Has Mickie James Lost weight?

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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.

Now Angelina Love is Gone....

One of the original TNA Wrestling's Knockouts, Angelina Love announced on her Twitter account Sunday that she has been granted her release from the organization.

She said....
"To all my wonderful fans, just want to let you know I have been granted my release from TNA. It was completely amicable parting of ways and I want to thank TNA and all of its employees for the wonderful journey I've had there over the years. Now I'm on to the next amazing chapter of my life."

First Maxine in the WWE and now this.....

Taeler Hendrix - New TNA Knockout

Well TNA got another redhead, Taeler Hendrix.
This brings them to three now, (Christy Hemme and SoCal Val being the others) which I think is more than WWE....

Taeler was born Taeler Conrad on June 7th, 1989 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was trained by Bob Evans and Spike Dudley and made her pro wrestling debut in 2008. So Taeler had four years of actual wrestling experience before setting foot in the TNA ring. (Hear that WWE?) So far she has only held the Ohio Valley Wrestling OVW Women's Championship, but give her time.

Miss Tessmacher - The New TNA Women's Knockout Champion

After defeating Mickie James, Tara and Velvet Sky in a four-way match to earn another shot at Gail Kim's Women's Knockout Championship, the newly renamed Miss Tessmacher defeated Gail Kim at Slammiversary to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship for the first time.
I have to say I'm kinda surprised that she actually got the belt.
It's kinda like Kelly winning the WWE Women's Championship.
At least it wasn't Eric Young.....

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?

The Big Wrestlemania 26 Womens Match.....

Wrestlemania 26 is scheduled to take place on March 28, 2010 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
And the big women's wrestling match for that night is....

Hang on...I'm looking....
Ummmm....
There doesn't seem to be one.
Oh I'm sure they'll announce one soon.

After all, Wrestlemania 25 had the 25-Diva battle royal to crown "Miss WrestleMania"....
Oh yeah....
Well the year before that they had the....Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjill match...
I forgot about that.....
Or at least I tried to....

I'm thinking a last minute add on will be Kelly, Eve and Gail Kim taking on Michelle McCool, Layla and Maryse.
Wow...that's not a very good match.
I'm probably wrong.
Right?

Well the WWE is more concerned about selling tickets and PPV sales.
So gorgeous women that can actually wrestle would detract from the main events right?

After all, no one cares about the Divas right?
I mean a Google search for the term WWE Diva only brings back 3,170,000 hits.

Well at least TNA has the Daffney/Tara feud going on.



Just think how cool that would be though if Tara went back to her old psycho gimmick.
Imagine Psychotic Tara vs Psychotic Daffney in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match!
Now THAT would be a main event!

Wrestling News and Rumors - Maria, Mickie James, Trish Stratus and More

WWE Diva and fan favorite Maria will be off WWE shows for awhile while her appearance on Celebrity Apprentice airs.
Maria has a clause in her contract that she can't appear on any other TV shows while Apprentice is airing.


Couple of quick Mickie James notes....

Mickie will be showing up at the Newburgh Mall - Center Court in Newburgh, NY from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 30.
You can find out more info here:
http://www.northeastwrestling.com/

Mickie also has a new website up that refers to her as "country music artist Mickie James".
You can see that here:
http://mickiejames.com./


A belated happy birthday to WWE Diva Michelle McCool who turned 30 on January 25th.
Speaking of Michelle, have you noticed that she won the WWE Women's Championship back on June 28, 2009?
If you don't count the 10,778 day claim by the WWE for the Faboulous Moolah (WWE does not recognize any of the title changes before 1984) , that makes Michelle the twelfth longest reigning Women's Champion so far.


Over at http://trishstratus.com/, former WWE Diva Trish Stratus will be giving away one of four Trish Stratus outfits.
Donate ten dollars to Carmelina's Home there and you will be entered in the contest with a chance to win one of the costumes, including the one she wore at WrestleMania XIX in Seattle when she won the WWE Women's Championship.
Carmelina's is a holistic program in the treatment and recovery of addictions, substance abuse and/or emotional issues for women looking to transform and change their current life journey.


And another former WWE Diva, Lilian Garcia just sold the dress she wore at WrestleMania 21 on eBay for 780.00.

Looks like you can pick up a lot of wrestling gear on eBay these days....

And finally, the beautiful (and under-rated) Katie Lea Burchill has been moved back to the Raw roster.
As you recall, Katie was on Raw before being moved to the wasteland known as ECW.

Lots of TNA Knockout stuff.....

Evidently TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca is more than a little angry over people wondering just why she is in TNA.
And apparently it was an article by Dave Meltzer at www.wrestling-edge.com that drove her over the edge.
Mr. Meltzer had written that many in the company (TNA) are wondering exactly why she was signed.
Jenna responded to this in a post on her MySpace blog.
You can read it here:
http://www.myspace.com/jennamorasca

I have to admit I wondered why Jenna was signed as well.
BUT...I wondered why Michelle McCool and Maryse were signed by the WWE, and one of them is now the ex-Diva's Champ and one is the current.
So I have been wrong.

And it seems now that Roxxi actually requested her release from TNA.
She was serving a 60-day suspension for an incident backstage with Rhaka Khan that turned physical.
And some insiders felt that Roxxi was getting a bad deal because of the relationship Kurt Angle has with Rhaka.
Yeah I thought about that too, I just didn't say anything.

There's an article at The Daily Press about TNA Knockout Traci Brooks speaking to students about overcoming Erb's Palsy in her right arm.
I had heard about that, but I had no idea that Traci couldn't raise her right arm over her head.
You can read the full article here:
http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1551052

And lastly, TNA has released the "Knockouts Blaster Pack" at their store.
It's a set of exclusive licensed trading cards produced by TRISTAR.
You can check them out here:
http://shoptna.com/knockouts-blaster-pack.aspx

Angelina Love Updates

The new TNA Knockouts Champion, Angelina Love, suffered her third concussion at the hands (or rather the hips) of Taylor Wilde at the Lockdown pay-per-view .
Well it wasnt the third by Taylor, but this is the third concussion Love has suffered since joining TNA in October of 2007.
You can read more about it on Angelina's MySpace blog here
http://www.myspace.com/angel_williams14

This kinda worries me because I have followed Angelina's career since she was wrestling as Angel Williams.
(Remember the incredibly toned abs and corn rows?)
Angelina has been wrestling since 2000, that's a pretty decent career length in female wrestling these days.

Concussions are serious business in pro wrestling.
Just ask former WWE superstar Chris Nowinski. He's devoted a great deal of time studing concussions and their affects of atheletes, especially pro wrestlers.
Chris suffered at least six in his career.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/24/law.nowinski/index.html

I hope Angelina does well after this incident.
And even though I want to see this talented young lady in the squared circle (or octagon), I hope she remembers that nothing takes the place of her health.