Former TNA Knockout’s Champion Announces Wrestling Retirement

July 6, 2017

Former TNA Knockout Velvet Sky recently spoke with WNPR and announced that she is retiring from pro wrestling and plans on returning to college at Post University. Sky, real name Jamie Lynn Szantyr, had the following to say on the decision.

“Wrestling has a shelf life. College doesn’t. You can be 50 years old and go to college for your degree. You can’t be 50 years old and train to be a pro wrestler.”

“I’m in really, really good physical condition, still, and my health is great. And I want to keep it that way. I had a really satisfying 15-year wrestling career, so I went back to school because I got to live out my wrestling dream.”

Velvet Sky started her pro wrestling career back in 2003, and made her TNA debut in 2007. She was a two time TNA Knockouts Champion during her 10 years with the company.

Currently Sky trains wrestlers at Bully Ray and D-Von’s Team 3D academy, and hopes to become a personal trainer.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.