Christy Hemme talks production of Knockouts Knockdown and the importance of Tag Me In United

IMPACT Wrestling is coming off of the return of Knockouts Knockdown and with that, a strong empowerment continues to grow in women’s wrestling. Prior to Knockouts Knockdown, NWA’s EmPowerrr took place which was also received in a fantastic light. Both shows showcased both well-known names along with lesser-known names that had a chance to shine.

Christy Hemme was last week’s guest on GAW TV. In this episode, Hemme spoke about the Tag Me In United campaign. An initiative to unite and break the stigma and normalize a conversation in regards to mental health. The video for this campaign aired during Knockouts Knockdown.

Prior to the discussion of the campaign, Hemme spoke about being involved in the production of Knockouts Knockdown. She was involved backstage and the voice of the Knockouts division during her time with the company. This time around she was joyful about the progress that was made when women had a huge voice in the creation of this pay-per-view event.

“Bar none my favorite moment of the entire day was when the girls were all sitting in a circle, it was – Mickie, me, Gail, Madison, Veda, we were all in a circle making decisions about the show” says Hemme. And I was like, when does this happen? When do you see a bunch of girls making important decisions about talking points? I just had to energetically step back and go, ‘this is progress.’ This is major progress. There’s so many elements of emotion that got us to that show. With Daffney and with everything else, but when you get down to it, it’s women coming together, women doing something together – that was always the goal. So to see that kind of progress I energetically stepped back, so emotional.”

After Mickie James discusses how she felt to be involved in Knockouts Knockdown after coming off of EmPowerrr, she commented on Hemme’s previous role as the backstage voice of the Knockouts. Hemme followed up to…