TNA may be billing tonight’s Impact as Mickie James‘ in-ring debut for the company this stint around, but her in-ring debut actually aired last night internationally. Further confusing to fans, the match is against exactly the same opponent as her Impact debut match will feature.
As a prelude to tonight’s match against Sarita on Impact, check out their first encounter against each other on Xplosion:
More after the cut:
TNA is advertising Mickie James making her in-ring debut for the company this Thursday night on Impact. The match will mark the first time fans can see her wrestle on national television since April, when she teamed with Beth Phoenix against Lay-Cool on SmackDown. James will face off against Sarita, who makes her long-awaited return … Read more
Our friends at Highspots.com have launched their own promotion (yay!) and will be debuting Pro Wrestling Superstars this Saturday night in Jacksonville, North Carolina. On the bill for the first show will be new TNA Knockouts, Mickie James and Cookie (Becky Bayless) as well as Amber O’Neal. O’Neal will be James’ opponent for the night. … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James debuted a new look for her in-ring debut in TNA, which was taped earlier this week for Xplosion (yes, Xplosion instead of Impact). So as not to spoil anything, we’ve placed the pictures in spoiler tags. Hit ‘Show’ to see more: Thanks to Jessie for the tip.
(The alternative title was “The REAL Jersey’s in the house BITCH!” but I had second thoughts about that.) Four days ago, we saw Tara crowned as the new Knockouts Champion. Madison Rayne made it very clear she was not happy about this development. Tonight will see the fallout from the match as well as someone from the real Jersey Shore invade Impact looking for the impostor. Lets get down to business, shall we?
Some unfamilar music hits and out comes Madison Rayne wearing black pants with her name splashed on the side and a hot mess of a top. Yikes. She has a referee in tow, and as she climbs into the ring with him, we get a short recap of what happened at Bound for Glory. Madison grabs a mic and goes off about how, on the biggest night in professional wrestling, her plan to become three-time Knockouts Champion went awry. She wants Tara, the person who owes her job in TNA to Madison herself, to come to the ring for a title match right NOW.
“Broken” heralds the entrance of Tara to the Impact Zone. She looks conflicted as she walks to the ring, title belt fitted around her waist. As soon as she gets into the ring, Madison reminds her that it’s because of Rayne that she was back in TNA, that she was able to wrestle, and that she was in the match on Sunday. “ME, ME, ME!” (I know another Madison who’s laid claim to ‘ME’, pretty sure that’s gimmick infringment Ms. Rayne..!) The brunette urges Tara to do the right thing, so very reluctantly, Tara takes off her belt and hands it to the referee. After holding it up, he gives it to the ring assistant, and calls for the bell. Madison again tells Tara to “do the right thing” …and with a good deal of hesitation, Tara lays down. Madison, quite enthusiastically, pins her.
Following their segment tonight on Impact, TNA released this video featuring comments from Madison Rayne and Mickie James. Check it out below:
WWE and THQ’s website for SmackDown vs Raw 2011 now has an official profile page for Mickie James, confirming that she will be in the game. We already knew she would be, however, after an image leaked of her character model a couple of weeks ago but I guess this makes things official. Of course, … Read more
At Bound for Glory, Knockout fans would see the culmination of the feud that has been building for the past few weeks. The insertion of the newest Knockout, Mickie James, as the special referee was a wild card added on just last Thursday. Would the match really be more of a tag team effort (as the Beautiful People have led us to believe), or will fragile alliances break under the pressure (how deep is Tara’s loyalty to Madison really?) as the Knockouts Championship is on the line? And where would Mickie fall in all of this? Lets find out…
We open with Christy Hemme backstage with Madison Rayne and Tara. Madison proceeds to shred Christy verbally, unloading on the poor redhead her frustrations and fury. The promo is actually pretty hilarious and well done, with Tara providing the straight face in the background. Words can’t do it justice, you should have a listen for yourself. I’m loving Madison on the mic!
Once the interview is done, we see a video package detailing how this feud came to be, with several of the past interviews from each woman spliced in. Also included is how Miss Tessmacher came to be the Knockouts Division supervisor – something she has done a particularly good job at so far. The “Tale of the Tape” brings us up to speed before we fade back into the arena.
“HARDCORE COUNTRY!” blares over the speakers (I’m sorry, I can’t take that music seriously…how cheesy can you get?) and out skips Mickie James, who gets a loud welcome from the crowd. She looks fantastic in her referee shirt, hair done up properly. She feels genuinely enthusiastic to be there. After her entrance into the ring, new music plays and out come Madison Rayne and Tara, guiding the motorbike down the ramp instead of coming through the crowd. Very nice bike!
TNA Knockout, Mickie James has dismissed Internet rumors that she was peeved backstage at Sunday’s Bound for Glory pay per view after her patented logo was not sewn onto her referee’s shirt. Taking to her Twitter page, Mickie wrote: I usually don’t even bother to entertain ignorance. But to report blatant lies is quite humorous… … Read more
Moments ago at Bound For Glory, Tara earned her fourth TNA Knockouts Championship after pinning Velvet Sky in a Four-Way Dance match that also included former Knockouts Champions, Madison Rayne and Angelina Love. Post-match Madison and Tara got into an altercation, which led to special guest referee Mickie James, laying Madison Rayne out, sending a … Read more
New TNA Knockout, Mickie James‘ debut on TNA Impact last night scored high ratings in the quarter hour breakdown. According to ProWrestling.net, James’ debut as well as the preceding Knockouts match scored a 1.40 rating in quarter three. That makes it the second most watched segment of the night. Quarter five, which featured the follow-up … Read more
Here’s the interview with Mickie James that aired on TNA Reaction last night, following Impact. You can check out Jen’s write-up for full coverage of Impact.
It was a very special TNA Impact last night: only days before Bound for Glory, TNA went live and promised us a spectacular show. Did it live up to the hype? There’s tons to talk about, so lets get right to it!
After a painful segment between Abyss, Dixie Carter, Eric Bischoff and various other male talents, we switch to an outside area where a car has just pulled up. Who exits but the country singer/wrestler Mickie James! The cameraman asks what she’s doing here. James is coy, saying only that we’ll have to watch and see. She looks good, rocking the beads threaded into her hair. Taz exclaims, “Mike, that WAS Mickie James!” Well no shit, Sherlock. We get an announcement from our fearless commentators that up next is the tag team match between Tara and the Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love and Velvet Sky that will determine who owns the rights to “The Beautiful People” name and music. Should be interesting to see if any tensions regarding the upcoming pay-per-view match manifest in this one tonight…
Following her big debut on Impact last night, Mickie James sent out the following tweet: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who tuned into TNA last night… And for all your amazing comments! Wow! I had no idea… I’m truly honored & I went to bed on an incredible high… Its good … Read more
Early footage of Mickie James‘ debut on TNA Impact below:
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James has made her TNA debut after signing with the company a few weeks ago. James appeared following the Knockouts tag team match, cutting a promo introducing herself as the newest TNA Knockout. Mickie made her intentions known right off the bat, noting that she is looking to make history … Read more
A picture leaked via a German website reveals that former WWE Diva, Mickie James will be part of the upcoming SmackDown vs Raw 2011 video game. In the picture, James can be seen with former Divas Champion, Eve Torres. Motion capturing for these video games takes place way in advance (nearly a year before the … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James was one of the headline stars this past weekend for Northeast Wrestling in Waterbury, CT and Liberty, NY. Originally scheduled to face Awesome Kong, James instead took on Diva Dirt‘s own Mia Yim after Kong was forced to cancel due to nagging injuries late Thursday night. Results for both … Read more
Diva Dirt reader, Eddie, sent in the following report & pictures from his experience meeting Becky Bayless, Mia Yim and Mickie James at Friday’s Northeast Wrestling show in Waterbury, CT. This was the show that Awesome Kong was advertised to be part of, however she was replaced by Mia Yim at the last minute.
Eddie writes:
A lot of people were bummed that Kong wasn’t there (myself included), but Mickie vs Mia was a really good match and it went over 10 minutes. Really refreshing since we don’t get to see that on TV anymore. Mia did great. She’s going to be a star, and now that I’ve seen her in person, I can say that TNA totally missed the boat by not signing her. Mickie was WAY over and even cuter in person than on TV, which I’ve found is not always the case with some of the other Divas/Knockouts.
I talked with Becky Bayless (Cookie) for a few minutes after the show — very funny and personable lady.
Mia was probably the friendliest person at the whole show (her and Bryan Danielson), which was a little weird, since she played the heel in her match. At the end of the night, she was talking to everyone, taking pictures and signing autographs for free. If Diva Dirt readers ever have a chance to meet her, don’t miss out. She’s great.
Overall, awesome night. This was the best independent show I’ve ever been to. I got to meet Bryan Danielson, Mickie James, Tommy Dreamer, Carlito, Mia Yim, Becky Bayless. And I can’t believe I got to see Bryan Danielson’s last independent match live! Everyone check out Northeast Wrestling!
Check out Eddie’s pictures below:
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Finally, check out a video with Mia Yim after the cut:
Unfortunately, the first ever Awesome Kong vs Mickie James match has once again been called off. Promotion, Northeast Wrestling announced via its Facebook page that Kong cancelled her appearance late last night due to an ongoing back injury. They write: Northeast Wrestling Fan Page Awesome Kong contacted Northeast Wrestling at midnight last night notifying us … Read more
As reported last week, TNA has signed former five-time WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James as the latest addition to the Knockouts division. From what I’m told, the deal was indeed finalised last week as reported. TNA President, Dixie Carter has personally been courting James for the past few months since she and Jeremy Borash attended … Read more
Diva Dirt has just received word that former WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James has either signed or is expected to sign a contract with TNA Wrestling today. A reliable source tells me that word has been floating around in the past 24 hours that James would finalise her deal today. No more details at this … Read more
Two former WWE Women’s Champions, Beth Phoenix and Mickie James took to their Twitter pages last night to comment on WWE’s decision to retire the historic 50+ year old Women’s Championship. Beth, a three-time champion, wrote: It saddens me to see the historic Women’s Title moved into retirement, but I am so grateful to have … Read more
Puerto Rico’s WWC promotion has released a full length match between former Diva, Mickie James and former Knockout, ODB via YouTube. Check it out below: This is the third Mickie match in the past couple of weeks that has been released for free, and ODB has a certain name value too, so this is a … Read more
Diva Dirt reader Paul sent in the following results from last night’s SCWA event in Wentworth, North Carolina. The event featured a line-up made up solely of cage matches. The women’s match featured ODB vs Persephone vs Kristen Flake in a triple threat match with former Diva, Mickie James, as guest referee. Paul writes: Tonight … Read more
Former WWE Diva, Mickie James returned to one of the promotions she frequently wrestled for before her WWE career took off, this past Saturday. Mickie wrestled for Dory Funk’s !Bang! TV in a tag team match. The promotion has posted the full length bout online. This marks the first full, free match fans can see of Mickie’s since her final appearance on SmackDown in April.
Another match after the cut: