During a recent interview with The Ten Count’s Steve Fall for Wrestling News.co, Impact Wrestling star Mickie James explained why the Knockouts division is special. She stated the following (via WrestlingInc.com):
“The Knockouts division has always been special. It was always special because it was a movement, it was truly a movement… A lot of people don’t really throw a lot of credit back to The Beautiful People, who were a massive catalyst in getting the women more time on television. Because the ratings were so high, they would then go like, ‘Well, the women need two segments.”