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  • The IInspiration Done With Impact Wrestling, Issue Statement

    The IInspiration Done With Impact Wrestling, Issue Statement

    Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay, best known as The IIconics in WWE, are leaving Impact Wrestling.

    The former Impact Wrestling Knockouts World Tag Team Champions will be “indefinitely stepping away” from in-ring action.

    They issued a joint statement on Wednesday announcing:

    “We first want to thank Scott D’Amore and the entire IMPACT family. We have had such an amazing experience, working with the incredible IMPACT staff and roster. We will cherish these IMPACT memories forever. We are excited to start a new chapter in our lives and explore other opportunities that may come our way.”

    Scott D’Amore, Executive VP of Impact, had this to say about their departure:

    “The IInspiration have been a great part of IMPACT’s Knockouts roster and wonderful to work with,” said D’Amore. “Cassie and Jesse are incredibly talented performers. Everyone at IMPACT wishes them every success in the future.”

    Lee and McKay were released by WWE on April 15, 2021 after six years with the company. They debuted for Impact six months later at Bound for Glory. Shortly after joining Impact, The IInspiration said the company “feels like home.”

  • The Iinspiration Pulled From Hard To Kill Due To COVID Exposure

    The Iinspiration Pulled From Hard To Kill Due To COVID Exposure

    Impact Wrestling stars The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay) will miss Saturday’s Hard to Kill PPV due to COVID exposure.

    They had been scheduled to defend their Knockouts tag team titles on the show against Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood.

    The tag team contacted Impact to let them know they were in close contact with someone who tested positive shortly after.

    As of this writing, neither Lee or McKay have tested positive themselves.

    “IMPACT’s COVID protocols are in place to keep our talent roster, staff and fans safe. I am sure the fans will share The IInspiration’s and my disappointment that they won’t be in action at tomorrow’s stacked HARD TO KILL event, but we look forward to their return soon,” said Scott D’Amore.

    Hard To Kill 2022 Lineup

    Impact Hard to Kill 2022 will take place January 8th, 2022 from the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas. The matches below have been officially confirmed for the show:

    • Impact World Championship
      Moose (c) vs Matt Cardona vs W. Morrissey
    • Knockouts Championship
      Texas Death Match
      Mickie James (c) vs Deonna Purrazzo
    • Ultimate X Match For The #1 Contendership to the Knockouts Championship
      Lady Frost vs Alisha Edwards vs Tasha Steelz vs Jordynne Grace vs Chelsea Green vs Rosemary
    • Josh Alexander vs JONAH
    • X-Division Championship
      Trey Miguel (c) vs Steve Maclin
    • ROH Championship
      Jonathan Gresham (c) vs. Chris Sabin
    • 10-Man Hardcore War
      Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, Heath and Rhino vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) and Violent By Design (Eric Young, Deaner, and Joe Doering)
  • The IInspiration Say Impact Wrestling Feels Like Home

    The IInspiration Say Impact Wrestling Feels Like Home

    The IInspiration made their debut for Impact Wrestling at the Bound for Glory event and picked up a big win by winning the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship. The duo feel at home working with Impact Wrestling, with Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay both talking about signing with the company and how Impact turned out to be a perfect fit for them.

    Speaking to Alex McCarthy on the Wrestling Daily podcast, Lee said that they had many options to choose from but in the end they decided to go with Impact and it was a perfect fit for them.

    “I feel like it was a perfect fit for us or not to toot our own horn but we’ve had many options and what it came down to Jess and I just felt like we just fit perfectly with IMPACT in the knockouts division they just use their talents so incredibly well and the women are just you know put on a pedestal which they should be they’re so good and I just feel like we slipped right on in you know became not hesitating champs did the damn thing and you know, [we fit in IMPACT] like a missing puzzle piece,” Lee stated.

    “We found a home because that’s how it really felt. We wanted it to feel like the best decision and it really did, it fits so well. We were so happy,” McKay added. “We’re just incredibly grateful to be part of IMPACT and The Knockouts Division I’m super stoked. That’s all I have to say.”

    According to McKay, one of the biggest plus points of working with Impact is the open communication the company maintains with its talents. The company provided them with all the information they needed and kept in touch with them frequently. They also spoke about the freedom Impact gave them regarding their characters.

    “The freedom that we’ve had is, I mean, it just makes me so freakin’ happy. Because we know The IInspiration better than anyone we have built this from the ground up is a 17-year-old friendship, you cannot force anything on that and they respect that and they respect us as performance. It’s just beautiful and that was a big decision in us joining IMPACT,” McKay said. “We felt that respect and we felt wanted, to be honest, and that’s it. That’s an awesome feeling to have.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEF2s7vhKU

    H/T to Fightful for the quotes

  • The IInspiration On Where They Got Their Post-WWE Name From

    The IInspiration On Where They Got Their Post-WWE Name From

    The former IIconics have not only found new names for themselves in Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee but they have changed the name of their team to The IInspiration.

    The duo appeared on Impact Press Pass with Gail Kim prior to their Impact debut at Bound For Glory. Among other things, they also revealed where they got the inspiration for their new name.

    Jessica McKay gave props to Lee for coming up with the idea, revealing that the former WWE star came up with it after watching the classic movie Bring It On:

    “Cassie, I will give props to her. She came up with The IInspiration from ‘Bring It On’ classic film that we’ve all seen a million times. They call themselves inspiration leaders, and she loved that and told me about it. And I was like, that’s amazing.

    And it just stuck. It felt like us. And it’s so crazy. Now we say the word inspire 100 times a day, and I never knew that. Of course, now we’re saying the word all the time. So it definitely fits for us.”

    The IInspiration was released from WWE back in April this year. They made their Impact Wrestling debut during the Bound For Glory event this past weekend.

    The debuting duo challenged Decay for the Impact Knockouts tag team titles on the show and won the championships in their first match for the promotion.

    Deonna Purrazzo Praises Impact Signing The IInspiration & Masha Slamovich

    H/T to WrestleZone for the transcribed quotes

  • Watch The IInspiration Make Their Impact Debut At Bound For Glory

    Watch The IInspiration Make Their Impact Debut At Bound For Glory

    The IInspiration has finally arrived at Impact Wrestling and the duo has picked up a big win in their debut match at the Bound For Glory event.

    The promotion had announced that the former WWE stars will be making their debut for the company during their biggest show of the year. They had confirmed that the former IIconics will face Decay for the knockouts tag team titles.

    The female stars then opened the show. They walked out to Harley Cameron singing The IInspiration’s theme song for the pair’s first entrance in the company:

    The two introduced each other by their new names and claimed that they are here to inspire people. The tag team did their signature pose before kicking off the championship match.

    The ending of the bout saw all four competitors getting in on the action. Havok hit a choke bomb on Jessie McKay and a forearm to Cassie Lee.

    Though Lee managed to fight off both the opponents and sent Rosemary on the floor. The IInspiration sent Havok into the corner a couple of times and then into the ring post outside.

    Rosemary got up to send McKay back into the ring but Lee tagged herself in. Lee delivered a big knee to Rosemary and hit a neckbreaker on her opponent to pick up the victory for her team.

    There is no word yet on the length of their contract with Impact Wrestling. Although the championship win suggests that The IInspiration is here to stay.

    Final Lineup For Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory PPV
  • The IInspiration’s Bound For Glory Opponents Announced

    The IInspiration’s Bound For Glory Opponents Announced

    The IInspiration will be getting a title shot during their debut for Impact Wrestling. They will be facing the current Knockouts tag team champions, Rosemary and Havok, at Bound For Glory for their titles.

    The promotion had confirmed earlier this week that the former WWE stars will be making their debuts during the upcoming show. Though they hadn’t revealed what the duo will be doing at the PPV.

    The company then announced via a tweet earlier that the team of Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay will not only be wrestling at the event, but The IInspiration will be getting a title shot at Bound For Glory:

    Previously known as Peyton Royce and Billie Kay of The IIconics, the duo made their name wrestling for WWE. Both of them were released as part of the coronavirus budget cuts in April this year.

    Bound For Glory Updated Card

    This is the seventh match that has been announced for Impact Wrestling’s biggest show of the year. Here is the updated card for the show after the latest announcement:

    • Impact World Championship Match: Josh Alexander vs. Christian Cage
    • Impact Knockouts Championship Match: Mickie James vs. Deonna Purrazzo
    • Impact World Tag Team Championship Match: FinJuice or The Bullet Club vs. The Good Brothers
    • Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship Match: The IInspiration vs. Rosemary and Havok
    • Impact X Division Championship Triple Threat Match: Trey Miguel vs. Steve Maclin vs. 1 TBD
    • 20-Man Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match: Brian Myers vs. Rich Swann vs. Moose vs. Eddie Edwards vs. W. Morrissey vs. 15 TBD
    • Pre show Inaugural Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament Finals: John Skyler vs. Crazzy Steve vs. Fallah Bahh vs. Jordynne Grace or Johnny Swinger vs. 2 TBD

    Impact Wrestling’s Bound For Glory will be taking place from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 23. The show is scheduled to begin at 10:30 pm ET.