In a recent interview with Busted Open Radio, Mickie James discussed several topics, including the upcoming NWA Empowerrr event taking place at the Chase Park Plaza.

“I didn’t realize how significant it was to go back to the Chase, I had to research and go holy crap, this is a big friggin’ deal. Apparently, a lot of wrestling has attempted to go into The Chase and they’ve always turned it down and weren’t interested. I don’t know if it was the pandemic, or this show, but the cards and the stars seemed to align right to be able to present it.

I think, had Wrestling At The Chase not come to fruition, that we wouldn’t be doing Empowerrr prior to the Anniversary show, it was that final thing where Billy was like, we should do the pay-per-view now. I was thinking, let’s build it and maybe we do things like 10 Pounds Of Gold, but for the ladies and really build up the roster and get people and then, hopefully for a pay-per-view down the line and he was like, no we need to come out of the gate hot, it’s a big test and it’s a lot, but so far so good, it’s been great.

Every other sports industry has carved out and done something special with the women, from MMA to basketball, and for wrestling, it’s about time we step up on a television scale. I know we’ve done it on pay-per-view and little things, but in a real television and outside of the box way. I know I’m going to succeed on some level, I just hope that it’s a huge success for all of the ladies, that’s the goal.”

The interview is available in full at this link.