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Former Knockout Mickie James: says ‘My TNA Paycheck Was Never
Late’ & more
DIR By: tnafanforum
Date: October 8, 2013, 9:20 am
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Check out what Mickie James recently had to say about rumors of
late paychecks in TNA as well as much more
Here are the highlights…
On her TNA iMPACT! Wrestling status:
“I can’t really speak on my status right now. Honestly though,
I’m not technically under contract with them right now. As far
as TNA itself, I wasn’t at the last TV so I can’t speak on that.
The company is in the midst of change obviously and that process
of changing over.”
On the WWE Total Divas reality show:
“I don’t think that there’s anyone there who legitimately has
had that torch passed to them in a way so that’s the main
difference to me. There are obviously legit wrestlers like
Nattie and I think Alicia Fox is great. I think it’d be great
for someone to come in and take that division to a whole new
level. I’m not sitting here burying those girls though because
obviously they’re on TV, doing a great job, and they have the
Divas reality show. I think that show is awesome because it’s
giving depth to those characters that you wouldn’t necessarily
know anything about other than they are great wrestlers. You
don’t know anything about their personal lives and it’s kind of
opening that door to get people more emotional invested into
them. But yeah, I think having someone pass the torch would be
great for those girls.”
On Rumors of Late Paychecks:
“They’ve gone live on the road and they just brought in this new
head of talent [John Gaburick] who was with WWE for twenty years
or so. I feel like there’s good energy around it, but in the
midst of change, people get scared and there’s a bit of that as
well. It’s hard to really say. There were rumors and speculation
about late paychecks, but my paycheck was never late. It’s not
untrue though; I do know that was an issue with some of the
people.”
On How The WWE Women’s Division Has Changed:
“Honestly, when I came in, there was still that Golden Era of
Women’s wrestling for WWE,” she said. “There was Trish [Stratus]
and Lita there to legitimately pass that torch of credibility.
They were genuine wrestling athletes. They weren’t just
characters or beautiful women. They could go in there, wrestle
like the men, kick serious ass, and hold that spot. I was very
fortunate to have that coming in and be in that transitional
phase. As they were leaving, it was myself, Melina, Beth
Phoenix; all the girls that kind of grew up on the Indy scene.
We all kind of came in that same way, that grass roots kind of
way. We fought and clawed our way up the Indy scene to try and
make a name for ourselves and build credibility just so WWE
would take a look at us in the first place. I don’t think that
there’s anyone there who legitimately has had that torch passed
to them in a way so that’s the main difference to me. There are
obviously legit wrestlers like Nattie and I think Alicia Fox is
great. I think it’d be great for someone to come in and take
that division to a whole new level. I’m not sitting here burying
those girls though because obviously they’re on TV, doing a
great job, and they have the Divas reality show. I think that
show is awesome because it’s giving depth to those characters
that you wouldn’t necessarily know anything about other than
they are great wrestlers. You don’t know anything about their
personal lives and it’s kind of opening that door to get people
more emotional invested into them. But yeah, I think having
someone pass the torch would be great for those girls.”
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