Deonna Purrazzo began her second reign as IMPACT Knockouts Champion at IMPACT Turning Point 2020 when she defeated Su Yung.
Her reign lasted 343 days before she lost the title to Mickie James at IMPACT Bound For Glory 2021. During her reign, Purrazzo added the AAA Reina de Reinas Title to her collection when she defeated Faby Apache at Triplemania XXIX in a title vs. title match.
Speaking on Refin' It Up, IMPACT referee Brian Hebner mentioned that Purrazzo was supposed to drop the IMPACT Knockouts Title earlier than she did in her reign.
Purrazzo clarified things, saying, "Bound For Glory (2020), Kylie (Rae) got hurt, my surprise opponent was Su. I did lose. They had me win it back three or four weeks later in a No DQ match. There was supposed to be one other time, right before Slammiversary 2021 where I ended up wrestling Thunder Rosa, that I was maybe going to lose, but I was doing stuff with AAA and whether it was a miscommunication or what it was, my AAA match for Triplemania became a title vs. title match and then I couldn't lose because I had said I would put the title on the line. I went to them and was like, 'I'm down to do whatever you need. If I'm not the champion, that's fine, but whoever is the champion needs to go to Triplemania and not me.' That way the Knockouts Championship is still defended, and it's still title vs. title, but now there are other implications and things involved that are bigger than one match. I ended up keeping it. They didn't know what my match at Slammiversary was going to be. I ended up wrestling someone else, and they had to leave, and it was a whole thing. The mystery opponent was, I didn't know until a couple days before. Then, Mickie got released (from WWE) and it all fell into place, but there were those two times where I was supposed to lose, but things happened and I was maybe going to lose, but maybe not, no one could really figure it out, but there were so many outside forces happening that had me hold onto it way longer."
Purrazzo has yet to regain the IMPACT Knockouts Championship since losing the title to James at IMPACT Bound For Glory 2021. She did go on to win the IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championships with Chelsea Green at IMPACT Emergence 2022.
Purrazzo is set for six-woman tag team action on Thursday's IMPACT Wrestling. Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
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