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Gail Kim Interview: Talks Lei’D Tapa, Alpha Female, Changes In
TNA ,Kong more
DIR By: tnafan
Date: April 6, 2014, 3:09 pm
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The following are highlights of a new Smartasses Radio interview
with Gail Kim:
On her thoughts on the TNA product:
“Impact Wrestling has really shaken things up. You see a lot of
new young talent that they’re trying like Ethan Carter and The
Wolves who are really great additions. Ethan, I’ve worked with
in WWE when he was in NXT and I remember thinking, ‘Wow, this
guy has a lot of charisma.’ I was shocked to see him be
released, but that was a blessing in disguise for us because we
got a hell of a talent. I think people are going to see us
invest in younger talent and new faces and really just try
things and see what works.”
On recent changes to the TNA Knockouts division:
“I feel like for the longest time we’ve been hearing from fans,
‘Oh, we need more Knockouts. It’s getting stale with the same
girls.’ It’s been a struggle for us, but I think we’ve done a
great job so far. I wanted everyone to be patient because we
pride ourselves on the Knockouts division having talented girls.
You can’t hire girls just because we need new girls. We were
looking for quality, and now we’ve brought back Angelina Love
and they’re going with the Beautiful People which is a proven
success. We’ve brought in Santana who plays Brittany now and
she’s already debuted. We have a bright future. I think there’s
going to be a lot more changes and it’s going to be for the
best.”
On The Alpha Female appearing during the UK tour:
“Alpha Female was just a temporary thing over in the UK. Who
knows for her in the future? She’s got a great look and
presence, but she’s not part of our regular roster right now,
just to clear that up.”
Plans for her character in the future:
For me, there are plans for everyone so that’s about as much as
I can say. My storyline has pretty much wrapped up with Madison
(Rayne) as everyone can tell. So, yeah, things are going to
happen. I’m not worried. I’ve got so much more to show.”
Lei’D Tapa’s departure from TNA:
“She’s a great girl. She has passion and she has determination.
She honestly was just very inexperienced. She only had three
years of experience under her belt and it just wasn’t enough
right now. I had two years of experience when I got hired by WWE
and I got fired, and that was the best thing that ever happened
to me. I didn’t know it at that time, but it just motivated me
even more and I think she’s the same type of person that’s going
to go out and get better. She just needs more experience and I
don’t see this pulling her down in any way. All of us are
rooting for her because we all loved her. She has such a great
look, such a great presence, and she’s got it in her blood. I
have no doubt that she’s going to be a big star one day. It just
takes time.”
On her legendary feuds with Awesome Kong and Taryn Terrell :
“Kong was my first, I call it magical feud because we had pure
magical chemistry. I honestly never thought that something like
that would happen again where people really recognized our hard
work and we got their respect and it made a name for us. I’m
very fortunate that it happened again, with Taryn last year. For
me to have those opportunities in my career twice, I’m so
grateful, and I just want to make even more magical moments
going forward. The day that I start moving slower is the day
that I’m going to retire. I just want to keep on making more
magic and blowing people away with my matches – that’s what I
want to be remembered for.”
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