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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.

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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 in our gallery.

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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 wrestling 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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The Miami Hearld have published part two of their two part article with Mickie discussing Velvet Sky, her future, learning so much on the independent circuit and more. Read part two of the article below:

TNA Impact Wrestling’s Mickie James continues to cement her legacy as one of the most accomplished female competitors in history. Holding gold in every major company she has been involved in the consummate performer has her sights set on winning back the knockout’s championship. The title is currently held by Velvet Sky, who has been a tag team partner and opponent of hers. “I love Velvet,” James said. “She is a sweetheart. She is fun, and the company is really behind her now. They have really started to make her the face of the knockouts.

I always try to do my best when I work with anyone and make sure the match as a whole is as wonderful and spectacular and tells that story as much as it can. She is awesome.” After seven years, James re-signed with TNA coming off a memorable run in WWE because the Nashville-based company had become a hotspot for ladies wrestling. Compared to her former employer, it’s no secret TNA gives its female talent significantly more time to develop storylines and show their skills in matches. Frequently Knockouts action is prominently featured on the card, which rarely is seen in WWE.

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Mickie was recently interview by Wade Keller from Pro Wrestling Torch to discuss various topics including her new studio album “Somebody’s Gonna Pay” and her wrestling career. Read some highlights below:

Song that she’s most proud of; “I’d have to say “80 Proof” because my guitarist & myself wrote that song. To see a song that you wrote yourself come to life is magical. It’s an honor to see something that you wrote stand side-by-side with the top songwriters in Nashville. The music that I got for this album came from the best songwriters all over Nashville and the country. One of the songwriters on “A Good Time”, her name is Bridgette Tatum, she also co-wrote “She’s Country” for Jason Aldean. “She’s Country” was number one for months. I think it was twenty weeks straight. I couldn’t have been blessed with better people.”

On her storyline with John Cena/moving to SmackDown in 2009; “I don’t know where that whole “dating” thing came from because it didn’t really last very long. It was one of those things where it was over and ended out of nowhere. I had been at Raw since I debuted in 2005. I think my move [to SmackDown] was to switch up the rosters and a way for me to work with Michelle. It was a blessing in disguise because I wouldn’t have been able to have those magical moments with Michelle and Layla as well. I needed something new and fresh. I had been on Raw for five years and I had wrestled every girl on that roster. I think it was a way they needed to freshen up both shows.”

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Mickie is auctioning off her Christmas outfit that she wore in the Knockouts Christmas Photoshoot 2012. Bid now and have your chance to win this piece of wonderful Mickie memorabilia for your collection.

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