WWE Diva and TNA Knockout News, Plus...Mickie James' Birthday

Today is WWE Divas Champion Mickie James' birthday!
Yes, 30 years ago today Mickie was born in Montpelier, Virginia.
So Happy Birtday Mickie!

No doubt spurred on by Fox's "Wrestlicious", TNA is again talking about an all Knockouts TV Show.
Okay, maybe not spurred by Wrestlicious, maybe TNA is just really serious about the womens division.
After all, they are bringing the tag team belts back right?
This is something I've been wishing the WWE would do for years.
(Actually, didnt I read somewhere that SmackDown was originally supposed to be a WWE Diva show?)

And speaking of the WWE, they have signed another Diva talent.
Someone from the Indy ranks with years of wrestling experience that will enhance the womens wrestling division right?
Nope.
They signed 21 year old Trinity McCray, a dancer for the Orlando Magic.
She's starting training at Florida Championship Wrestling.

And Back to TNA, as you probably already have heard, Roxxi will be returning to TNA for the Knockout Tag Team Title Tournament.
Rumor has it that she will be partnering with Madison Rayne.
I wonder if they are gonna keep Roxxi and Rhaka Khan seperated?
As of right now, here is the line up for the Knockout Tag Team Title Tournament...
1.Traci Brooks and Sharmell versus Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed
(Kong and Saeed won which kinda stunned me because I figured Traci would win (upcoming PR) and Saeed would lose to develop Alissa Flash.)
2. Taylor Wilde and Sarita versus Daffney and Alissa Flash
3. The Beautiful People vs. Madison Rayne and Roxxi
4. Hamada and Sojo Bolt vs. Tara and Christy Hemme (Interesting choice considering Christy and Tara's past history).


The September 14th edition of Monday Night Raw will be hosted by former WWE Diva Trish Stratus.

www.MichelleMcCool.net, has an interview posted with the Diva.
You can read the interview here

TNA Knockout Christy Hemme

TNA Knockout Christy Hemme is still keeping her hand in Indy Wrestling events.
She got in the ring in Superior, Wisconsion, on Saturday and defeated Ann Brookstone, in front of 500 paid fans for Heavy On Wrestling. ( A group that brings entertainment to wrestling fans as well as helps various groups and organizations that are in need. )
Molly Holly was the special referee in the women’s contest.

Source:
http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_21078.shtml


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TNA: Gail Kim 2

And number 12 was Gail Kim......

Gail Kim (born February 20, 1976 ) is a Korean Canadian professional wrestler, valet, and actress. Kim is perhaps best known for her appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between October 2002 and November 2004. She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

On September 6, 2005, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling announced that they had signed Gail Kim to a contract.

On the October 8, 2005 edition of TNA iMPACT!, Kim made her debut, aligning herself with Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted by attacking Team 3D. Shortly thereafter, she helped AMW regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship from The Naturals. On November 26, Kim was attacked by the debuting Jackie Gayda. She spent the remainder of the year and early 2006 filming her part in the film "Royal Kill" before returning to TNA and rekindling her feud with Gayda.

Between February and April, Kim was the guardian of Jackie Gayda, who had been blackmailed into joining the Planet Jarrett stable. The two women frequently fought one another during matches featuring members of Planet Jarrett as Gayda attempted to cost them the match. Gayda was "fired" by Kim at TNA Sacrifice 2006 on May 14, after announcing that she was pregnant.

On May 15, 2006 in Orlando, Florida, Kim wrestled Traci in a dark match to be featured on the TNA Knockouts DVD. The match was the first women's match in TNA in over a year and Kim's first match on American soil since her WWE release. Since then, Kim was attacked at TNA Slammiversary 2006 by Sirelda. The weeks after this, the two traded blows until TNA Victory Road 2006, where Sirelda's team defeated Kim's team. At TNA Hard Justice 2006, they faced off against each other in a one-on-one match, which Kim won.

On the October 19, 2006 iMPACT!, Kim was (kayfabe) injured in the ring by Hernandez when he gave her a Bordertoss following a loss in an eight man tag match where Latin American Exchange (Hernandez and Homicide) teamed with America's Most Wanted. At Genesis 2006, America's Most Wanted lost to LAX after James Storm was hit with a blowtorch can. After the match, Homicide tried to use Da Gringo Killa on her, but she was saved by Petey Willams, who beat LAX with a lead pipe.

At Final Resolution 2006, Kim accompanied James Storm who defeated Petey Williams with his feet on the ropes. However, she helped Williams from further assault by taking Storm's infamous beer bottle out of his hand and giving him a low blow. Kim was then jumped from behind by a returning Jacqueline Moore, who became Storm's new manager. In response, Kim became Williams' new manager.

After a mixed tag match between Kim and Williams against Storm and Moore at Against All Odds 2007, "the Wildcat" Chris Harris returned to chase away both Storm and Moore. At TNA Lockdown Gail defeated Moore in a TNA Cat Fight Steel cage match after a flying crossbody pin from the cage.

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TNA Knockout - SoCal Val

SoCal Val

Do you know that SoCal Val has been with TNA since 2006?
And really...what have they done with her?

Valerie Elizabeth Wyndham is an American pro wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, SoCal Val.
SoCal was born on March 27th, 1986 in Beverly Hills, California and is currently signed to TNA Wrestling.

After she was "discovered" while attending a local wrestling event, Valerie debuted on March 30th, 2002 for the Golden State Championship Wrestling independent wrestling promotion as the manager of Pinoy Boy, who she promptly betrayed by berating him after he was defeated by Scott Lost and then leaving with Lost. She appeared for several other promotions in Southern California before her family moved across the country to Orlando, Florida when she was sixteen. Valerie developed the character of SoCal Val.

In addition to working for multiple independent promotions, Valerie has appeared with WWE, modelling a John Cena t-shirt on WWE.com and appearing on WWE SmackDown! as part of a vignette featuring Luther Reigns. She regularly appears with the Orlando based promotion TNA Wrestling, working variously as a ring girl, spokesmodel, merchandise model and interviewer. She appeared at the TNA No Surrender 2005 pay-per-view on July 17th, 2005 alongside ring announcer Jeremy Borash, and is currently an interviewer on TNA Global Impact!.

Valerie continues to work for promotions throughout Southern California, most prominently Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where she was the commissioner at one point. It was there, when Joey Ryan Superkicked her in the face, she developed a fear of feet (kayfabe). This became a prominent feature in her storyline with Francine Fournier, while resulted in a Kiss My Foot Match which Valerie lost.

In August of 2006, SoCal Val officially signed with TNA, she will appear more frequently on television, and be involved in more storylines.
On August 18, 2006 So Cal Val got kicked out by the Women Extreme Wrestling promotion at their PPV Tapings event Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal.
On the December 14, 2006 episode of iMPACT, Kurt Angle dragged her in the ring and threatened to break her ankle until Jim Cornette talked him into letting her go.
On the March 8, 2007 episode of iMPACT, So Cal Val got injured after receiving the Black Hole Slam from Abyss.
From 2008 to 2009, she was the on-screen girlfriend of Jay Lethal and actually had a storyline.
In 2009 she was involved in an altercation between Awesome Kong and Tara.
In 2010, she began working as the ring announcer on TNA Xplosion.

I think Val may wind up being the "Lilian Garcia" of TNA.


TNA Knockout - SoCal Val, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on 3-27-2007