As 2011 draws to a close, the Diva Dirt writers have each picked a personal highlight to reminisce on the year gone by.
Today: Katelyn shares her best moment from 2011 — Velvet Sky winning the Knockouts Championship.
For me, the best moment of 2011 was a title change. That title change took place on October 16th at TNA’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view and the championship that switched hands – from Winter‘s to Velvet Sky‘s – was the TNA Knockouts Championship. Now, I’m not necessarily the biggest TNA fan, but this was one of the better things they’ve done for the Knockouts division this year and I have to commend them highly for it.
Velvet Sky, then known by her independent circuit ring name Talia Madison, made her in-ring debut for TNA in October 2007. The match was a ten women gauntlet match to crown their first ever Knockouts Champion. It seems almost fitting that Sky would win her first ever singles title for TNA at the very same pay-per-view four years later.
As previously mentioned, Sky debuted for TNA in late 2007 and has been a prominent feature in their women’s division ever since. Whether it’s as a face or heel, as part of The Beautiful People or not, she stuck by the promotion through thick and thin, most certainly made her mark, and has helped contribute to some of the better ratings Impact Wrestling has received. A previous TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship holder, Sky’s constant improvement, crowd support and company loyalty left many wondering when ‘her time’ would come – and finally, in October 2011, it did.
Although the match ending was slightly sketchy, and perhaps not the best start to one’s reign, Velvet’s title win was extremely well received by the audience. The hard-working Knockout ended up losing the title less than a month later to a returning Gail Kim – disappointing indeed, as Sky could have benefited greatly from retaining her title (cementing herself as a fighting champion). Still, a babyface gunning for the title almost always makes for a much more exciting storyline than one with the roles reversed, and hopefully Velvet gets a second title reign sooner rather than later – and the lengthy one that she deserves.
Watch Katelyn’s best moment below:
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