Mickie James is excited to honor the 20-year anniversary of IMPACT Wrestling at Slammiversary in Nashville.
Former IMPACT Knockouts World Champion Mickie James recently sat down with Brian Jones of PopCulture to discuss a variety of subjects. When asked about IMPACT Wrestling‘s 20-year anniversary taking place in Nashville, where the company started, James made a point to say how special it is for the company to essentially come home on such an important milestone for IMPACT.
“I think it’s so special,” Mickie James said. “I think about little Alexis Laree, who showed up to the Nashville fairgrounds and ate at the White Trash Cafe and was the birth of, really, my career on television. At that point, I’d only been, prior to going to TNA, at the time Impact Wrestling, here at the fairgrounds, I had been on Ring of Honor, and I’d done local stuff, MCW Back Home, and worked myself up the scene.
“It was the first time people saw me on television in a prominent role, and I got to sit there and learn because I was immediately put with Raven and his learning tree. He’s a crazy mad man and a genius. Also, Jeff [Jarrett], who gave me the opportunity to be the first woman in the ever in the Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. The only woman for a decade that ever did that match, and to be able to learn from him and put in that position.”
Mickie James lost the Knockouts Championship to Tasha Steelz at IMPACT Sacrifice on March 5 but will oversee the upcoming Queen of the Mountain match at Slammiversary as the special enforcer.
“I’ve been a little naked, without the championship now,” Mickie James said. “For a couple months, been in this reset mode of like, ‘What’s next for Mickie James, what am I going to do?” and I was like, ‘there’s no way Slammiversary is coming to my backyard and I’m not going to be a part of it.’ You are looking at the special enforcer for the Queen of the Mountain. I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I would’ve been there regardless, but I’m like, “I got this. Plus I got to get a firsthand look, I got to get a bird’s eye view, if you will, of who I’m going to take this championship from next.”
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