission holds and flashy throws and strikes to overwhelm opponents. Her experience and technical ability have had her learn a vast array of moves. She almost never uses the same move twice in a match, often opting for move variations and her own adaptability in the ring to keep opponents on their toes and catch them by surprise. Her quick reaction time, wits, and vast knowledge of moves have made Kat quite adept at countering.
While Kat isn't the greatest aerialist, she's proficient enough to use springboard moves and suicide dive variations, often chaining them with her other offense and using them as transitional moves to keep things fast-paced and explosive. While she is on the lighter end of the heavyweight spectrum, she is quite strong for her size, surprising many a foe. The Super Kitty is by no means perfect or undefeatable, but her moniker of "Super" is quite well-earned. And she's become something of a "target" among LAW wrestlers for a reason. For many, defeating the famed Katherine Hart is a big deal and a worthwhile goal. And she will only become more highly sought after as she continues making her mark at LAW
Personality
Katherine likes to go by "Kat". She can be rather honest and cheerful, and she enjoys conversation. She often gestures when she speaks. Although she is a hard worker and trains diligently, it doesn't come across in much of her interactions with others. The truth is outside of wrestling, Kat really just wants to eat, sleep, and have a good time.
Katherine has a strong moral compass, and will often go out of her way to do what she feels is the right thing. Whether it's standing up for someone that needs support, lending an ear to a friend, giving advice, or shutting someone up when they've stepped out of line. Katherine's naturally altruistic nature outside the ring, and strong, competitive spirit inside the ring and in competitions spurs her forward and inspires fans and other wrestlers alike.
She can also be something of a flirt when prompted, but tends not to get down and dirty, and strays away from matches that are straight-up hardcore hentai and the like.
Finishing Moves
The Queen of Harts
A Crossbow Hold also called a Bow and Arrow where Kat crosses an opponent's legs and grabs them by the chin either from behind or from the side against a prone opponent. She extends the opponent's back across her shins and knees and pulls down on their chin, stressing the opponent's spine and legs to force a submission! Aptly dubbed "The Queen of Harts", this move has earned Katherine quite a number of victories via submission.
An elevated version, dubbed "The Ace of Harts" used against particularly stubborn foes to get them to tap! Performed on Golden Liger below
An elevated version, dubbed "The Ace of Harts" used against particularly stubborn foes to get them to tap! Performed on Golden Liger below
Sheer Hart Attack
A Gotch Style Piledriver. Kat executes it with a more exaggerated jump to really spike the opponent
Typically transitions into a pin by keeping the opponent between her legs, keeping their legs spread, and sitting out into a sitout pin
Typically transitions into a pin by keeping the opponent between her legs, keeping their legs spread, and sitting out into a sitout pin
The K.C.M.
Inspired by the SWAT Cat's Aurora Estrella, each member of the Cats has a shared submission finisher called the K.C.M., which stands for Kitty Combat Maneuver. Also known as The Tequila Sunrise, the move is essentially a Single Leg Crap with an Armbar, straining an opponent's arm, leg, and back.
Aurora had previously used this as one of her finishers and Katherine and Tracy adopted it into their own arsenals. They can tap someone out individually with the move, or two Cats can double up on one opponent, taking an arm and a leg each to apply double the pressure and double the pain!
Aurora had previously used this as one of her finishers and Katherine and Tracy adopted it into their own arsenals. They can tap someone out individually with the move, or two Cats can double up on one opponent, taking an arm and a leg each to apply double the pressure and double the pain!
Critical Finisher
Promise of Tomorrow
Aspiring to be the best, Katherine adapted this finisher from the great Manami Toyota, The Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex. Some veterans even say her execution of the move is on par with Manami. Kat only ever uses the move when she feels she needs to finish a match quickly or when she's exhausted all of her other options[/size]
Signature Moves
The Hart Dungeon (Scorpion Crosslock)
The Jack of Harts (Indian Deathlock into a kneeling position, allowing her to target the opponent's core, usually with punches)
The Kat Special
The Gory Special - a bodylock that can tie up all of the opponent's limbs if successfully locked in, similar to a Romero special, but standing. Another finishing hold that's very useful in tag matches (because Kat can still walk around with the opponent in tow) and earned her a few submission victories in singles.
After locking in the move for a while, if a submission is not earned, Kat will often transition into a Widow's Peak/Gory Neckbreak by reaching for the opponent's chin and pulling on it before dropping down.
After locking in the move for a while, if a submission is not earned, Kat will often transition into a Widow's Peak/Gory Neckbreak by reaching for the opponent's chin and pulling on it before dropping down.
Discus Lariat/Clothesline
Pendulum Hold/Baby Swing Hold/La Campana
The Famouser
LAW Achievements/Accolades
• Double Main Evented Fight The LAW 2 in a World Tag Team Title Defense against The Superstars and a Triple Threat Match for The Heavyweight Title against fellow challenger Alaina Sanders and champion Astrid Ostberg
• Former Number One Contender for the LAW Heavyweight Championship
• Main Evented We Are LAW 5 alongside Aurora Estrella in a World Tag Team Title match against The Thundergirls
• Inaugural LAW World Tag Team Champion alongside Tracy Canon and Aurora Estrella as The SWAT Cats
• Finalist in the first-ever LAW Last Woman Standing Tournament
• Has appeared in the Ladies of LAW Calendar
• Participates in endorsements, sponsorships, commercials, and autograph signings on LAW's behalf. Kat has well as over 100 wishes granted for children in need
via the make-a-wish foundation and other non-profits
• Featured in the Ladies of LAW Calendar
• Has never been submitted in her 12+ year pro wrestling career
• Held various tag and singles titles in the indies prior to coming to LAW
• Went on a historic 21-match win streak in a major wrestling company in Mexico after becoming "The Super Kitty"
Trivia:
- Despite the fact that images exist of her unmasked, she has yet to be unmasked publicly in or out of the ring.
- Kat isn't good at keeping up with chores. And frequently has Tracy or Aurora over to help out around the house when she can
- She has a huge appetite and compliments her diligent training with hearty meals
- Has granted more Make-A-Wishes than any other LAW star
- Frequently attends conferences, stars in commercials, appears at autograph signings, and does whatever she can to get the company more exposure and to get more people exposed to pro wrestling
- She hates it when people call her "Cathy" or "Kathy"
Likes:
-Eating (she has a mean sweet tooth and can be talked into hanging out with someone when she's offered food)
-Working Out/Sparring/Training and adding moves to her repertoire
-Hanging with friends
-Kat is not much of a drinker, and can't hold her liquor very well (this is not public knowledge)