Top Impact Wrestling Star Reveals Division’s Debt To Jeff Jarrett

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A top Impact Wrestling star has revealed that a division within the company owes a debt to AEW’s Jeff Jarrett.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Gail Kim revealed that the Knockouts division owes it all to Jeff Jarrett, saying:

“We owe everything to Jeff Jarrett, to be honest. I still tell him to this day he gave us the opportunity.

“And you know, it’s funny because walking into TNA at that time, I had other wrestlers tell me Jeff hates women’s wrestling.

“So it’s like, oh, and you know, fans don’t want to see women’s wrestling; it’s a bathroom break. And I was like, I refuse to believe this.

“And sometimes it’s scary, but you have to take these chances on yourself. And I did say, ‘Okay, I couldn’t manage anymore.’

“I couldn’t watch the guys doing what I loved and be ringside. And I was appreciative of that role but I knew that’s not what I had to give to the business.”

Kim would then describe the change that was set in motion, adding:

“And so it’s like, okay if we’re not going to wrestle soon, I need to leave because it’s been a year and a half.

“So you know what, at least they thought I was valuable enough to give that chance. And so they said, and they kind of tested the waters, and they said, ‘Can you work Jackie Moore?’

“I said, ‘Bring in anybody; bring in Jackie!’ They tested the waters with that.

“And then once they were happy with that, they said, ‘We’re going to bring in a women’s title. We’re going to bring in all these girls.’

“Then, a lot of people think oh, what’s going to happen when you’re bringing 10 Girls overnight? You know it can be pretty crazy.”

It would be one feud in particular that would cement Kim’s point in Jarrett’s eyes, with Kim talking about her feud with Awesome Kong, saying:

“Low Ki was the first one to tell me about Kong. And I was so intrigued. And I never saw her work. And I just told Dutch like, ‘We don’t have anyone like this. We need to have someone like this. I trust what he’s saying. She’s a force to be reckoned with.’

“And I can just tell just, based on his description, we need someone different. And Kia ended up being more than we ever envisioned or hoped for. Because she was like, magical.

“The presence, from the first entrance, when she walked out, and I always say people have always tried to duplicate her. And they’ve never been able to do it because it was everything.

“It was the presence, the skill, the facials. They were on another level.

“And Jeff just saw something magical that even though, like you said, we didn’t realize at the moment, we’re just trying to prove ourselves, to be honest, to get to that next match just to get to the next match, not just what had happened for the division.

“He saw it in us and Scott D’Amore; I remember him telling me, ‘Jeff just loves you and Kia. Just loves you and Kong. He loves what he’s seeing.’

“So they kind of saw it in us before we really realized. Like you said, we’re just trying to prove ourselves every single time.”

In the same episode, Awesome Kong would also reveal her fight to be paid her value by Impact Wrestling.

Transcript from WrestleZone.

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• gail kim
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