WWE Reportedly Regrets Cutting Mickie James - Details

By Ryan Clark | May 20, 2010 | Comments

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Beth Phoenix's injury two weeks ago during a Superstars taping was significantly worse than originally let on. During a bout with Rosa Mendes, she jumped off the turnbuckle, resulting in her left knee giving out. She was diagnosed with a bone bruise, a torn and displaced meniscus — a sprained MCL and a torn ACL — which required surgery. She underwent the surgery Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama under Dr. James Andrews and is expected to be out of action for approximately six months.

Initial reaction to the seriousness of her injury is that a lot of people within WWE now regret cutting Mickie James loose last month, since the company is left with marginal depth on the SmackDown! babyface side. It's said that James' behavior on the European tour was the deciding factor in letting her go. However, her release had been brewing as there was talk of cutting her prior WrestleMania due to her behavior. Notably, James had a few run-ins with Batista with things becoming so heated that he threatened to quit if she wasn't fired. At one point, The Undertaker had to step in to calm him down.

There was talk this week of moving Gail Kim over to SmackDown!, or signing someone outside the company who can work. With Lisa Marie Varon's contract with TNA expiring this week, there is a chance the company may re-sign her. However, her age is a huge question not to mention that she said some things disparaging the company after she left that could possibly hurt her if people remember them. Most notably, she took part in a pseudo-shoot segment last December railing her previous employer, emotionally saying she broke her two-year contract with WWE to come to TNA. She also said she left WWE because she didn't want to be remembered as a 'joke'.

it's all i got..

Think this was basically common sense once Beth went down. And wasn't Batista the reason Shelly Martinez got fired as well?

yep boretista got shelly fired

So basically, if this is true, he decided to be a little baby about this crap as well. Douche.

i wish he would pack up his roids and just go make movies!! cant stand boretista..

Now they are considering Gail?? After they had an option of choosing between Kelly and Gail, who were both replacements for Katie Lea, who was originally supposed to be drafted. They piked Kelly???

Hey you had your chances ith Gail, now suck on this and keep Kelly

The Sexy Vixen wrote:

i wish he would pack up his roids and just go make movies!! cant stand boretista..

QFT!
Get the fuck out already!

Can't wait for Sunday!

And they are just now figuring this out? Yeah Screw Boretista. He is a douche. I cant wait to see his butt go.

I hope they do put Gail on Smackdown, and it can free Alicia up to go feud with Eve for the Divas title.

United States of Kiwi wrote:

Now they are considering Gail?? After they had an option of choosing between Kelly and Gail, who were both replacements for Katie Lea, who was originally supposed to be drafted. They piked Kelly???

Hey you had your chances ith Gail, now suck on this and keep Kelly

LOL this.

Though anything involving Gail and a push and possibly a title is a big yay for me.

Maybe they finally figured out that Kelly was totally crap in the ring. Even the underdog and less experienced Tiffany was outperforming her. Seriously just fire the bitch. If shes not gonna improve...Meh. Did they seriously think Kelly would put on better matches with McCool than Gail?

Kelly is not awful in the ring, she had a great match this week and i didn't see any botching. no need to exaggerate about her. Maryse is awful in the ring and Kelly is superior to her in every way

ricky_says_hi wrote:

Kelly is not awful in the ring, she had a great match this week and i didn't see any botching. no need to exaggerate about her. Maryse is awful in the ring and Kelly is superior to her in every way

Kelly Kelly > Maryse (and that's saying something coming from me, Kelly's BIGGEST HATER EVER!)

Maryse from two years ago was amazing though so I do appreciated her at one point, my love for her will return when she is no longer the top heel and works on her wrestling.

Kelly has indeed been improving.
Wait until she gets injured and comes back.

She will be the new Maryse.
Won't be able to do shit anymore.

If only Maryse were to train she'd probably go back to what she used to be.


But she's still my #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hailey wrote:

Kelly has indeed been improving.
Wait until she gets injured and comes back.

She will be the new Maryse.
Won't be able to do shit anymore.

If only Maryse were to train she'd probably go back to what she used to be.


But she's still my #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PREACH ON SISTA!!!

I should really make a shirt of my WWM logo.