Deaner gives high praise to Mickie James.
Mickie James is up against one of the toughest challenges of her last rodeo at Hard To Kill, as she is set to face the IMPACT Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace in a Title vs. Career match. Since beginning her last rodeo in September 2022, James has defeated the likes of Deonna Purrazzo, Taylor Wilde, Mia Yim, along with many others.
Many people around the world of wrestling are rooting on James to win at Hard To Kill, with one of those people being IMPACT's Deaner. In a new interview with WrestlingNews.co, Deaner discussed his personal involvement with James' current run and how he is predicting victory for her at the pay-per-view.
“I struggle to even make a prediction with that. If she doesn’t win, I’m not just sad because that it would mean that there’s no Mickie James left in professional wrestling, it would also be because it’s the end of this story, which is such an amazing story. It’s been so dramatic and I’ve had the privilege, I’ve got to produce a couple of these matches that Mickie James has been in. So, I kind of have another perspective at it as a producer and getting to sit down with Mickie James as a wrestler and get into her mind as a wrestler and myself as a producer and see what she’s doing. I heard Eric Young say this to me and the more I thought about it, the more I thought he’s right and that is that Mickie James is one of the best all-around professional wrestlers period. You do not need to label female vs. male or womens vs. mens, whatever you want labels, take any of those labels off. Professional wrestler period, Mickie James has it all. So for that thought alone and what I know of what she has to bring and not wanting to see her amazing talents come to an end, I'm hoping that Mickie James takes it at Hard To Kill and that’s my prediction and hope.”
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