With TNA’s marquee occasion, Sure for Glory, set to happen in Detroit, Michigan this weekend, the promotion is strengthening its relationship with a few of its outdated pals. Lengthy-time TNA star Sami Callihan just lately revealed that he would not be going anyplace, taking over each a wrestling and behind-the-scenes function with the promotion. Now, one other identify from TNA’s previous is returning to the fold after practically ten years.
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Fightful Choose experiences that former TNA Knockout Christy Hemme has come again to TNA, albeit in a backstage function solely. Hemme might be taking over the function of TNA’s Head of Advertising, with TNA expertise being knowledgeable of the information earlier in the present day. These near the scenario say that Hemme had maintained robust connections with TNA over time, which probably contributed to her rehiring.
Hemme first grew to become identified to wrestling followers in 2004, when she took half, and received, the inaugural WWE Diva Search competitors. Regardless of some onscreen success, together with a WrestleMania 21 match towards Trish Stratus for the WWE Ladies’s Championship, Hemme was launched from the promotion in December 2005. 4 months later, she signed with TNA as an onscreen expertise, working as a supervisor, ring announcer, interviewer, and occasional wrestler.
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In 2014, Hemme grew to become extra concerned backstage with TNA, changing into a member of the promotion’s inventive workforce. She would stay in that place, in addition to persevering with her function as ring announcer, until early 2016, when she departed the corporate. In 2022, Hemme’s pal and TNA head of expertise relations Gail Kim indicated that Hemme was again working with the corporate in a backstage capability, although it is unclear what Hemme’s function was and the way lengthy she stayed with TNA earlier than departing.
