Mickie James sure knows how to make Richmond proud. Five-time WWE Womens Champion, one-time WWE Divas Champion, three-time TNA Knockouts Champion, the only woman to hold all three titles, veteran of multiple WrestleManias, two-time Pro Wrestling Illustrateds Woman Of The Year, and even two successful country music albums under her belt now. All this for a graduate of Patrick Henry High School. Though its the area north of Richmond she calls home, Mickie James has always been billed from Richmond whether it was for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) or for Total Non-Stop Action (TNA). Shes represented this city well too dating back to the early 2000s when she first made a cult following wrestling across the country on the independent circuit. She applied that same work ethic to her country music career that launched in 2010 and has been making her name ever sense doing concerts anywhere and everywhere across the country, all the while keeping an extremely active wrestling career not only going, but thriving. Shes one of the most beloved female wrestlers of the past decade and certainly one of the hardest working people in any form of entertainment these days. Mickie was nice enough to take time out of her busy schedule to chat with us about her career thus far in music and wrestling as well as her thoughts on Richmond itself. So first thing, I wanted to ask about TNA. Not just what your status is with the company, but whats it like with the company right now? There have been tons of speculation about late pay and the mood of personnel there. I cant really speak on my status right now. Honestly though, Im not technically under contract with them right now. As far as TNA itself, I wasnt at the last TV so I cant speak on that. The company is in the midst of change obviously and that process of changing over. Theyve 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 theres good energy around it, but in the midst of change, people get scared and theres a bit of that as well. Its hard to really say. There were rumors and speculation about late paychecks, but my paycheck was never late. Its not untrue though; I do know that was an issue with some of the people.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 05:04:24 +0000