WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle believes that Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts division paved the way for women’s wrestling to be taken more seriously.
During a recent edition of his “The Kurt Angle Show,” the Olympian recalled being in Impact (TNA Wrestling at the time) in 2007 when the promotion introduced its Knockouts Championship. He said,
“Our Knockouts Division was really good. We had a lot of talented girls. The Knockouts, they actually were the frontier of the women’s division getting serious. Even quicker than WWE did. The Knockouts is when everybody started taking women’s wrestling seriously.”
At Impact’s recent 1000th episode taping, a ten-woman tag-team match saw Trinity, Jordynne Grace, Gail Kim, Mickie James, and Awesome Kong defeat Angelina Love, Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans, and Tasha Steelz.
It has since been confirmed that Mickie James will challenge Trinity for the Knockouts Championship at next month’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view event.
