During a recent interview with Spencer Love, Deonna Purrazzo commented on defending the Knockouts division name, and more. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On Impact’s women’s division being ‘Knockouts’: “Yeah [I do like it]. There’s been a ton of pushback, like right when I started with Impact, of the Knockouts name and I? I love it. I grew up knowing them as the Knockouts. I never felt a negative connotation towards it as a fan. Because I just feel like a Knockout is beautiful, is sexy, is powerful, is strong, is a knockout, literally. You know? So I like it, I think it’s different. There’s other women’s divisions and everyone else is a woman.”
On the name having an unfair association: “I feel like it gets grouped in with the ‘Diva era.’ But I think that the connotations and just the way that they were like — I don’t know what the word I’m looking for, but the way that they were portrayed is completely different. What a Diva was and what a Knockout was. And I think Impact — and even when it was TNA — developed a really strong women’s division by branding them as Knockouts and then allowing them to be strong, powerful, sexy, top athletes in their company. Where you know, I grew up watching Divas and feeling like I wanted to change that perception. So I’m happy to be a Knockout, I’m happy to be the Knockouts champion, I’m happy to continue to build that brand with me now.”
