Steph De Lander opens up about Gail Kim's TNA release.
On March 25, TNA Wrestling revealed that Gail Kim had been fired. While wrestling fans were finding out via social media, so were some TNA performers. During a recent interview with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, Steph De Lander revealed that she found out when everyone else did on social media and described her shock upon hearing the news.
However, she also says she has faith in individuals like Tommy Dreamer and Delirious and is approaching the future with optimism for herself and the TNA Knockouts division.
"With wrestling, the way that it goes, as always, is people think that on the inside of a company, we get a whole bunch more notice or information about stuff. I found out when Twitter found out," she said. "So obviously, a huge shock. Gail has been instrumental in TNA for years and years and years and years, especially for the women. So I think it's just one of those situations where, like, personally for me, I can only have hope and optimism that this isn't going to be a negative thing for especially the females at TNA. I know and have faith in people like Tommy and Hunter/Delirious running creative and a few other people within TNA that I think that we are going to be fine.
"Losing Gail definitely is a big blow for men and women. Everyone loved her," she continued. "So that was a very big shock for me and I think from speaking to other people, everyone was definitely like blindsided by that for sure."
Fans can read Gail Kim's statement about her TNA departure here.
Fans can read Matt Hardy's thoughts on Gail Kim being fired by TNA here.
Steph De Lander revealed on March 23rd that her book "What's The Best That Could Happen?: My Love Letter To Pro Wrestling" is now available for pre-order. The book will be released on April 18. Learn more about the book here.
Check out the full interview with Steph De Lander embedded at the top of this page.
