In a surprising announcement, WWE announced that former WWE Superstar and current IMPACT Knockouts Champion Mickie James would be competing in the 2022 Royal Rumble. Both Mickie James and IMPACT were mentioned on WWE television and now we are finding out a little more information about how this unlikely deal came about.
Ringside News is reporting that per sources, they were told that the conspiracy theory of WWE working with IMPACT Wrestling to get back at AEW is not true. WWE’s deal with IMPACT Wrestling came along for many different reasons.
The report says that a tenured member at WWE stated that:
” we need 30 women for the Rumble. Mickie left on bad terms with the whole Carrano thing. So when Laurinaitis reached out for her to be in the Rumble, she told him she’s under contract to Impact. That’s not an issue anymore.”
Ringside News is also reporting they were told that “Vince doesn’t care” and he even “okayed mentioning IMPACT [on-air] as part of the deal.” At this point, there are “no borders.”
We will have to see how this relationship will continue moving forward.
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