TNA Knockout Gail Kim wrecently spoke to
The
Big WrestleShark Show on the initial success of the TNA Knockouts
Division, Awesome Kong, The current state of the division and much more. Below
are some quick highlights.
Being the first ever
Knockouts Champion and what it means to her:
"Oh my gosh. Every
time people ask me what is the favorite moment of your career, for most people
it's really hard, but for me it's easy. Being the first Knockout champion.
Because we fought for that division, I mean when I first came in I had to wait
about a year and a half before we started wrestling. When they told us they were
bringing in a womens championship, we literally screamed out loud in the arena.
You just never know what's going to happen. At that time we had about five
girls, and they weren't all wrestlers. Then all of a sudden they bring in about
ten girls and you never know what's going to happen when you bring in ten
people. They all got hired and it was pretty much an overnight
success."
If they can replicate the initial
success of the division:
""Definitely. It was
magical. I always account Scott D'Amore, who was the female agent at the time
for a lot of that magic. Then you had me and Awesome Kong: that was the best
programme of my life, the feud of my career. Even to this day, I say those were
the best those were the best years."
The current
batch of Knockouts:
"Well there's not
many of us left to be honest. I heard someone say there are 10, but I'm not sure
there's even that many. The recent ones who have just departed like Rosita,
Sarita
you know there's still Velvet and Tara, but they're all so talented. And
they really highlight us, when you see us you always know it's gonna be a great
match."
If she would like to see some old faces
return:
"Oh definitely,
everyone always says 'oh I would love to see Awesome Kong come back' and I'm
just like 'aww man, I dunno if my body could take that [laughs]'. But you know
there are so many talented girls out there
I would loved to have wrestled
Sarita as we're both very Mexican influenced, but maybe
someday."
How 'the competition' does
things:
"In terms of the
womens wrestling, you can clearly see we are given more time, the girls athletic
ability is highlighted more over here. That's what I've always loved, being in
the ring and wrestling. So for me, personally, I prefer it here. I've
experienced both companies, twice, and I definitely prefer my time
here.
"In terms of the
company as a whole, WWE has been around forever and Vince knows what he's doing.
Here, we're a family and we're just striving to get to that point. We have a
very talented group of athletes and a great office who are very encouraging and
supportive. I think eventually we will get to that point we want to get
to."
The full interview can be found at
WrestleShark.podbean.com or on iTunes
at this link.
