Mickie James interview with Ariel Helwani

[Comrade Khan]

• Highlight #1: Scott D'Amore contacted her for the Rumble, not WWE. WWE contacted Scott.
• Highlight #2: Impact wanted Mickie to be announced earlier (and not just show up at the Rumble), and WWE obliged.
• Highlight #3: She's grateful they mentioned the championship and thought it brought buzz to Hard to Kill. She was so happy for that.
• Highlight #4: Says she intends on coming out with the title and coming out to her Hardcore Country music (but she does not confirm it either way).
• Highlight #5: She got calls from Triple H, Stephanie, Vince and Johnny after the trash bag incident. She said she didn't take it as a personal attack but it felt thoughtless. Practically it made sense, but they need to be wary of the messages they're sending. They stopped doing that now.
• Highlight #6: She seen her release coming because they seemingly had nothing for her on TV, and that anyone is dispensable. But it still came as a surprise. It's nice to have competition with all the releases.
• Highlight #7: AEW never reached out to her, but everyone knew she planned to go to NWA to work with her husband and do the women's show. She also didn't want any long-term contract but didn't mind to mix it up with the women.

Stole this from reddit, idgaf

 

[Chris]

Scott D'Amore the unsung hero of the wrestling industry

 

[Adapting]

Mickey or Mickie? xd

 

[Comrade Khan]

Mickey or Mickie? xd

 

[Marty McFourth]

I think the coolest thing about all this is WWE actually being okay with mentioning her as Knockout's Champion and presumably letting her walk out at the Rumble with it too. That's a pretty huge deal for Impact.

 

[Buffy]

Great that the McMahons apologized to her about the trash bag incident.