Mickie James is happy to see her friends thriving in 2023.
In 2023, Mickie James and Lita are champions in two top promotions, and Lita and Trish Stratus are slated to compete at this year's WrestleMania event.
Speaking with Denise Salcedo, James not only praised her long-time friends and rivals but the roster of IMPACT and AEW's Saraya.
"How amazing, how exciting of a time is it in 2023 when we are looking at Lita as a Tag Team Champion with Becky? Now looking at Team Bestie [Trish Stratus and Lita] going to be at WrestleMania, two women who I've shared a lot of history with, and who I admire, look up to, find hella inspiring, and I just adore," James began. "You see that happening there. You see, in IMPACT, I'm the Champion in 2023, and our tag team division is shining so bright, and the women in that locker room. Then you see over at AEW, Saraya comes back from a career-ending injury. Someone who they said, 'Oh, she's never going to wrestle again.'
"What a freakin magical time in professional wrestling and not just in women's professional wrestling, just in professional wrestling across the board," James continued. "For a long time, it used to be like, 'Oh, well, they're retired,' or 'they're this,' and it would all be about this whole new — and it was never that way about the men as much as it was for the women."
Mickie James hopes to see her friends wrestling on the second night of WrestleMania because, as part of her DressleMania auction, she will be in a suite watching Knights of WrestleMania on Sunday, April 2.
"I'm going to be there for WrestleCon. I'm going to be out there in LA," James said. "I'm really hoping — because we're doing DressleMania this year and one of the things that we're auctioning off is — I've already texted both of them, 'I really hope you guys are wrestling on night two,' because I'm actually going to be in a suite that we're auctioning off for one of the winners for DressleMania and there watching. It is my first time ever watching WrestleMania as a spectator. I've never been. I could never go when we were kids. We didn't have the money. Never went as a child have only been as a talent. For my first time ever, in the history of the world, in the history of Mickie James, I'm going to be going to WrestleMania as a spectator. I'm just praying that my friends are wrestling night two, so I can watch it there live, in-person, because I really would love to see it live in person."
Before then, Mickie James must defend her IMPACT Knockouts Championship against Jordynne Grace at IMPACT Sacrifice 2023. Fans can check out the full card here.
Fans can also check out the full card for WrestleMania 39 here.
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