Mickie James says even Nick Khan apologized to her for the package she received following her WWE release.
Mickie James made headlines following her WWE release last year when she shared on social media her belongings being sent back to her by WWE in a garbage bag. Following this, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon personally apologized to her on social media and there were more shake-ups in talent relations in the wake of this incident including the release of Mark Carrano.
Less than a year later, Mickie James would appear in the WWE Royal Rumble as the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion. Mickie has stated in the past that she did this to help move on from the incident, and she says, in a new interview with Sportskeeda, that WWE President Nick Khan apologized to her personally backstage at the Royal Rumble.
“Even Nick Khan came up to me at the show and apologized. I think he was a part of the company but I hadn’t met him or knew who he was at that time because it was an early transitional phase. But even he apologized to me and (said) this should have never happened, and I agree. It should have never happened, it shouldn’t have happened ten years ago, and now it will never happen again,” Mickie said.
Speaking with Denise Salcedo, Mickie James made it clear that she did not want the trash bag incident to be her legacy.
“I think it was the perfect way to step away from the negativity. I just felt that it was unfortunate because I felt that I had a wonderful career in WWE and I got to work with some amazing women and this one thing kinda overshadowed all of it. It was the one thing people wanted to talk about and it was almost like the one thing people remembered. There were so many magical moments that I felt people should have remembered over that moment. Although it created a significant change, I don’t regret putting the picture up, talking about it and being open about it, and being honest about it.
“However I do think that kinda overshadowed all this work that I had done, and it was unfair. It was unfair to me, and it was unfair to the girls that I have worked with because I loved all of those matches for so many different reasons. But also to be the one to come back in modern wrestling and to break down that ceiling of a champion showing up on another, like the first time another championship has shown up that wasn’t theirs or didn’t belong to them, that was monumental. To do that for women’s wrestling, which is always my first love because that is what I am, it was awesome, it was so great. It was such a great moment, I tried not to celebrate or get too emotional about it, I was full of anxiety, of emotions, of excitement and I just wanted to deliver. I wanted to deliver for myself, for my fans, I wanted it to go as perfectly as it could go and it did, I really believe that,” said Mickie.
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