Josh Alexander talks Jade Chung's new role in TNA.
In December 2023, TNA Wrestling announced that Jade Chung, wife of Josh Alexander, would be serving as the ring announcer for the promotion going forward. This was a huge step forward for Chung in the wrestling world, given the fact that she hadn't wrestled since 2019.
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, Alexander talked about how Chung was nervous about the new role at first.
"Well, my reaction is, being supportive and being like, ‘Oh, yeah, you’re gonna kill it. You’re gonna be awesome.’ Her reaction initially was, ‘Uh, I hate the sound my voice. What am I gonna do? Oh, my God,’ you know what I mean? All this stuff going through her head. But I know my wife better than anybody, I’d hope. I know how hard of a worker she is. Whatever things she has to do, she’s gonna hit it full force, much like myself, in pro wrestling. It’s been, I’m gonna say, fun."
Alexander went on to reveal that Chung studied WWE's Samantha Irvin to prepare for the role.
"But having her watch Samantha Irvin and telling everybody to quiet down while she’s introducing people so she can study tape and then watching her practice and memorize so that she doesn’t have to read cue cards while she’s doing it. It’s just very impressive and I’m very proud of how hard she’s worked at it. To see her from a show to show basis improve, all these little things that people give her tips on. She’ll finish at Hard to Kill and they’ll be like, ‘Ah, maybe try this,’ and then she’ll fix it by the next day when we have IMPACT tapings. That’s how seriously she takes this, man. She wants to be the best at whatever she does, and that’s something that I sympathize with. So it’s really cool."
Elsewhere in the interview, Alexander talked about TNA accepting the option year on his contract. Fans can learn more here.
TNA will return to Windsor, Ontario, Canada on March 8 for the Sacrifice event. On March 9, the city will also a set of television tapings for the promotion.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Josh Alexander in the video linked at the top of this article.
