Masha Slamovich has emerged as one of the top Knockouts in IMPACT Wrestling over the past year, targeting and taking out other Knockouts one by one.
Slamovich has become an assassin on-screen, letting victims know she is coming for them and then dismantling them when they get in the ring. Her latest target is IMPACT Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace.
Speaking to Tommy Dreamer on House of Hardcore, Masha discussed her character and where she hopes it will lead.
"It all ends up coming down to this death note, from my original idea of this kill wall that we had filmed earlier. With the crossed out faces with the blood, we kept going with that and now I'm hunting my prey and playing with my food, psychologically, before I get to them in the ring. I like the fact, circling back to deathmatches, that I'm getting to incorporate more death, blood, videos of light tubes being smashed, I'm getting closer and closer to integrating the deathmatch. Hopefully, one day, we'll have an IMPACT deathmatch to integrate towards. Violence sells. Blood sells," she said. "There's not many females, especially this caliber of pro wrestling, who voluntarily put themselves through this kind of thing. Most people at IMPACT certainly want nothing to do with glass and barbed wire, but it brings me joy and it brings me joy to bring it to a wider audience."
Masha noted that she would like to do a deathmatch with Sami Callihan at some point.
Masha hasn't lost in IMPACT since IMPACT Knockouts Knockdown when she faced Deonna Purrazzo. She's coming off a victory over Gisele Shaw on the August 4 episode of IMPACT Wrestling.
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