Mickie James has given up the Knockouts Championship.
It has an impact Rise up PPV on Sunday, April sixteenth. A Knockouts Championship match was scheduled for the present, nevertheless it was unclear if the champion could be out there to compete. Mickie James was affected by a damaged rib. That harm put a cloud over the competition. If James was match to battle, he would have a three-way protection in opposition to Jordyn Grace and Deonna Purazzo. If not, the brand new champion shall be determined in a singles match between Grace and Purazzo.
Just a few days left Rise upJames needed to make a tricky choice throughout Thursday’s episode Influence Wrestling (April 13, 2023).
Mickie James has requested for time to talk to the world. He mentioned how the final rodeo proves that he nonetheless belongs amongst Influence’s finest. James is aware of there comes some extent when a youthful, hungrier, sooner and even higher competitor knocks him off the mountaintop. It could be an honor to move the torch.
What James cannot abdomen is age. He looks like he can take over the world when he wrestles in entrance of followers. As James chills backstage, aches and pains remind him that he is not 20 anymore. That is what makes his assertion so harsh.
The docs didn’t enable James to compete Rise up. He has to do what’s proper for enterprise, proper for Influence and proper for the locker room. As the ladies’s champion of her phrase, she formally relinquished the Knockouts title.
This ends James’ fifth knockout streak in 90 days.
Present card no Rise up consists of.
- World Championship of Affect. Steve McLean vs. Kushida
- Knockout Championship. Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo
- Influence World Tag Workforce Championship. Ace Austin & Chris Bay (c) vs. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley at Final X
- X-Division Championship. Trey Miguel (c) vs. Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham in a 3-way match
- Onerous warfare. Workforce Dreamer (Tommy Dreamer, Frankie Kazarian, Yuya Uemura, Killer Kelly & Bhupinder Gujjar) vs. Workforce Bully (Bully Ray, John Skyler, Jason Hotch, Kenny King, & Masha Slamovich)
- Final rites recreation. Eddie Edwards vs. PCO
- Santino Marella, Joe Hendry and Dango vs. Design
- Knockouts Tag Workforce Championship. Taylor Wilde & Killeen King (c) vs. Rosemary & Jessica (pre-show)
- Heath & Rhino vs. Champagne Singh & Shera (pre-show)
It Rise up The PPV telecast begins April 16 at 8:00 PM ET on Fite TV.
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