TNA Wrestling announces a new signing.
The promotion took to social media on Thursday, March 27 to announce a big transaction, noting that they've signed Maggie Lee to a deal.
Lee has been appearing for the company on a regular basis since October 2024, primarily competing on episodes of TNA Xplosion.
From TNA Wrestling:
TNA Wrestling confirmed today that it has signed Maggie Lee, as first reported by the Battleground Podcast, the official iHeartRadio Podcast.
A former four-year college volleyball player, Maggie Lee is now looking to spike the competition in TNA’s Knockouts Division. The 5-foot-11 award-winning Iowa native was trained at Black & Brave Wrestling and will celebrate three years in the ring this summer. More about Maggie Lee:
· Earned a degree in exercise science while first training to become a wrestler.
· Earned All Region & All Conference accolades in college as a volleyball player.
· The Quote: “I’m from Iowa but swear my natural habitat is anywhere there is a beach and sunshine.”
· She worked on a gas dock fueling boats for multiple summers before wrestling.
· When asked about her favorite wrestler, Maggie said she always struggles with the answer because she had many favorites. But, she added, “I do have multiple shirts from when I was younger with ‘BELLA’ written in Sharpie (pen) on the back … shoutout Nikki Bella.”
· Enjoys weight lifting and working out. She was introduced to Olympic-style lifting and CrossFit in high school.
· “I definitely am a horse girl, but I’m unfortunately allergic.”
· She was involved in dance for about 8 years during her childhood.
Maggie and the stars of TNA Wrestling will be in St. Joseph, Missouri for two live events, March 28-29. All matches will be taped for the company’s flagship weekly TV show, iMPACT! on AXS TV in the U.S., on Sportsnet+ in Canada and TNA+ around the world.
The St. Joseph shows will feature TNA World Champion Joe Hendry, TNA X-Division Champion Moose, TNA World Tag Team Champions Jeff & Matt Hardy (The Hardys), TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich, plus Nic Nemeth, Mustafa Ali, Steve Maclin, Eric Young, Mike Santana, A.J. Francis, Frankie Kazarian, Sami Callihan, Tessa Blanchard, Rosemary and Xia Brookside, among others.
After training at the Black & Brave Wrestling Academy, Lee got her start in the world of wrestling in 2022. Over the years, she's wrestled for promotions like Glory Pro, Chicago Style Wrestling, and AAW.
Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp revealed on FightfulSelect.com's subscription service that the deal was actually a Gail Kim and Ariel Shnerner hire before the two were fired by TNA.
One of the top free agent prospects in wrestling is now signed by TNA, but actually has been for quite some times.
TNA confirmed that Maggie Lee had signed with the company, as revealed on the Battleground Podcast. Lee has been a standout independent wrestler the last couple of years and regularly popped up among names that people expected to be signed. As it turns, out, she's been signed a while.
Despite the news emerging on March 27, we're told that Maggie Lee was actually signed months ago, sometime after December. Beyond that, she was a signing that Gail Kim and Ariel Sherner had made before they were fired.
We're told she had also been on WWE's radar.
Fans can check out the current lineup for Thursday's edition of TNA iMPACT! by clicking here. Fightful will have full coverage of the show as it airs.
