Mickie James Discusses Post Retirement Plans

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A former WWE star has discussed their post retirement plans.

Mickie James opened her own “forbidden door” earlier this year when she made her return to WWE as IMPACT Knockouts World Champion in the Women’s Royal Rumble Match.

On the September 1 edition of IMPACT on AXS TV, James announced her “Last Rodeo” where she would retire if she lost before regaining the Knockouts World Title.

Speaking on the Bound For Glory Press Pass, James was asked if she sees herself continuing on the wrestling business in some way after her in-ring retirement.

She answered:

“All of them. I love every, and that’s kind of the beautiful thing, I’ve dedicated over half my life to this business. In that time, I’ve really tried to learn as much as I can about every aspect of the business, from behind the scenes, I’ve been a commentator, I’ve been a producer, I’ve been a trainer. I’ve been a lot of things. There’s a unique sense of joy that I get from each of those things. I could see myself as a manager, I could see myself as a commentator, I could see myself behind the scenes.”

The four-time Knockouts World Champion continued on to express her love for storytelling and character development, saying:

“What I really love is part of the creative process and to help people find and fine tune, whether it be their promos or the character development, and storylines. I’ve always been, even as a fan, I love wrestling. But it wasn’t the wrestling that made me fall in love with wrestling. It was the storylines and the characters, and so that’s really where my heart mostly is. I feel like that’s where I lot of younger talent need the most kind of guidance because they’re been trained on wrestling, but it’s hard to teach character development and that on switch. It’s hard to define, and I love helping the future. I’m grateful that I have hopefully a little bit of knowledge to share with them. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, I’ve had a lot of successes, but I’ve also made a lot of mistakes. I know people are gonna make their own mistakes and learn from their own mistakes, but perhaps if I can streamline that for them so they don’t make as many and it shortens up that journey for them to get the top, then that might be pretty awesome. I think I would find a genuine reward in that as well.”

As previously mentioned, Mickie James also expressed wanting to have the greatest work of her career during this “Last Rodeo” storyline during the press pass.

James will face Mia Yim in the next chapter of the “Last Rodeo” at IMPACT Bound For Glory on Friday, October 7 on FITE TV and pay-per-view.

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