Mickie James, Queen of The Last Rodeo

I want to start this off by saying that this is my opinion. I am just a third-year student at a university who happens to love professional wrestling. However, everyone who has paid attention to WWE recently has noticed that they have made some big changes. Of course, WWE giving their infamous saying when releasing wrestlers, “We wish them the best in all of their future endeavors,” is not uncommon, but when it comes to a legend like Mickie James, I knew it would spark controversy. Mickie James was released April of 2021. She was seen at wrestlemania and even asked to bein on some of the programs for that night.

Besides being one of the best professional wrestlers from the mid-2000s to the present, she was the top woman in women’s wrestling for years. She was the Pro Wrestling Illustrated number one woman for the years 2009 and 2011. If there was one woman who was going to be the WWE’s top girl after Hall of Famers, Trish Stratus and Lita, it was Mickie James.

WWE made a list of the WWE’s 50 Greatest Women Superstars and James was 12. That is an amazing spot to be in when we compare it to the male list that was made in 2010. The male number 12 is no other than the Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development for WWE, Triple H. I am not comparing the two, however, WWE put them in the same spot which means they must be legendary and an asset to the WWE.

Of course, these lists are just based on who WWE executives want to be on it and who they respect. Spoiler alert, this a scripted program however, avid watchers of WWE know how legends should be treated.

When Mickie James showed how she got her belongings back from being released, the wrestling community was outraged. They knew the disrespect and were appalled. James said it best when she discussed its “symbolism”.

After a year WWE decided to change how they treated her. WWE brought her Back for the 2022 Royal Rumble. This made many wrestling fans shocked. At this point, she was the Women’s Champion for another wrestling company. She was the Knockouts Women’s Champion. Also, there were a lot of controversies when she was let go.

She had a great performance, and it was great to see her back in a WWE ring. When it comes to the last rodeo, she showed how she can still go. She gave promised if she lost her knockout championship in a match, she was going to leave professional wrestling. This hardcore country version of Mickie James called this run in her career the last rodeo.

Luckily for Micki James Fans, she is still wrestling. She did not lose that match and she is still performing.

Here is a list of Mickie James’ accomplishments.

• The Baltimore Sun
  • Woman of the Year (2010)
• Covey Promotions
  • CP Women’s Championship (1 time)
  • Covey Pro Hall of Fame (2014)
• CyberSpace Wrestling Federation
  • CSWF Women’s Championship (1 time)
• Dynamite Championship Wrestling
  • DCW Women’s Championship (1 title)
• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • FCW Women’s Championship (1 time)
  • NAWF Indian Tribal Women’s Championship (1 time)
• Ground Xero Wrestling
  • GXW Women’s Championship (1 time)
• Impact Championship Wrestling
  • ICW Super Juniors Championship (1 time)
• International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
  • IPW: UK Women’s Championship ( 1 time)
• Maryland Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Women’s Championship (1 time)
• Native American Music Awards
  • The Jim Thorpe Sports Award (2019)
• Premier Wrestling Federation
  • PWF Universal Women’s Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Woman of the Year (2009, 2011)
  • Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2009
• Southern Championship Wrestling
  • SCW Diva Championship (1 time)
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling
  • TNA / Impact Knockouts World Championship (4 times)
  • TNA World Cup of Wrestling (2013)– with Christopher Daniels, James Storm, Kazarian, and Kenny King
  • IMPACT Year End Awards (1 time)
    • Knockouts Match of the Year (2021) vs. Deonna Purrazzo at Bound for Glory
  • Ultimate Championship Wrestling
    • UCW Women’s Championship (1 time)
  • Ultimate Wrestling Federation
    • UWF Women’s Championship (2 times)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (2009) Piggy James angle
  • World Wrestling Entertainment
    • WWE Women’s Championship(5 times)
    • WWE Divas Championship(1 time)

As you can see in the impact wrestling Section, she is still able to have awards that are a match of the year. I believe we will see Mickie James in the WWE Hall of Fame in the next few years. Also, I think she will be put into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame. She is a great talent that still wants to prove so much more.

I hope to see another all-woman pay-per-view and I believe Mickie will make it a success just like the first one. It was called NWA EMPOWER. It was massive sucess.

If other wrestling looked at the success of the event and wanted to replicate it, that would be a smart thing to do. No All women show is panned for the future at any big wretling company currently.