TNA producer Gail Kim talks about the current state of the Knockouts division. She acknowledges the great talent they have, but admits they could use some more power and talent.
The roster does have some massive talent which includes the likes of Jordynne Grace, Tasha Steelz, Masha Slamovich, Gisele Shaw, Alisha Edwards, Rosemary, Ash by Elegance, Spitfire, and more. However, lately due to the lack of depth to the roster, many fans have lost some interest in the division.
Kim tells Jim Varsallone in an interview the following:
“We have a great roster of girls right now, a central core. I’m looking to add to that right now, we’ve got some surprises coming up that I think will be great until the end of the year that you’ll see. Looking to rebuild this tag team division because we’ve been lacking a little bit in that department because we’ve only had two tag teams really. We want to grow that. I really want to make sure that the Knockouts have a strong tag division, a strong [singles] division, and even a secondary storyline that’s very strong. Even to have the girls mixed in, we have Alisha Edwards with The System, she’s managing and wrestling and our tag team champion. I just want those girls to get experience in every faucet of the business and see what they enjoy and what their strengths are because I think everyone has different strengths. I think it’s important to utilize all women in any role that they’re good at, can’t just be wrestling and that’s it. I think managers are just started to making a resurgence again in terms of importance and I love seeing that.” (Fightful)
Kim also spoke on a separate podcast interview with Battleground Podcast on the work between TNA/NXT.
“I honestly feel like it’s great for wrestling in general, not just WWE and TNA. I just think because it’s such a polarizing time right now, social media, a lot of people have their opinions and wrestling is a little bit exposed more so people feel like they know it or they know how wrestling works so they’re trying to predict it. I love how you never know what’s gonna happen, you never know who we’re gonna work with, never know what kind of dream matches you’re going to get out of it. Ever since the collaboration, all I see from fans is, ‘I wanna see this person wrestle this person.’ They’re just excited for wrestling in general, it’s not this tribalism, it’s, ‘I’m a wrestling fan’, and I love to see that.”
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