Mickie appeared at Big Time Wrestling “Wrestlefest” on May 16 at the Newark Memorial High School in Newark, California whrere she competed against Katarina Waters. We have thirty photos from the event.

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Mickie recently spoke to Ringside Report to discuss various topics including her new album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”, her thoughts on Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, WWE, TNA, music and much more. Read below:

In professional wrestling, names like “The Rock,” “Hulk Hogan” and “Stone Cold Steve Austin” are often those mentioned regarding the topic. The males are the typical headliners and for a long time the females in the game were nothing more than eye candy or a side show. This has changed over the past twenty years, but it has still proven more difficult for a woman to become a performer of such note that they fall into the same category as the Hulkster or The Rock.

Trish Stratus and Chyna paved the way and following in the footsteps and quickly establishing herself as a key player in the sport was Mickie James. She began her career in 1999 on the indy circuit and earned her way to an opportunity in the WWE in 2005, where she became an obsessed fan of Stratus. She was incredibly likable as the nutty character and the fans responded well, leading to a title-winning victory at WrestleMania 22.

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Impact Wrestling have published their weekly column “Bracing For Impact” where writer Jason Grand takes a special look at the landscape before each Thursday’s Impact Wrestling broadcast. Read the column below:

It all makes you thankful for Mickie James and Velvet Sky. While so much seems to be “up in the air”, one thing remains constant. The Knockouts Division is on fire and these two women deserve nothing but praise. On this week’s Impact, it’s time for the match we’ve been waiting for as Velvet defends her Knockouts Championship against former champ James.

Whichever side you’re on, one thing is certain. This is a bout you’ll want to see. Sometimes mutual respect and admiration can bring out the best in someone far more than violence and aggression.

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The TNA Knockouts championship will be on the line on Thursday’s huge broadcast as Velvet Sky will defend the gold against her friend (and former titleholder) Mickie James from Tampa, Florida at the USF Sun Dome.

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Roughstock have published a review on their website of Mickie’s new album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay” which was released last week to great reviews and has also been getting great exposure. Read the review below:

If the name Mickie James sounds familiar to you, you’ve likely seen her perform as one of the top Wrestlers of both TNA Impact Wrestling and WWE this past decade. Originally financed via a Kickstarter campaign, Mickie James’ Somebody’s Gonna Pay eventually found a home with powerful indie label Entertainment One (the label which releases Shooter Jennings and Bucky Covington albums among many chart-toppers in other genres). Working with producers RS Field and Jamie Lee Thurston, Mickie James position herself in the bluesy and rocky side of Country Music which is home to artists like Gretchen Wilson and Robin Lee before them.

The title track and lead single “Somebody’s Gonna Pay” showcases a woman who is hell bent on getting revenge while “Best Damn Night” brings a little sassy attitude over a funky Country Blues melody. “Long Way Down” and “A Good Time” are both rockin’ uptemo tunes, the first one is a song that is co-written by Craig Wiseman while the latter is a Bridgette Tatum co-write. Both songs showcase a strong artist who is more confident than ever as a vocalist. The majority of the record remains uptempo and upbeat, a style that certainly fits the professional wrestler. “Goin’ Fast” (a song co-written by The Civil Wars’ John Paul White) fits this mode as does “I Just Wanna Do My thing, one of the songs co-written by one of Mickie’s two producers, Jamie Lee Thurston.

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We have added scans of Mickie’s second album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay including the front cover, back cover with track listing and all the producers plus Kickstarter supporters. Check out the scans now.

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Mickie recently spoke to Colt Cabana from the “Art Of Wrestling” podcast to discuss various topics including her new album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”, her career and person life. Read some highlights below:

On the recording process of “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”; “It’s like country/southern-rock. My first album I released on my own. It was more of an independent and self-promoted type of thing. My Kickstarter helped fund about the first six songs off the new album. I was going to release a little six-song EP but my management had started shopping different songs from different labels. Then eOne Entertainment heard the music. I met with them and talked to them. They ended up liking me so we went back into the studio to record the second half of the album. It actually took much longer than I thought it would take. It took about a year to actually finish it.”

On getting signed by WWE in 2003; “It was amazing! All my dreams came true when I signed on that dotted line. My birthday is August 31st and I remember it was the best birthday present ever because I had just got signed right before. Prior to that, I had an offer to go to Japan for a couple of months. That’s one place I’ve never done. I’ve never been to Japan just to do the Japanese circuit. I was also getting offers from TNA to sign a one-year contract so I was stuck in the middle but Dr. Tom called me and he spoke to Johnny Ace. It all worked out for the best.”

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We are backstage and Brooke Hogan tells Mickie how much she likes her new album and Twitter has been blowing up about it. Mickie says that she is excited and overwelmed by it and thanks her but says that she would of appreciated getting abit more of the spotlight at Slammiversary. Brooke says that she needed to let Gail and Taryn to settle their feud, she says she knows how bad Mickie wants to be on top of the division.

Brooke then says that she will give Mickie another Knockouts Championship opportunity next week against Velvet Sky. Mickie seems very impressed by that decision and Brooke tells her to get ready, Mickie says she will be ready. Bully Ray enters and tells Mickie to go get ready girl.

Madison Rayne has published a new blog on the Knockouts website where she talks about the release of Mickie’s album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”, she also talks about her personality and more. Read below:

Mickie James’ new album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay” dropped recently. Has everyone gotten their copy in stores and/or online? is everyone gettin’ down in the Hardcore Country backwoods holler with their moonshine and their bird dog, Buster? Yee-haw! Mickie, I’m afraid, is having a real issue with personality disorder right now. I know she’s in this whole “back to my country roots” type situation right now, but if I remember correctly back to when I was, oh I don’t know, eleven, when Mickie made her big mark on professional wrestling, she was this mega insane, wide eyed, obsessive girl hiding in the shadows, right? and when she came to TNA she was Native American.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Halloween, but Mickie, give me a call when you’re ready to figure yourself out and get back to those crazy, evil roots that we all know and love. But seriously though, if I ever decide to have a hoedown in the royal courtyard and put my long flowing locks in pig tails, I’m so putting your new album on repeat! Kudos!

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Mickie has released a “Somebody’s Gonna Pay” bundle package on her merchandise store that includes her new album, temporary tattoo, bumper sticker and a photo all for just $20. Purchase your bundle now.

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Style Weekly have published an article discussing Mickie’s music video for her first single “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”, her new album of the same name and also getting support from Dixie Carter. Read the article below:

Mickie James is less a “Stand by Your Man” country singer than the “Hit Him over the Head with a Folding Chair” type. Or, you know, whatever’s handy. In the video for “Somebody’s Gonna Pay,” the title track for her new country album, the former five-time World Wrestling Entertainment champion female wrestler smashes a guitar over the head of fellow Total Nonstop Action wrestler Magnus, who’s playing a jerky pickup artist who’d just done a woman wrong. Former WWE star Trish Stratus cameos in the video as a bartender.

“I had never swung a guitar before,” says James, a Hanover County native who still lives in the area. “I had to get Jeff Jarrett to show me how to do it,” she says, referring to the TNA wrestler known for bonking people over the noggin with guitars a la Quick Draw McGraw’s masked alter ego, El Kabong. The video for “Somebody’s Gonna Pay” was produced by the same team that filmed Bucky Covington’s and Shooter Jennings’ 2012 video “Drinking Side of Country,” in which James cameos.

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Mickie is scheduled to appear at All Star Wrestling Summer Heat III which is taking place at the Marshall Country High School on Saturday July 13th in Lewisburg, Tennessee. She will be taking on Brittany Love.

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