Professional wrestling legend and former five times WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James who is also the current and five times TNA Knockouts champion recently talked about her recent injury and expressed her disappointment on vacating the Impact Knockouts Championship.
Mickey James was one of the biggest names of the women’s division during her Prime days in WWE. She worked throughout the 2010s had been one of the faces of the women’s division of WWE. She won the WWE Women’s Championship five times in total and also the Divas Championship one time. In 2010 she was released from WWE.
Mickie James Felt Heartbroken To Relinquish The Impact Knockouts Title
After getting released from WWE she went to work on the independent circuit and also signed with TNA Wrestling. She maintained her status wherever she worked in. She had been the knockout champion of TNA wrestling for four times in total. She also won a lot of championships throughout the independent circuit.
In 2016 she returned to WWE as a part of WWE SmackDown after the second brand split. Fans were really excited to see her back in the promotion but she was brought back only to promote new stars this time and not as a potential main event star anymore.
She worked in WWE for five years and was released again. After her WWE release, she returned to Impact Wrestling. Recently, she faced Jordynne Grace at Impact Hard To Kill pay per view event and defeated her to capture her fifth Impact Knockouts Championship.
Mickie James who is also the current and five times TNA Knockouts champion recently spoke to Busted Open Radio where she talked about her recent injury and expressed her disappointment on vacating the Impact Knockouts Championship. She said;
“It is heartbreaking. It’s not how I wanted this whole thing to end, for sure. I’m so grateful for everything and these matches I’ve had. It’s been some of my best stuff ever. I’ve had so much fun and I really tested myself and had some of the best matches I think I’ve ever had. The women now are incredible, and that’s just it. I don’t know. I’m a bit heartbroken and sad, but it’s okay. I’m so grateful for my career.” said Mickie James.
“I’m so grateful for this last IMPACT run. I don’t want to come off as cocky, but I do feel these matches I’ve had, have been some of my best, as far as testing myself and reminding everyone and regaining my own sense of power back, in a way, to believe in myself again. I’m so thankful for that opportunity and I want to be able to defend the championship and have killer matches.
“We all have to lose the championship at some point, even if it is three years later. It felt very storybook-ish. Maybe this is a big hook in the turn that I didn’t see coming. I can sit back and focus on some other things and reset and get my strength back. I’m frustrated, I’m irritated. It’s okay.
“Things always happen for a reason. We’ve been going long enough that, a lot of times, we look at things and what happens, a younger me would have been devastated. Now, I’ve learned enough to know that I’ve had a lot of setbacks and resets, and with every cut-off comes a new opportunity and something you didn’t even realize could fill your time and passion. I’ll be home, writing songs, working out, getting strong.”
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