Save for just a few unbiased dates, Mickie James has been largely out of a wrestling ring ever since she misplaced her match for the TNA Knockouts Championship in opposition to Trinity — now generally known as Naomi in WWE — in 2023. Nonetheless, the previous WWE and TNA champion continues to be lively on social media and lately took to her on-line house to share some touching phrases with followers to kick off 2025.
In her put up on X, James reminisced about her in-ring previous, and her unique aim of writing her identify within the historical past books as among the best wrestlers to run the ropes — “man and lady alike.” Regardless of her 11 mixed world title reigns, James reported a way of dissatisfaction together with her in-ring profession, her dedication to laborious work, and pure in-ring capability over backstage politicking, one thing she described as her “biggest energy and weak point.”
As soon as upon a time my solely aim was to go down in historical past at one of many biggest girls’s wrestler of all time. To make a change within the enterprise for everybody. Man and lady alike. Though some could say I’ve accomplished that, I nonetheless at all times discover myself not fairly adequate, worthy,…
— Mickie James~Aldis (@MickieJames) January 1, 2025
James referred to as out the subjective world and claimed that exterior forces — specifically, others’ opinions — led to her present unmet aim of wrestling infamy. Her success was “on the mercy of another person’s choices,” and whereas James didn’t explicitly identify the skilled wrestling enterprise or related events, it’s not tough to see how inner points could have blocked James and related wrestling expertise from progressing in numerous promotions. Regardless, James claimed that point has made her each humbler and wiser, and that her new aim is to reside authentically and within the second.
“The gorgeous factor is I solely have one particular person to show that to, [and] I feel I am doing okay,” James concluded.
James implored her followers to make New Yr’s targets that served their very own needs and wishes, and never for “another person’s ever-changing opinion.” Followers and pals alike, together with WWE’s Adam Pearce and Ring the Belle’s DS, expressed their help beneath James’ put up.
