93 Facts About Mickie James

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Mickie Laree James was born on August 31,1979 and is an American professional wrestler and country singer.

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Mickie James is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she was a five-time Impact Knockouts World Champion.

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Mickie James has had tenures in WWE and the National Wrestling Alliance.

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Mickie James trained in several camps to improve her wrestling abilities before working for NWA: Total Nonstop Action in 2002, where she gained national attention.

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Mickie James is the only woman to be involved in the promotion's Clockwork Orange House of Fun matches.

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Mickie James made her World Wrestling Entertainment main roster debut in 2005 and was placed in a storyline with Trish Stratus, in which Mickie James' gimmick was that of Stratus' biggest fan turned obsessed stalker, an angle which ran over eight months.

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Mickie James received a push and she won her first WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 22, a title she has held a total of five times.

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Mickie James won her first Divas Championship defeating Maryse Ouellet at Night of Champions in 2009, to become the second of five Divas to hold both the Women's and Divas titles.

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Mickie James was released from the company in April 2010, after which she returned to TNA, where she became a three-time TNA Knockouts Champion.

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Mickie James returned to WWE in 2013 as a guest trainer, then officially returned in 2016 before she was released in 2021.

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Mickie James was born at Richmond Memorial Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Stuart Mickie James, a retired wastewater-treatment worker, landscaper, and VAIL League Division 3 Championship coach and Sandra Knuckles, a teacher and real-estate agent.

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Mickie James has a sister, a half-sister, a half-brother, and three stepbrothers.

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Mickie James grew up in Montpelier, Virginia, and graduated from Patrick Henry High School in 1997.

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Mickie James made her professional debut on the independent circuit on 28 August 1999, as a valet for KYDA Pro Wrestling under the ring name Alexis Laree, a name created as the result of a combination of her stage name from when she was a dancer and her middle name.

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Mickie James trained to improve her wrestling abilities by attending training camps such as the Funking Conservatory, a workshop run by Dory Funk Jr.

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Mickie James started competing for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where she trained at camps run by Ricky Morton and Bobby Eaton.

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Mickie James was not prominently featured until March 26,2003, when she teamed with Amazing Red as part of his feud against the X Division Champion Kid Kash and Trinity.

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Mickie James continued to wrestle with the stable while they feuded with The Disciples of the New Church, taking part in an angle with Father James Mitchell burning her with a fireball and wrestling in another Clockwork Orange House of Fun match before leaving the company.

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Mickie James defeated Mike Mondo in the first round, only to lose to Blaster Lashley in the next round.

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The angle had the two Divas competing together in tag team matches, with Mickie James' character becoming increasingly obsessed with Stratus.

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The storyline included a Halloween costume contest, in which Mickie James was dressed like Stratus and helped Stratus retain the Women's Championship in a Fulfill Your Fantasy battle royal at Taboo Tuesday by eliminating herself and Victoria at the same time.

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Mickie James even began utilizing Stratus' signature finishing moves as her own during matches.

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On March 6,2006, the storyline had Stratus confronting Mickie James, telling her that they needed time apart from each other.

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At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Mickie James defeated Massaro with then-Women's Champion, Trish Stratus, as the special guest referee.

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Mickie James defeated Victoria and Melina en route to the finals at Cyber Sunday, where she lost to Lita.

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Mickie James then began an angle with Melina on January 29,2007, when Melina became the number one contender for the Women's Championship.

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Since Mickie pinned Victoria and not Melina, an immediate rematch was scheduled, in which James dropped the title back to Melina, giving her the shortest Women's Championship reign in WWE history.

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Mickie James later received a rematch for the title at Backlash, but was unsuccessful.

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At Judgment Day, Mickie James successfully defended her title against Melina and Beth Phoenix in a triple-threat match.

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Mickie James re-entered the feud against Phoenix in mid-2008, where she and Kofi Kingston teamed up against Phoenix and Santino Marella at SummerSlam in a Winner Takes All tag team match for both the Women's and Intercontinental Championships, in which Mickie James and Kingston lost their titles to Phoenix and Marella.

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At the event, Mickie James defeated Maryse to win her first Divas Championship, becoming only the second Diva in history to have held both the Women's and Divas titles.

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Two weeks later on Raw, Mickie James lost the title to Jillian Hall after an approximate three month title reign.

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The storyline feud continued into the Royal Rumble on January 31,2010, where Mickie James finally defeated McCool in 20 seconds to become a five-time Women's Champion, the second most reigns with the old WWE Women's Championship after Trish Stratus, who has had 7 reigns.

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Mickie James made her last appearance on Raw during a rematch, where her team was victorious.

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In November 2013, Mickie James served as guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, for a week, training NXT's female wrestlers.

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Mickie James attended that week's NXT live event in Tampa, Florida.

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Mickie James made her return to the independent circuit in April 2010, as part of World Wrestling Council, teaming with Carlito to defeat the team of ODB and Christopher Daniels.

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On November 11,2011, Mickie James lost the Covey Pro Women's Championship to the debuting Jessie Belle Smothers.

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Mickie James made her debut for Pro Wrestling Elite in Ayr, Scotland on September 15,2012, at History Is Born, where she wrestled Kay Lee Ray to a no contest.

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Mickie James returned to Pro Wrestling Elite at their two-year anniversary event Elite Bro on July 20,2013, in a winning effort against Nikki Storm.

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Mickie James made appearances for Big Time Wrestling in August 2013, doing so as a villainess wrestling Reby Sky several times in different dates and locations, winning in all bouts against Sky.

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On February 8,2014, Mickie James returned to Maryland Championship Wrestling for the Anniversary 2014 event in Joppa, Maryland, to face Angelina Love, promoted as "Battle of the Bombshells".

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Jessie Belle Smothers came to the rescue and battled Rodriguez as Mickie James was escorted out by security.

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On June 19,2015, at Maryland Championship Wrestling's Ladies Night event, Mickie James defeated Amber Rodriguez to win the MCW Women's Championship, despite being attacked by the villainous Melina during the match.

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On February 2,2016, Mickie James made an appearance for Chikara in a losing effort against Grand Champion Princess Kimber Lee.

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On September 2,2016, Mickie James made her debut for Chikara, when she entered the 2016 King of Trios tournament as part of Team Original Divas Revolution, alongside Jazz and Victoria.

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Mickie James worked as head trainer for the Virginia based promotion Ground Xero Wrestling Training Academy.

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Mickie James beat Renee Michelle for the GXW Women's Championship while with the promotion.

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On September 22,2010, it was reported that Mickie James had signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

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Mickie James wrestled her return match the following week, defeating Sarita, before being attacked by Rayne's ally, Tara.

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Mickie James wrestled her first TNA pay-per-view match at Turning Point, where she battled Tara to a double disqualification.

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At Final Resolution, Mickie James was defeated by Tara in a Falls Count Anywhere match, following interference from Madison Rayne after she sprayed a fire extinguisher and hit Mickie James with the Knockouts title belt.

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On January 9,2011, at Genesis, Mickie James lost her match against Rayne for the Knockouts Championship due to interference from Tara.

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Mickie James's injury was put into a storyline, where it was caused by Rayne and Tara running over her with Tara's motorcycle.

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Three days later at Genesis, Mickie James lost another championship match against Kim, after being disqualified for using the brass knuckles that were thrown into the ring by Rayne, who was locked in a cage suspended in the air during the match.

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On January 13,2013, at the Genesis pay-per-view, Mickie James competed in a five-woman gauntlet match to determine the number one contender to the Knockout Championship, but was eliminated by Gail Kim.

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Mickie James began turning heel during her title match against defending champion Velvet Sky on the following week, when she targeted Sky's injured knee; Mickie James was defeated Sky.

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Four days later, it was revealed that Mickie James had failed to come to terms on a contract renewal with TNA.

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Mickie James later stated in an interview that she technically wasn't under contract with TNA, but she did not confirm that she was gone.

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On November 15,2013, Mickie James appeared in an interview on WWE.

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Mickie James made a surprise return to TNA as a fan favorite, after a year and a half absence from the company, on January 30,2015, during the tapings of Impact Wrestling in Glasgow, Scotland.

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On July 7,2015, Mickie James signed with Global Force Wrestling.

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At the event, Mickie James was defeated and after the match Asuka refused to shake her hand as a sign of disrespect.

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At WrestleMania 34, Mickie James participated in the first-ever WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal for the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal Trophy, but was eliminated from the match by Ruby Riott.

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On January 27,2019, at the Royal Rumble, Mickie James entered the second women's Royal Rumble match at number 5 and lasted over 11 minutes before being eliminated by Tamina.

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That same month, Mickie James competed in the women's Royal Rumble match entering at No 19, but was eliminated by Lacey Evans.

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Mickie James's release was met with some controversy, as she claimed her belongings were sent to her in a trash bag.

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The senior employee responsible for this was let go, and Mickie James received a public apology from Stephanie McMahon.

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At Bound for Glory, Mickie James defeated Purrazzo to win the Impact Knockouts Championship for the fourth time.

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At Turning Point, after successfully retained the title against Mercedes Martinez, Mickie James was attacked by Purrazzo, who announced that she would invoke her rematch clause at Hard To Kill.

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At the event, on January 8,2022, Mickie James successfully retained the title against Purrazzo in a Texas Deathmatch.

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Mickie James lasted just under 12 minutes in the match, managing to eliminate her former rival Michelle McCool and was later eliminated by another former rival, Lita.

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At Sacrifice, Mickie James lost her Knockouts World Championship to Tasha Steelz, ending her fourth reign at 133 days.

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Mickie James went on to win every match after this announcement, defeating Mia Yim at Bound for Glory, Taylor Wilde at Over Drive, and eventually Jordynne Grace at Hard To Kill to end The Last Rodeo, winning the Knockouts World Championship for the fifth time in the process.

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On December 2,2010, Mickie James released another single called, "Hardcore Country", which was used as her entrance music with TNA and on their independent circuit appearances.

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Mickie James filmed a music video for the song "Somebody's Gonna Pay", from her second album of the same name.

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Mickie James has opened shows for Montgomery Gentry, Randy Houser, Gretchen Wilson and Rascal Flatts.

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Mickie James again performed at CMA Fest in 2013, where Eric Young and Mickie James Storm made appearances at the event.

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In 2014, Mickie James collaborated with country artist Cowboy Troy and fellow wrestler Mickie James Storm on a song titled "Is Everybody Doing OK", which is featured on Cowboy Troy's album, King of Clubs.

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On November 19,2016, Mickie James released a new song entitled "Shooting Blanks".

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On October 14,2017, Mickie James was inducted into The Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame.

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Mickie James received a Nammy for "Song of the Year" for her recording "Shooting Blanks".

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Mickie James made a special appearance on Redemption Song which is hosted by Chris Jericho along with Candice Michelle, Maryse, and Eve Torres.

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In 2012, Mickie James was featured in Bucky Covington's music video for his song "Drinking Side of Country".

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In June 2013, Mickie James starred in a Dr Pepper advert, which featured "One of a Kind" individuals talking about the role of Dr Pepper in their lives.

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Mickie James made her in-game debut at WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2007 and appears in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2008, WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009, WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010, WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, and WWE 2K22.

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Mickie James owns three Morgan horses named Rhapsody, Bunny and Casanova.

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Mickie James owns two dogs, one named Butch and a Miniature Pinscher named Elvis.

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Outside of wrestling, Mickie James received her Associate of Arts degree in business administration, and studied for her Bachelor of Arts degree in operations management.

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Mickie James has two tattoos: a symbol meaning 'love' on her ankle, and a dragon that wraps around it.

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Mickie James is a fan of Equine sports and American football, and is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys.

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In 2007, Mickie James was engaged to fellow wrestler Kenny Dykstra.

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In December 2010 Mickie James started dating fellow professional wrestler Nick Aldis and on September 25,2014, they had their first child, a boy named Donovan Patrick Aldis.