Velvet Sky recently took part in an IMPACT Wrestling Knockout Roundtable discussion that touched on a number of topics related to the female division in the pro wrestling promotion.
During the discussion, Sky touched on Vince Russo being a big supporter of the division during his time in the company, and explained how when former WWE executive John Gaburick was brought in, a lot of problems started rising within the division.
Featured below are some of the highlights of comments made by Velvet Sky during the IMPACT Knockout Roundtable discussion.
On Vince Russo being a huge supporter of the Knockouts Division in IMPACT Wrestling: "Maybe not everybody was a big Vince Russo fan, but Vince Russo was a huge supporter of the girls and the Knockouts, to the point where he was starting to give us 2-3 segments on the show. Then fast forward to when Vince left and John Gaburick came in, I’m sorry, the truth is the truth, that’s when s**t started to go south and that’s when the girls started to take a back seat. When we had Vince there, I don’t care, love him or hate him, he was always the number one avid supporter of the girls. He went strictly by the numbers, he saw the ratings that were coming in for the girls, and the girls were most of the time the highest-rated segment on the show. Once he went by the numbers, week-by-week-by-week because the numbers don’t like, he’s like, s**t, we have something here, let’s feature the girls more on the show. So whether it was in the ring with matches or backstage segments, or whatever the case was, in-ring promos, he was the one, Vince was the one responsible for really supporting the girls as far as getting us on the show as much as possible."
On problems in the Knockouts division starting when John Gaburick was brought in: "Again, when Big [Gaburick’s nickname] came in, whatever your opinion is on him, that’s when everything went [two thumbs down]. Big and Dixie [Carter] together was just like a no-no. Sorry."
Check out the complete IMPACT Knockout Roundtable at IMPACTWrestling.com.
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