Interview de Mickie James sur le Big Wrestleshark Show!

[b] Mickie James Talks TNA Releases, Potential Knockouts[/b]

TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James was a guest on the Big Wrestleshark Show during her recent tour of Europe. Below are the highlights:

On her match with Nikki Storm in Scotland:
"I think she's very good, I think she's extremely talented. I actually worked with her last time I came to Ayr, so to come back and see how much she's grown since – she's gone to Japan and she's still working here in the UK – I think she's got a world ahead of her. She could be [a future Knockout]. I think she's got tons of potential and she's just kind of getting her feet wet. She's very different than anyone we have on-screen right now, which I think is great. Like her promo before our match, it was passionate but it wasn't over the top like yelling and screaming. It felt real to me, and that's very important."

On the downsizing of the Knockouts Division:
"Aside from it being awesome because I’m the champion? Yeah it has gone through a little bit, but the company as a whole is going through a change right now. It’s always very sad to see my friends and colleagues go, it’s kind of bittersweet because you know you’re going to run into each other somewhere down the road. Just because they were such a staple of our locker room for so long and to still be so over with so much left to offer, and to see them go.... I just hope, although you always know it means there’s going to be change and some new faces will perhaps start coming in, I just hope those fresh faces can hold a candle to the girls they are replacing. Those are some rather large shoes to fill."

Who she would like to see return to TNA:
"I’m open to whoever wants to come back. It would be cool to have Kharma back in TNA; I think it would be cool to see Gail vs. Kharma round two but with the roles reversed. Also I’ve never had a chance to work with Kharma and I would love to, so I think that would be really cool. There is so much talent out there that deserves to get a shot, that deserves to be seen. Most of the girls that are there, I’ll say most not all, came from humble beginnings and trained and worked their way up the indies to make a name for themselves, a respected name and finally caught an amazing break. There are so many girls out there that are just like that and extremely talented, so hopefully this is an opportunity for them to step up."

What she still wants to accomplish in wrestling:
"I’m constantly raising the bar for myself; I wanna go down in history as one of the best of all time. I know there are tons of women out there who are probably as great, if not better than me. I have been very blessed, very fortunate to be able to do a lot and work with some amazing people. I mean, you don’t want to come off like this.... character wise, performance wise on TV I’m the best in the world, I’m the best of the century. And I can confidently say that I’ve had some incredible storylines and worked with some of the best in the world, to be able to leave the legacy that I could leave today, but there is so much more I want to accomplish. Just because you’re the best doesn’t mean you can’t get better."

Who she would like to work with in the future:
"I always say Serena. She’s one of the girls who reminds me so much of myself. I had kind of taken her under my wing a long time ago and to just see how far she’s grown on her own, I just feel that when she was in the public eye and really getting a mainstream push she never had a chance to show how great she was and better than pretty much everybody in the ring. She’s one of the best I’ve ever stepped in the ring with. She’s technically solid, it’s ridiculous, I’ve seen her outwrestle some of the guys! So to see that level of talent go unnoticed is a sad thing. Hopefully I’d like to see her be able to shine. It’s hard to find someone who has it all.... like myself."

Comparisons between the life of a musician and the life of a wrestler:
"They run very parallel, I think. I’m used to being on the road. It’s very hard work, you go from radio station to radio station trying to get them to play your music. It’s a lot like when I would go from show to show all up and down the East Coast trying to work, hoping to have a match, hoping to get that shot. But we’re starting to get more tour dates under the books, so we’re going to be out performing more. I’m excited, it’s like a new journey. I mean, it’s like I’ve done everything I wanna do in wrestling. Obviously I want to keep raising the bar and there are still some things I want to accomplish, but music is like I’m starting from square one. I’m building it up the same way I built my wrestling career, and hopefully the same kind of magic will happen."

If she would ever step away from wrestling to become a full-time musician:
"I would love to be a full-time musician, I don’t understand why I can’t be a full time both. I think wrestling will always be a special part of my life, I love it too much to just walk away. I mean, I know I can’t physically get in the ring and wrestle for the rest of my life, nor would I want to. I still want to be a part of this business. I guess that’s what will figure itself out along the way."