Michin (Mia Yim) has never wrestled in South Korea, and she wants to change that.
WWE held the Backlash Premium Live Event in Puerto Rico on May 6. The company will return to Saudi Arabia for Night of Champions in May, and WWE Money in the Bank will emanate from London, England, in July. As WWE continues to widen its range of host cities around the globe, WWE stars are expressing their interest in seeing the company travel to a number of places.
Speaking on WWE's The Bump, Yim was asked about her wish to see WWE hold a Premium Live Event in South Korea.
“Listen, like I said before, there’s so much wrestling in Japan and Mexico, Puerto Rico was a big thing. I’ve never heard of a big promotion going to Korea, and I know that wrestling is starting to really grow over there. Wrestling is growing in China, in Korea, and I’ve gotten DMs from several Korean wrestlers over in Korea, just thanking me for putting Korea on the map, in a sense. If we had a show in Korea, I would fly my mom out. I have family over there, so I would fly my mom out and bring all my family. Even if it was just a small show, it would mean so much to me because you don’t hear much about wrestling in Korea. Any amount of recognition is enough for me, and it would mean something so special to me because when I first started wrestling, that was something I’ve always wanted to do and something on my bucket list that I have yet to check off," Yim said.
Yim continued by describing how she has never had the chance to wrestle in South Korea, and she would appreciate having the opportunity to wrestle in front of her family. She brought up the way Zelina Vega competed in front of her land and her people at WWE Backlash, and having that kind of experience is on the top of her bucket list.
"Even when I was doing the independents, I never had a chance to wrestle in Korea, so it would just be cool to have my family that’s out in Korea, my mom fly out, and to be able to watch with her family, with my aunts and uncles, and to really, like how Zelina felt. It was really cool to see just how she was so welcomed by her people, and her family was there. There’s just that special moment, that special connection you have with your people, with your environment, with your land. That is definitely on the top of my bucket list," Yim said.
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