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#1. Marina Shafir is WWE's first female Moldovan Superstar
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WWE has made history with signing women a number of times. In the past, Aksana became the company's first Lithuanian WWE star, while WWE recently signed their first-ever French female star, Amale Winchester. But WWE also made history when signing Marina Shafir.
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Shafir was born in Soroca, Moldovia which makes her the company's first-ever female Moldovan WWE star. Throughout her MMA career, Marina was known as "The Supernova from Moldova."
Interestingly, Marina Shafir isn't the first-ever Moldovan WWE star, as Alex Kozlov was signed to the company back in 2010 under the ring name Carlos Sanchez.
Kozlov only made one appearance on WWE TV, a losing effort to Alberto Del Rio on SmackDown in 2010, and was then released from his FCW developmental contract in 2012. Kozlov has a background in IMPACT Wrestling, Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling, but wasn't able to mirror his success in these companies inside a WWE ring.
Kozlov is currently contracted to New Japan Pro Wrestling after returning to the company earlier this month as a color commentator on the New Japan Cup.
