Mickie James Then and Now

Mickie Laree James-Aldis made her pro wrestling debut back in 1999.
She has wrestled under the names Alexis Laree, La Luchadora, Vickie Adams, Princess Alexis, Queen Alexis, Superball and of course Mickie James.
And she has worked for a ton of wrestling promotions like CyberSpace Wrestling Federation, Ground Xero Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, Premier Wrestling Federation, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and of course World Wrestling Entertainment.

Mickie James then....

...and now

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Asuka vs Mickie James at NXT TakeOver: Toronto

WWE NXT Diva Asuka, "The Empress of Tomorrow", defeated former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Mickie James at NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
Mickie has been gone from the WWE for almost seven years and I kept hearing people worried about ring rust.
But Mickie who was the WWE Women's Champion five times, the WWE Divas Champion once and was the TNA Knockouts Champion three times was as good as ever.
Maybe because she is still wrestling.

Anyway, Asuka won the match, after surviving a Mick Kick, and locking on the Asuka Lock.

Now...will Mickie stay?

TNA-Tara Released

Yep, once again Tara (Lisa Marie Varon) is gone from wrestling.
On Tuesday TNA Tweeted....
"Impact Wrestling has released Tara. We thank Tara for all her contributions and wish her the best of success in the future."

Well there was a rumor that Lisa Marie was thinking about retiring soon. this year maybe.
But that doesn't make me any happier about it.

And I'm wondering if TNA is trying to kill the Knockouts Division ....again...
There are now left with:
Gail Kim
Mickie James
Miss Tessmacher (Inactive)
ODB (Knockouts referee)
Taryn Terrell
Velvet Sky

So you have FIVE women on the roster.
Are they calling up the reserves from OVW or is this just about it?
Maybe they should slap some tights on Brooke and throw her out there....

And what the heck am I gonna do with my Pinterest board now?????

The Impact Wrestling Knockouts Roster

I haven't done a rundown of the female TNA wrestlers, the TNA Knockouts, roster in awhile so here is the up to date listing....

The current TNA Knockout Roster:
Mickie James (The current TNA Knockouts Champion)
Gail Kim
The Blossom Twins (Hannah Blossom and Holly Blossom)
Lei'D Tapa
Madison Rayne (Maternity leave)
Miss Tessmacher (Hasn't appeared in over 30 days)
ODB
Taeler Hendrix
Tara
Taryn Terrell
Velvet Sky

And if you add in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in (as I always do with the WWE and NXT) you can add:
Trina Thompson (The current OVW Women's Champion)
Epiphany
Heidi Lovelace
Jessie Belle
Josette Bynum
Lovely Lylah   
Nikki St. John

I am really wondering why you are not hearing more about the incredible Trina Thompson.
If I were TNA, this lady would be headed for the "Big Leagues" with the other TNA Superstars post-haste

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Mickie James To Turn Heel?

On Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, TNA Knockout Mickie James' follow-up to her 2010 debut album "Strangers & Angels", "Somebody’s Gonna Pay" will drop.
And it looks like in celebration of the event, TNA will be turning her Heel.
Maybe.
Mickie addressed the "Heel Turn" in an interview....
"I was glad that Velvet was back; I thought it was awesome. But what was the point in bringing me back in December] if you were just going to bring her back a week later and then I was going to sit at home?"
"I know people question that like ‘Oh are you turning heel?’ And I’m like ‘No, not really. I’m just being honest."
You can see more of that interview here
http://www.tnastars.com/2013/05/05/mickie-james-speaks-lack-of-tv-time-knockouts-more/

Well if she does turn Heel , it looks like it will be an intelligent turn and not some off the cuff event that happens now and then.
She's already laying the groundwork in interviews and it sounds as though it may be a sympathetic turn.
Mickie turning Heel wouldn't bother me in the least as I have made no secret that she was one of my favorite psycho heels of all time in the WWE.
Psycho Mickie and Psycho Tara would be a dream come true for me. 

BTW...you can check out Mickie and all the other TNA Knockouts at the new Knockout site here:
http://www.wrestlingknockouts.com/

Gail Kim vs Mickie James - TNA Wrestling

This is why I like Gail Kim "The Submission Specialist".
Here she has Mickie James in a headscissors.
Kinda.

Looking at it, I oughta know what this is a variation of...but I cannot for the life of me think of the name.
It's not a full on classic headscissors...but it looks just as effective.

Gail Kim Headscissors Mickie James

Is The TNA Knockout Roster Failing?

You know I was looking at the TNA Knockout roster the other day since Angelina Love and Velvet Sky left.....and it's kinda messed up.

Of course we have the champion Miss Tessmacher....

Then we have Gail Kim, Madison Rayne, Mickie James, ODB, Tara and Taeler Hendrix.
Christy Hemme, SoCal Val and Taci Brooks don't wrestle.

Rosita, Sarita and Winter haven't even been on Impact in over 30 days.

Winter and Rosita have been showing up in Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) where Winter has held the FWE Women's Championship and Sarita has been wrestling in CMLL in Mexico...and I have heard she was headed for Japan.

So that gives TNA roughly seven active Knockouts.

Now compare this to the WWE that has eight active Divas and eight in development (plus a couple they dont know what to do with yet).

TNA is lagging behind the WWE in their female talent.
Of course the argument can be made that 8 TNA Knockouts have more talent than 16 WWE Divas, but if they dont watch out, the WWE may catch them in that territory too.
The WWE seems to be looking at the Indy promotions more and more, like TNA used to.

Has Mickie James Lost weight?

    http://www.impactwrestling.com/

Is it just me or has TNA Knockout Mickie James lost weight?
Remember all the "Piggy James" stuff back in the WWE?
Well maybe it's just the camera angle here, but it looks like Mickie has been working those abs and it's paying off.
Am I starting to see a little more definition there?

Not that it really matters mind you.
Mickie's fans love her thick and thin.

Velvet Sky - TNA Knockout Jobber?

I'm beginning to think that TNA has turned Velvet Sky into the ultimate Jobber.
Not that she's a bad wrestler in any way, I mean she started out at the House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo back around 2003.
And she has been with TNA since 2007.
But in her five years with the company, and despite how incredibly popular she is, she has held the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship once and the TNA Women's Knockout Championship once.
Gail Kim has held it twice, Angelina Love has held it five times, Tara has held it four times, ODB three times, Madison Rayne three times, Mickie James twice and Winter twice.
Does Vel just not want the title?
Or do the writers just not want to give it to her for any length of time?
She only held it 28 days and lost it to...surprise..Gail Kim...

    Photo Credits: http://www.impactwrestling.com/

Mickie James in Mexico?

Well here's a mind blower.
Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) ahs announced that TNA Knockout Mickie James will be at TripleManía XIX on June 18th, 2011 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico.
Actually it's not "really" a mind blower as several TNA wrestlers will be appearing on the card.

TNA.com

I can still call TNA workers wrestlers right?
They haven't gone all WWE on me have they?

Anyway, TripleManía XIX is AAA's equivalent of the WWE's Wrestlemania.
No word yet on who will be Mickie's opponent, but let's hope it's not Sarita.
I would love to see Mickie versus AAA luchadoras like Faby Apache or Sexi Star.

Velvet Sky "Wrestling's Sexiest Woman"?

Well I said in the last entry that the last minute add on women's wrestling match at Wrestlemania 26 would probably be Kelly Kelly, Eve and Gail Kim taking on Michelle McCool, Layla and Maryse.
I wasn't far off.
It was Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox and Vickie Guerrero taking on Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim and Beth Phoenix.
See?
The WWE isn't predictable at all.

Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox and Vickie Guerrero won at Wrestlemania, so they turned around and repeated the same wrestling match the next night on Raw.
This time the winners were Eve Torres, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, and Gail Kim.

BTW...the WWE has some new Divas Wrestlemania pics up at their website here:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/photos/wrestlemaniadivasphotos/

They also have a gallery of the WWE Divas in their gowns at Saturday's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony that you can see here:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/photos/halloffamedivasphotos/

And the WWE has signed yet another model, but at least this time they are going to use her as a ring announcer.
Florida model Brittney Beede has been signed to a developmental deal and she is using the name Jamie Keyes.
You may remember her as the winner of Kevin Nash's search for a new valet on TNA last year.


And speaking of TNA, remember what I said about TNA with Tara and Daffney?
Well they didn't go all the way with that, BUT, on the last TNA Impact, they did have Tara face Daffney in a First Blood Match for the TNA Knockouts Championship.


And in more TNA Knockout news, in the annual "PWI Poll" issue, Pro-Wrestling Illustrated named Velvet Sky "Wrestling's Sexiest Woman".
The list went like this....

Velvet Sky (TNA) - 14%
Maryse (WWE) - 12%
Melina (WWE) - 9%
Lacey von Erich (TNA) -7%
Kelly Kelly (WWE) - 6%
Cheerleader Melissa (Was TNA but now Indy) - 5%
Madison Rayne (TNA) - 3%
Others- 39%

So out of seven named women, four were TNA.
Are the Divas losing their edge?

Female Wrestling News - Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Jenna Morasca and More

www.prowrestling.net is reporting that TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca will not be appearing on TNA programming for at least a few months.
She is currently in Samoa working as a contestant on the upcoming twentieth season of Survivor.
Filming has already started and will last through next month.



Pro Wrestling Illustrated has named Mickie James the number one female wrestler in the second annual PWI Female 50.
The PWI Female 50 ranks the best women's wrestlers in the United States in 2009.
Last years winner was TNA Knockout Awesome Kong.
I've seen this mentioned at several sites, but the first place I saw the news was at Diva Dirt.




I've mentioned a few times about the WWE not using Beth Phoenix recently, and now the Wrestling Observer reports that WWE officials have soured on Beth Phoenix.
As you may recall, Beth went almost a month without appearing on TV, and people were begining to worry about her future with the WWE.
One rumor was that she was "too big" for the WWE's tastes.




The Kurt Angle situation is beginning to sound like a bad Lifetime movie with Kurt, Rhaka Khan, Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle, restraining orders etc.
And add to that what people have been saying for months about Rhaka being a looney.
Remember the Rhaka Khan/Roxxi incident?

WWE Diva News: Kelly Kelly, Victoria, Mickie James

Kelly Kelly took on Divas Champion Maryse on Monday Night Raw this week.
Kelly had gotten a win a few weeks back by disqualification but disqualification doesn't win any belts.
So this week she climbed into the ring and the Divas Champion came out on top.
Maryse wasn't satisfied with just winning though, and afterward slapped Kelly which brought in Mickie James who had been sitting at ringside providing additional commentary.
Of course this lead to more heat for the Maryse / Mickie James feud.

Although she isn't a WWE female wrestler, she is still very well liked.
But could Lilian Garcia be leaving Raw?
Evidently the WWE has put out a notice to talent agencies that reads:

"WWE Announcer/Singer / Female / All Ethnicities / 20 - 30

Description: WWE is looking for a young, attractive female to sing the national anthem and be our regular ring announcer every week, for one of our most popular TV shows (WWE is estimated to be seen in 500,000,000 households in 150 countries/30 languages)...

This is a breakout job for any young singer. Please specify on submissions if anyone has appeared on American Idol, making the Band or any show of this comparison.

Rate:depends on talent"

Lilian made her debut on the August 23, 1999 episode of Raw, so she has been with the company quite a while.
Lilian leaving though is..well...unthinkable.

Victoria (Okay I know she's Tara now, but will that ever take?) has posted on her MySpace blog about why she left the WWE, why she joined TNA, and if she is continuing with her goal of an MMA career.
You can read it here

Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes will be taking on Nikki and Brie Bella in a tag team match this week on WGN America's WWE Superstars.

WWE Divas News

Candice Michelle, healed in time for Wrestlemania?

Catalina White (aka Saylor James) was released from FCW (WWE's training ground) for getting a tattoo.....?
Since her ring name was "James" there was a rumor she would be brought up to the WWE as Mickie James "sister".

There is a rumor floating around that Chris Jericho is dating Kelly Kelly.
Isn't Chris married?

Candice Michelle is still recuperating from her ankle injury.
The accident prone Diva is expected to be back in action by March 23 for the WWE Raw show in Kansas City, Missouri.

Lilian Garcia will be singing "God Bless America" at the Big East Semi-Final Championship on March 13th at Madison Square Garden.

It appears Madusa will not be at Wrestlemania 25. She said on Madusa.com that her wrestling was in the past.

Melina, Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes

Well things got a lot more interesting on WWE Raw last night.
For me at least.
At the Race to the Rumble Divas Battle Royal, it was down to Mickie James and Melina. After a back and forth battle, Melina finally eliminated her to become the new number one contender for the WWE Women's Wrestling Championship.
Of course this doesn't sit well with current champion Beth Phoenix, who walks out to the ring, slaps Melina and tosses her to the floor.
Bad move.
Melina goes fool and attacks Beth until she gets her on top of the announcers table and is pounding away at her.
THEN, out of nowhere Rosa Mendes (Beth's number one fan...shades of Mickie and Trish) and leaps onto Melina, prompting security to come out and drag Rosa away.
Well Rosa is the drop dead gorgeous (IMHO) Milena Roucka from Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling.


I'm about to say forget Melina and Beth, let's see Melina and Rosa!
Can you imagine these two, Latin blood boiling, going at it in the squared circle?
Forget wrestling, this could be the ultimate feud if played right.
Melina has a good wrestling background and Roucka has been training at OVW and FCW and has some MMA training as well.
Let's see how the WWE handles it.
I'm not gonna assume they screw it up right off the bat this time like I usually do.

Is Michelle McCool Going to do a Heel Turn?

Is Michelle McCool going to do a heel turn?
It seems on her blog this week she's talking about having a target on her back since she's the WWE Divas Champion.
And this week on WWE SmackDown! she'll be facing Maria in a non title match.
We all know Michelle is more than capable of playing the bad guy.
And think about it, a heel team of Michelle and Maryse would rival TNA's Beautiful People.
Plus they could bring back the "M and M" nickname just for them.
Of course bringing back that name would be a perfect lead in to bringing back Melina as a face, angry that Michelle and Maryse are using that name.
Which in turn could lead to Melina getting various team mates to go up against them, ultimately leading to the return of the WWE Women's Tag Team Wrestling title!
Hey, maybe Melina could get Mickie James as her tag team partner and they could claim the name "M and M".
Wow, I can really go off onto a tangent can't I?
Speaking of tangents, what's up with Michelle McCool, Maria, Maryse, Melina, Candice Michelle and Mickie James?
Does the WWE have some kinda "M" thing?

WWE Diva Mickie James, Tomb Raider

http://mickie-access.org/

WWE Cyber Sunday: Divas Halloween Costume Contest

Mickie James won the Divas Halloween Costume Contest last night at Cyber Sunday.
She was dressed as Laura Croft from Tomb Raider.
Of course after the winner was announced, the wrestling ring erupted into a huge brawl, and the "good girls" cleared the ring.

WWE No Mercy, Beth Phoenix and Candice Michelle

In a fairly solid match last night at WWE No Mercy, Beth Phoenix retained her WWE Women's Wrestling Championship title.
Candice wasn't injured, which was good, but I hope that this match clears the way for a Micki James / Beth Phoenix feud which I think would be way more sellable.
BTW, just a guess, but I give Candice maybe another year with the WWE.

Mickie James and Stacy Keibler on TV, but not wrestling......

Mickie James was on Psych last week playing a roller derby queen.
Really sorry I missed posting about that in advance, but I'm sure the show will be posted on Hulu soon, so you can catch it online.



I've been watching Samurai Girl online and finally got to the part that Stacy Keibler shows up in. I was beginning to think she wasn't really even in the show. I'm not finished yet, but after I am, I'll do a sort review.



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Last night on WWE RAW, Mickie James and Katie Lea

Last night on WWE RAW, Mickie James and Katie Lea

The Mickie James/ Katie Lea feud continued on RAW last night with a match for the WWE Women's Wrestling Title.
Mickie retained her title, but I'm wondering for how long?


The answer to that may have been shown after the match, when Beth Phoenix showed up and waylaid Mickie.
Mickie James, Katie Lea and Beth Phoenix?
Hmmmmm...triple threat match for the title?