Mickie James is back on top of the Knockouts Division.
Mickie James won the IMPACT Knockouts Championship, ending Deonna Purrazzo’s impressive title reign at Bound For Glory. Mickie won the match after both women hit multiple finishers and a chair was introduced. The final moments of the match saw Mickie get to the ropes to break an armbar, then Deonna went for a DDT but Mickie broke away and hit a tornado DDT for the win.
Deonna’s reign (her second overall) ends at 343 days, which is the second-longest Knockouts Championship reign ever. Purrazzo was only 34 days shy of tying Taya Valkyrie’s record of 377 days for a single title reign.
This title win is notable for Mickie for multiple reasons; this is Mickie’s fourth Knockouts title win and first since May 23, 2013. She is now a 10-time women’s world champion across WWE and IMPACT, as she won the WWE Women’s Championship five times and the WWE Divas Championship on one occasion.
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Mickie James previously spoke about her plans for Bound For Glory, explaining that taking away Purrazzo’s title would hurt a lot more than anything else.
“I feel disrespected. Here’s the thing, disrespect is it just about taking her title from her, that was never my intention on coming back and just do that. I honestly wanted her to be a part of that match that night but I’m sorry that her ego had to take that away. I refuse to be disrespected and embarrassed, especially after such a great night. We’re all on cloud nine and I know that she made a statement and she obviously moved her chess piece but I don’t get as angry as I do when I just get revenge. So, I know that her championships are very precious and near and dear to her, so taking one of them or both of them from her would hurt her ego a lot more than her spotlight.”
