In a recent interview with PWMania, Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo declared her mission to change the landscape of women’s wrestling and improve the environment for her colleagues. She said,
“For me, it was always my goal to change women’s wrestling. There are not very many firsts left. To be the first-ever, and only, Iron Women in IMPACT Wrestling is special, and history-making. That’s what everyone’s goal should be. You don’t get into something to be mediocre at it. You want to be the best, you want to be the champion, and make history. I wanted to do that from a young age. To be in a position after years, and years of struggle, to come into IMPACT Wrestling and win the Knockouts World Championship and become the first-ever Iron Women at Impact, and to just make all this history and ground-breaking moments, lit a fire under all of our butts. All of the Knockouts saw that we were getting all these first-ever moments, like the first-ever Ironman match, the first-ever Ultimate-X match, Mickie James, and I main event a pay-per-view which was another first-ever moment. It really showed the world that there’s still a lot of work to be done and a lot of history for the Knockouts to participate in and make.”
As previously we previously reported here on eWn, NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre have been drafted to SmackDown. Despite this, they will defend their titles against Kayden Carter and Katana Chance this Tuesday on NXT.
Additionally, JD McDonagh is headed to RAW, and will face Dragon Lee as part of the open challenge McDonagh made to the NXT roster.
You can check out the official announcements below:
BREAKING: After their confrontation during the #WWEDraft last night on #SmackDown, @wwe_alba and @IslaDawn will defend the NXT #WomensTagTitles against @wwekayden & @Katana_WWE THIS TUESDAY!#WWENXT
? 8/7c on @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/HSP4MdlNtb— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 29, 2023
BREAKING: After throwing out a challenge to the entire NXT roster for a match, @jd_mcdonagh gets his wish. McDonagh will face @dragonlee95 THIS TUESDAY in his last match in #WWENXT before heading to #WWERaw!
? 8/7c on @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/FyqlvHNMZP
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 29, 2023
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