Mickie James made a surprise appearance, though it was announce beforehand, in the 2022 women's WWE Royal Rumble.
James was released by WWE in April 2021 and was infamously sent her items in a trash bag. Her return to WWE came as a surprise given the circumstances surrounding her release and the fact that she was the reigning IMPACT Knockouts Champion at the time.
With IMPACT and WWE previously opening the Forbidden Door, and the door always opening elsewhere, Deonna Purrazzo was asked on Cultaholic's Desert Island Graps if she would participate in a possible WWE cameo.
"I don't want to say no, and I want to say yes, but I also think that it's kind of the circumstance of it. I'm in a place where I've done a lot of partial rehabilitation to my career in the last three years. I've been able to turn the tide of what people say about me and the conversations I'm in and cement my place in history. Unfortunately, my first time in NXT and WWE did a lot of damage to that. For me, it's more being cautious about maybe the situation I would be put in or something like that. I don't want to take it off the table because it is WWE and, as a kid, I didn't know any other wrestling. My dream was to become a WWE Superstar, and my dream has evolved many times over during my career, but I think at the end of the day, that's something I'm going to want to hold onto and want to say yes to, but I need to learn from my mistakes and do it differently if I was going to," she said.
Purrazzo was released by WWE in April 2020 after a two year run that saw her lose a lot on NXT television.
Purrazzo has not officially been announced for IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United 2, but she has issued the challenge to Giulia for the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship. Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
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