{"id":66503,"date":"2020-09-14T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mickie-james-opens-up-about-wwe-return-asuka-match-her-future\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:13:00","slug":"mickie-james-opens-up-about-wwe-return-asuka-match-her-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mickie-james-opens-up-about-wwe-return-asuka-match-her-future\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mickie James opens up about WWE return, Asuka match, her future"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mickie James opens up about WWE return, Asuka match, her future<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Mickie James returned to WWE after more than a year away because of an ACL injury and the coronavirus pandemic. The 41-year-old James \u2014 a six-time women\u2019s champion \u2014 now finds herself back in the title hunt for the first time in nearly three years as she faces Raw women\u2019s champion Asuka tonight on \u201cMonday Night Raw\u201d (8 p.m., USA Network). Before stepping into the ring, James took time for some Q&A with The Post\u2019s Joseph Staszewski.<\/em><\/p>\n

Q: When you\u2019re rehabbing your ACL you probably have a target date in mind of when you are gonna come back. How do you mentally readjust and its months and months before you get back in the ring?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: It was frustrating to get injured in the first place. It was right after WrestleMania. I had just switched over to SmackDown and yet to debut on SmackDown and then I got hurt in Texas at just a live event. It was like the worst-case scenario for me because I\u2019m going like nobody even saw it! Aside from whoever was in attendance in Waco, Texas nobody saw it and so I\u2019m like, well this is frustrating.<\/p>\n

What was cool was I got to come back and do commentating for Main Event and play in that role and dabble in the role. I want to learn as much as I can. I love this business, so it was cool to do that and work a little bit behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m ready to come back and as I\u2019m set to return \u2014 I just have to get that final clearance. That\u2019s that last step and then it\u2019s like pandemic and I\u2019m like holy crap my time is impeccable all the way around here. First it was really frustrating and I was really down for a second. It took me a second to sit back and go, you know what \u2014 whatever you believe in, whatever your thing is \u2014 this is almost forcing me to sit back, spend some time with my son (Donovan).<\/p>\n

It took me about a month, month-and-a-half before I got to the moment where I\u2019m just gonna chill out. This is what it is and there\u2019s nothing we can do about it. I\u2019m sitting here complaining about why I can\u2019t go back to work or why I can\u2019t get this last bit of clearance and I\u2019m watching family members lose their job. I\u2019m watching family members worried about how they\u2019re gonna pay their rent because they can\u2019t go to work and I\u2019m stressing over this and I\u2019m OK.<\/p>\n

Q: When you did return in August for your first match there was some fan outcry when your entrance wasn\u2019t shown, Seth Rollins interrupts your and Natalya\u2019s match. It was taped, so did you sit back and watch it that night? What\u2019s going through your head as you are watching it presented on TV?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Obviously, I wasn\u2019t ignorant to the fact of how it was going to be presented on TV because we filmed it. I kind of know what the business was gonna be. Of course, I didn\u2019t love it and I expressed \u2026 you know what I mean. But at the moment I\u2019m going well, this is my return, this my first match back and what I\u2019m gonna do is go out there and do the best I can to put on the best match I can.<\/p>\n

But I was so elated that the fans were so overwhelmingly \u2026 like the love and respect that they had for me. If you say these things and I don\u2019t want to come off as cocky or conceited. It can look like an ego, is this an ego-driven thing that I\u2019m feeling some sort of way about it or is it a real thing? So it wasn\u2019t until that moment with the fans that I go, so it wasn\u2019t completely ego.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all. It\u2019s all good and maybe it was a blessing in disguise for me or maybe it turned out to be something really beautiful because not only did it remind WWE and the WWE Universe of who I am and everything I\u2019ve done as far as a female and women\u2019s wrestling, but it reminded myself of how empowering I hopefully have been to not just the organization, but women\u2019s wrestling. It made me happ<\/a>y and cry and sad and excited all at the same time.<\/p>\n