IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion Mickie James recently appeared on Busted Open Radio and said that she intends on bringing her IMPACT Knockouts Championship with her and walking out with it during the 2022 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match.
Mickie James said:
“I think it’s pretty important.” “And I feel like the fact that Pat (McAfee) has already mentioned it on television and referred to me as the Knockouts World Champion, that was really powerful. So, I intend to walk out with the championship, I feel like that’s representing the company that I work for now and that I am the champion for.”
Mickie James also talked about how she does not want the trash bag incident to be the last thing fans remember about her during her time in the WWE and how she wants to return because she has had amazing moments in the WWE and if there is one thing she would want the fans to remember her by in the WWE if this would be the last thing, then it is her returning to this year's Royal Rumble.
Mickie James said:
“I feel like too, it was important for me not to have that incident be the thing.” “I did some incredible work there at WWE. And for whatever reason, that’s the thing, that door is never really closed. And I just hated having that bad blood, I didn’t want that asterisk. I’ve had all these cool matches and cool moments, but it was overshadowed by this one thing, that sucked.”
“And I am glad that it’s not going to happen anymore, and it sucked. But it wasn’t like I was the only person it happened to and I think at the end of the day my dream was always to have been there and do all these monumental things that I was able to do there. I just didn’t want to be known for the other thing. So, this is something cool and different. So if that is the last thing, it’s a pretty cool last thing, you know?”
Mickie James then talked about how she was hoping for a little reaction to her returning to the Royal Rumble Match, but she did not expect the reaction she got and she is actually wondering who the other surprises will be.
Mickie James said:
“It’s amazing, I didn’t think it was going to get the reaction that it did. It kind of blew up bigger than I thought. You hope to get a little buzz, but yeah it was amazing. I was hoping for the surprise, I thought the surprise would have been good.” “But then, there’s still more surprises, so that makes me wonder who’s going to be the surprises then?”
You can check out Mickie James' comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
