From my 9/1 IMPACT review article: -Mickie James announcement – it was heavily speculated she was retiring coming into it. Ends up announcing that she’s gonna go through that entire roster starting at the bottom until she gets to the champ. If she loses when she finally gets to the champ, then she’ll retire and be done for good.
Mickie took to Busted Open Radio on Wednesday and talked her “Last Rodeo”:
“I really wanted to speak from my heart. It’s been a journey for me. I feel I’ve been so fortunate to do so much and way more than, especially a woman gets to do. I just wanted to, not only be able to test myself because there is this whole rise of this new generation and some incredibly talented women out there. I just want to be able to go out in a blaze of glory. If I’m going to go out, I want to go out with a bang. It’s a true way to test myself against every woman out there, and I’m open to every woman out there, to challenge them and really test myself to have some of the best matches of my life. Win or lose, no matter what, hopefully, the fans will win and my next loss will be my last loss, period. That’s a good way to put my back up against the wall and force myself to bring the absolute best out of myself. I feel I’m better under pressure,” she said.
Mickie continued by saying, “I did want to do it from the bottom of the roster up because I feel, especially if this is going to be the last rodeo, I’d like to give opportunities. A lot of times when you go in and you’re going after things, you don’t get a chance to challenge a lot of the women because you go into the angles or straight for the number contender opportunity. There are a lot of women in that locker room and a lot of women right now that I haven’t had the chance to face and if this is going to be it, I’d like to have the chance to maybe face them. I have an immense amount of love and respect from that locker room, and a lot of locker rooms, we always want to leave it better than we found it and if I have the opportunity to share the ring with some of these ladies, to not only test myself against them but share the ring with them, it’d be cool for both sides and for wrestling.”
Mickie took part in IMPACT’s Dallas TV tapings on August 26th and 27th, so we’ll see her competing over the next few weeks.
Who will her first opponent be on this journey? Guess we’ll all have to tune in to find out!
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