SUMMARY
- SmackDown star Michin is married to former WWE performer Keith Lee.
- Michin was formerly known as Mia Yim in the Stamford-based promotion.
Michin, popularly known by her previous ring name Mia Yim, is a well-known name in the WWE roster’s women’s division. The 34-year-old is currently a part of The O.C. stable on SmackDown and has recently been getting good screen time on television.
The 5-foot-7 in-ring performer is married to former WWE star Keith Lee, and the two have been working hard to make a name for themselves in the industry. While Keith is probably a more popular name, not much is known about Mia. So let’s check out all details such as the female star’s ethnicity and nationality.
Popularly known as Michin among the Triple H-led promotion’s fans, Mia’s real-life name is Stephanie Hym Bell. The SmackDown star was born on April 16, 1989, in Los Angeles, California; thus, she’s an American national. But her father is Black American and her mother is Korean, so she’s half Korean and half African-American.
Michin’s early life and career history
Mia has been a WWE fan since childhood, but she has previously revealed that her father was quite strict because he served in the military before joining the FBI. In her early days of life, Michin studied at James Madison High School in Washington, and later attended Marymount University on a volleyball scholarship, where she studied IT.
Due to her interest in the sport, she played volleyball until her senior year before starting her training at a wrestling school in Manassas at the age of 18. After getting trained for 18 months, Bell made her debut on August 22, 2009. Following her debut, she worked across promotions and made a name for herself on the independent circuit.
After completing her graduation, the 5-foot-7 performer joined Universal Women’s Pro Wrestling Reina in 2011. Over the years, she made appearances in Impact Wrestling as Jade and won her first title in the promotion in April 2016. She held the Knockouts Championship for 87 days before officially leaving the company in March 2017.
It was after this that Mia’s association with the Stamford-based promotion began. After a great performance in the Mae Young Classic, the female star officially signed with NXT in September 2018. After two years of signing with WWE, Michin made her main roster debut in September 2020 under Retribution.
Over the next few months, she got a decent amount of screen time at the company. But after a long absence from television, the female star was released from the organization, as her departure was announced on November 4, 2021.
When did Michin and Keith Lee get married?
Both Michin and Keith Lee joined WWE NXT around the same time back, and that’s probably when they started interacting. Their days together in the Triple H-led promotion was potentially the time they got close and decided to spend the rest of their lives together.
After getting released from the Triple H-led promotion in late 2021, the couple tied the knot on February 5, 2022. Their marriage was always on the cards, as the duo had already confirmed their engagement on February 11, 2021.
✨ I said yes. Mr. & Mrs. Lee @RealKeithLee ✨ pic.twitter.com/SH7HIxiVwi
— Michin 미친 (@MiaYim) February 11, 2021
While Keith made his AEW debut just days after his marriage, Michin has now again joined her former workplace. The 34-year-old returned to the organization in November 2022 and was straight away put in with The O.C. Since her return to WWE, Mia has been provided limited opportunities, but she’s still been brilliant. Thus, it remains to be seen when she’ll get to reign supreme in the women’s division.