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The IInspiration Were ‘Cutting It Close,’ But Finally Worked Out Their Visa Issues Ahead Of Bound For Glory

October 20, 2021

The IInspiration is bound for glory with IMPACT Wrestling.

Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay, formerly known as the IIconics in WWE, will debut at IMPACT’s biggest show of the year, where they’ll finally begin the next chapter of their careers following their trying free agency period. Work visa issues prevented Lee and McKay from signing elsewhere, even after their 90-day no-compete clause following their WWE releases expired. Though rumors swirled that the duo could debut at IMPACT’s Slammiversary show in July, this setback with their work visas delayed their arrival in the company.

During an IMPACT Press Pass LIVE call ahead of the show, Lee and McKay described how these visa issues have been sorted out just in time for the buzzworthy pay-per-view on Sunday. Lee called their agent the duo’s “knight in shining armor” for fixing this difficult situation.

“When the rumors were kinda going around about Slammiversary, our visa issues were not even nearly fixed,” said Lee. “We actually had our agent come in and save the day, he was our knight in shining armor, and he took on the responsibility of taking over our visa so that we could work in this country and continue to wrestle like we want to do.”

McKay elaborated by saying that the timeline was “cutting it close,” as the visa issues were only resolved a few weeks ago.

“I want to say it was cutting it close, I’ll be honest,” said McKay. “It was weeks and then everything was finalized, so we were hoping it was Bound For Glory, and we were praying, and I’m so glad that that worked out. But there was a couple of times where I was like struggling to figure out a timeline.

“But thank goodness it’s all done and sorted. Like Cass said, our agent came in and just absolutely saved us. And now we’re gonna be at Bound For Glory, biggest show of the year, you know, sold-our arena, tag team championship match, you know, it’s all coming together, coming up roses.”

The IInspiration will officially challenge Decay for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship at the pay-per-view on October 23. You can read more about how the duo had previously been in a “holding pattern” while working out their visa issues at this link.