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interview | MICKIE JAMES Mickie James, the WWE’s Women’s Champion, steps into the ring at Unforgiven in Toronto Tiny TERROR in Toronto I BY INGRID R<strong>AND</strong>OJA She stands a less-than-imposing 5-feet, 3-inches tall — short enough to be asked to sit in the front row of a group photo — but that doesn’t change the fact that Mickie James is the reigning WWE Women’s Champion. James defeated Trish Stratus at WWE’s marquee event, WrestleMania 22, this past spring to take the title and add fuel to an already smoldering rivalry between the two wrestling divas. “During the year I was portrayed as the bad character while everyone loves Trish,” says James during a visit to Famous headquarters to talk up this month’s Unforgiven, taking place September 17th at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. “[Trish] is the ultimate baby face,” continues James. “She’s been with the company for so long and she is an amazing athlete, and I have nothing but good things to say about her. But it was amazing to feel the crowd at WrestleMania, there were definitely people who didn’t like me, but there sure were a lot of fans who wanted to see me win, so that was kinda cool.” Hmm, maybe people didn’t want James to win because her year-long schoolgirl crush on Stratus had escalated into psycho-stalking. But this is the WWE after all, and disturbed wrestlers with lesbian tendencies sell tickets. “Some people really love it, some people are completely offended by it,” says James of her Sapphic character. “My character is so off-the-wall, it’s fun to play. famous 30 | september 2006 Trish Stratus (left) meet Mickie James I can do a lot of different things and it’s acceptable because it’s my character.” Outside of the ring James comes across as level-headed and pragmatic. The 26year-old grew up on a horse farm outside of Richmond, Virginia, watching wrestling on TV. By age 18 she had decided she wanted to be a wrestler, and in 1999 began her career as a manager on a small wrestling circuit in Virginia. “I was training while I was managing,” remembers James. “But I wouldn’t be in the ring as much, and the more I watched other people train the more I was thinking, ‘I wanna be in there, I don’t wanna be out here. I could do this, I could totally do this.’” Her hard work paid off in 2003 when WWE signed her to a developmental contract, meaning she would train with them in the hopes of one day making it to the ring. She made her WWE debut in 2005, and has transformed herself into a popular “heel” (wrestling-speak for villain). But the wrestling world, and its fans, are fickle, and James realizes her time as champ may be short-lived. “It’s a very competitive business and you have to try and stay on top of your game,” she says. “Once you get the ball you have to take it and run as far with it as you can. And if you don’t prepare yourself...it’s harder for those people. Like right now, I’m going to school for business administration while I’m on the road. I’m doing college courses — it’s killing me — but it’s worth it because I know I want to start a business if this ride ends.” If you can’t make it to the Air Canada Centre you can catch Unforgiven through a live satellite feed at Cineplex theatres across the country. See www.cineplex.com for times and locations. PHOTOS © WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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